156 kilometers and two huge climbs later, one second separates the top two riders. Italian Leonardo Piepoli took the stage with heroic help from his Saunier-Duval teammate Juan José Cobo, who took second.On Frances national holiday, in mild mid-summer weather, millions lined the painted roads of the Pyrenees to see the face Replica Breitling Navitimer Montbrilliant Men's Watch of noble suffering up close. Todays stage 10 posed a pair of exposed climbs, one legendary (Tourmalet), one newer (Hautacam), both brutal. Hautacam is where, in rainy conditions, Lance Armstrong spun away from Pantani and Ullrich to put his stamp on the 2000 Tour.
Tourmalet is where Octave Lapize first summited to put his stamp on the 1910 Tour. Vive le Tour!Today it was Team CSC that blasted the race favorites before the final 10 km of climbing, when that elite group of GC riders, the few supermen with the right combination of talent and drive to even compete for the overall victory in the Replica Breitling Aeromarine Chrono Avenger Men's Tour, took over. The big loser: Alejandro Valverde, who fell out of contention, coming in 5.54 off the pace. The big winner: Cadel Evans, who takes over the yellow jersey by only one second over Frank Schleck. The surprise: Christian Vande Velde, who now has a shot at the podium, sitting third.We almost forgive you, Triki Beltran. Tomorrow, the first of two rest days.--Matthew Fishbane
If you happen to find yourself thinking is life really worth living? while traveling through the northeastern Czech Republic, have we got the sport for you!Climbers at the Adrspach-Teplice Rocks, an 11-square-mile area of phallic sandstone spires, have invented rock jumping - hurling themselves across 100-foot-deep crevasses, hoping to land on on the towel-sized summit of one of the spires. Sometimes they rope in, sometimes not, Replica Breitling A2332212-B6-431A Navitimer Men's Watch reports the New York Times. Shattered ankles, fractured ribs and injured spines are the rock jumping equivalent of a scraped knee. Sound appealing, but youre not in the Czech Republic? Recreate a Bourne Identity-style rooftop chase through your nearest major city.--Emily Matchar
