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Giro 2011 report, stage 10, Café Negociants is my office (Bourg d'Oisans)

In The (Time) Zone by David Olle, Italy, +39 333 5959 217 (twitter feed @DavidOLLE)

Stage 10, May 17, Termoli - Teramo 156 km
The breakaway caught at 10k to go, the sprinter's teams worked hard to keep their boys near the front, Cavendish came off Petachi's wheel and opened his Giro account for 2011.  Well done to him and our Mark Renshaw who led him out.

Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4:00:49  
2 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team    
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD

General classification
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard    
2 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad    
3 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Team Garmin-Cervelo

Skippy report:  Robbie McEwen was up there for the sprint but faded in the finale, Richie Porte just working away, keeping Alberto near the front and in pink.  It'll be a long way to Milano for him.

Cuisine Report:  Last night, after Pauline presented yet another perfect soufflé to the dinner table, we asked about the ingredients, and preparation.  The answer was pretty neat.  In her best English full of her charming French accent she said ‘I use eggs, flour, milk, butter....and ...voila!' 
It was the 'voila' part that killed us.   

Our ride today, Ornon loop, from Bourg d'Oisans:  
Tomorrow:   Stage 11, May 18, Teramo - Castelfidardo 162 km


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