Tour de France 2010

No they aren't. Petacchi's still got the edge for max power (same goes for the absent Boonen), and riders like Farrar and Boasson Hagen probably have as much snap (and McKewen, despite his age).

Teams have got wise to the mechanics of the HTC train, which is 90% of the Cav equation.

Fair enough. They certianly watched each other like there was no other contention, and its not like you can miss the Lampar colours positioning themselves.

The EBH snap was pretty impressive considering where in the pack he came from. I thought he'd missed out when it all kicked off. Then saw his name come up as second. Impressive stuff.