This is a guest post by Mr.Q, a professional quizmaster and an ardent Tour de France fan who is reporting his 4th tour

Rolland victorious

As predicted by yours truly in my last post, Pierre Rolland of Europcar was the rider, who chose to escape from the peleton today and steal a stage win, the second in this year’s TdF for the team. On a day when the climbs were taking their toll on every single rider, when 3 big names in professional cycling, Mark Renshaw & Bauke Mollema of Rabobank team and Lieuwe Westra of Vacansoleil-DCM, decided to call it quits at the tour this year, when no proper breakaway could materialize due to steep climbs, it was the young Frenchman, Rolland, who chose to shine away in today’s stage, despite a crash 25kms away from finish.  Read more...