Let me start by saying Cannondale were on a mission yesterday! Deliver Peter Sagan to the finish with as little sprinters around to contest the sprint - I'd say mission accomplished! What a show of commitment from Peter Sagan's team yesterday. He'd come close a couple of times, and it seems like the team took it upon themselves to do as much damage as they could over the climbs -get the field down to a manageable size with little or no sprinters in the mix and let Sagan Fly!
Today the race for the General Classification (GC) truly starts, the mountains have arrived and its time for the GC contenders to step up and show themselves. Although not a very difficult stage in terms of mountains to be climbed, it will set the tone for what is to come over the remaining 2 weeks of the Tour.
Today's stage reveals a different breed of cyclist, one that loves a road tilting upwards to the peaks of the Pyrenees and the Alps. these guys are built slim and as lightweight as possible to help them fly up the mountain side in pursuit of Glory.
Once again there's at least two dozen names that come to mind, but because this a prediction blog I have to try pick the few I think will come out on top.
So I think the winner for today's stage could be - Chris Froome
Outside favorites - Alberto Contador, Nairo Quintana, Alejandro Valverde
Let's see what surprises the mountains have in store for the Tour.
Profile of today's stage 8 - http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-8
Henry Uys @met_uys
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