Pave is the French term for the cobblestone that jarred the crap out of the Tour yesterday and played havoc with the the standings. The cobblestones don't always feature so heavily in the Tour, and many riders never race on them. The big cobblestone races are Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders. They are known for crazy crashes, and favor big dudes that can power through and have the weight to keep the bike from bouncing around.
This years winner of the Tour of Flanders was Fabian Cancellara, and I'd like to think that stage 2's sacrifice gave him a little karma to shoot back into the yellow jersey on the cobblestones. It was sad to see Ryder Hejadal get swept up at the end, he was so close to winning the stage.
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I notice no one is commenting on your Tour posts but please keep going with them. I'm enjoying the information and trivia you're putting out there. Fascinating stuff, almost as much as World Cup soccer. ;-)
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