Cavendish Wins First

No big surprises in stage two. Cavendish cannot be beat in the sprints. I thought he may have took off a bit too early, but I was wrong as usual.
Do miss Robbie McEwen, although I doubt that would have changed the outcome. The only way Cavendish will be beaten in the sprints will be to block him in at the last 200 meters and even that may not work.

A little bit of surprise was the finish of Tyler Farrar. If he can continue to do well in the flat stages and Vande Velde can repeat last years performance, Garmin-Slipstream will not fade away after TTT as I predicted after stage one.

RESULTS:

Stage two: Monaco-Brignoles, 187km
1. Mark Cavendish, (GB), Columbia-HTC , 4 hrs,30 min,02 sec
2. Tyler Farrar, (USA), Garmin-Slipstream
3. Romain Feillu, (Fra) , Agritubel
4. Thor Hushovd, (Nor), Cervelo
5. Yukiya Arashiro, (Jap), Bbox Bouygues Telecom
6. Gerald Ciolek, (Ger), Milram
7. William Bonnet, (Fra), Bbox Bouygues Telecom
8. Nicolas Roche, (Ire), Ag2r-La Mondiale
9. Koen de Kort, (Ned), Skil-Shimano
10. Lloyd Mondory, (Fra), Ag2r-La Mondiale, all same time

Overall classification after stage two
1. Fabian Cancellara, (Swi), Saxo Bank, 4 hrs,49min,34sec
2. Alberto Contador, (Spa), Astana -18secs
3. Bradley Wiggins, (GB), Garmin-Slipstream -19secs
4. Andreas Kloden, (Ger), Astana -22secs
5. Cadel Evans, (Aus), Silence-Lotto -23secs
6. Levi Leipheimer, (USA), Astana -30secs
7. Roman Kreuziger, (Cze), Liquigas -32secs
8. Tony Martin, (Ger), Columbia-HTC -33secs
9. Vincenzo Nibali, (Ita), Liquigas -37secs
10. Lance Armstrong, (USA), Astana -40secs

Prediction for stage three: Cavendish again (who else). He will have some catching up to do after Col de la Vayede, but he'll have over 90 km to do that in. Only other way he loses if is a breakaway succeeds.

Next post after stage 4, so I'll give that prediction now. (Cavendish) TTT-Astana