Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Just like in last years Tour of California- they give Levi a break on his screw-up.
The Tour de France race jury took the decision on Wednesday morning to cancel the 15 second deficit that had opened in the peloton in the final kilometres of stage 10 to Issoudun.
Levi Leipheimer (Astana) and Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream) had found themselves caught in the second group yesterday. However, today's decision to nullify the time gap returns the riders to 4th and 5th on general classification, respectively.
I think they didn't want chaos with the GC contenders trying to mix it up with the sprinters to avoid a time gap. There was no reason for a GC change yesterday, as it was a standard sprint stage finish. I don't think this was because it was Levi, per se.