Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/18/2012

Usually, it's only in the first few stages of the Tour that one of the riders will get to stand on the stage multiple times for the presentation of the jerseys and stage prizes. For example, Fabian Cancellara, after winning the prologue, had to stand up 3 times to accept the stage trophy and to put on the yellow jersey and the green jersey. After that, the most anyone got up on stage again was twice, and it was usually a jersey wearer either winning a stage or receiving the most aggressive rider prize (like Voeckler or Sagan). Today's huge mountain stage saw Thomas Voeckler winning another stage, grabbing the mountains jersey, and receiving the most aggressive rider prize. His tired legs got more of a workout by standing on stage 3 times in the final week of the Tour.