Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/19/2011

Thor de France!

Photo: Graham Watson | grahamwatson.com

Since the summer of 2002, there seems to have been a Rainbow Jersey curse at the Tour. The last world champion to win a Tour de France stage was Oscar Freire in 2002, and since then, none of the reigning world champions have won at the Tour. Until this year, that is. Thor Hushovd won his second stage this year on Stage 16, his first on Stage 13, and he also wore the yellow jersey for 7 days during the first week. The Rainbow Jersey curse has definitely been broken for 2011.

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