And the the heavens opened up...

So just another boring first week Le Tour sprint stage... Blah blah blah... except that is exactly what did not happen.    Sure when everyone looked at this day on the map it was clear it could one of two ways.  Cross wind madness or boarding pancake flat spin around Holland resulting in a win for Cav.

Ok so we all know what went down.   The rain and wind (not to mention Saxo and Quickstep) blew the race apart.   Crazy day.  Edge of you seat stuff and with not a hill to seen.  I think the most elevation gain was most likely a bunny hop over a bit of street furniture.

This year I think I might do what I did last year... call out some good images from the day and some choice tweets.

I got to say the official live data thing from the tour is pretty great.   Check out their twitter stream.

https://twitter.com/letourdata

So Greipel was moving fast...

But it turns out Fabulous Fabian was moving faster on one point in the sprint.

Lots more good stuff over on their feed.

As for images that sum up today...

From @grahamwatson10

From @pelotonmagazine 

and from @jeredgruber 

And as for tomorrow let me calming point out this... MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY MUR DE HUY.  

Not that I am excited about it or anything.

OK as you were and happy riding.