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Kind of Blued
Tom Boonen's line in the intermediate sprint was HORRENDOUS. Rojas got cut off really badly, much more so than Cavendish. Some of the crap these guys get away with is ridiculous, especially the obvious, prolonged motorpacing by Vacansoleil yesterday.
Boonen's in 24th place in the points competition; he's got 25 points and Rojas has 119. I can't figure out why TB is even contesting the intermediate sprints much less doing it in such an aggressive manner... he only got 10 points for that display (and Rojas got 7).
He might not even start tomorrow so it may be a non-issue anyway.
Edit: they stripped Boonen and Rojas of their intermediate sprint points - Gilbert takes the green!
There was a change to the green jersey classification after some questionable sprinting from the field for sixth place on the intermediate sprint point, Boonen and points leader Rojas were both disqualified for the bonus points. The seven points Rojas lost in that decision dropped him behind Gilbert in the green jersey competition, but the call was only made after the podium presentation had taken place.