My name is Elin - A pro cycling lover's reflections

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Two leaders in Astana Team during the Tour de France meant a fight. Two leaders in Garmin-Slipstream, well, they could handle it but in the end Vande Velde was no longer a favourite, right? Now Belgium's Jurgen Van Den Broeck says he wants to share the leadership role with teammate Cadel Evans in next year's Tour de France.

Jurgen Van Den Broeck finished his first Tour de France last Sunday and he finished 15th. Cadel Evans has a whole lot more experience, but he had some unluck and finished in 30th position. Evans will give it all next year and so will Van Den Broeck. It will be interesting to see how they will handle it, but most likely they won't talk so much shit about each others as Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador have.
"Evans has been on the podium before and proved he can be a good leader at the Tour. It would be good for me if he is still around so we can have two guys for the GC," Jurgen  Van Den Broeck said.

It should be said though that Van Den Broeck finished so high up in the classification because he was often part of breakaways. Would he be able to follow the favourites in all the mountains? I don't know. Maybe he would.
"I did not really have a goal in the classification, especially after the team time trial. But by taking time, being in all the breaks, I moved up bit by bit to arrive in 15th," said Van den Broeck.

Cadel Evans just had a bad Tour de France. Some unluck. The two riders will come back to the next Tour de France and they will ride together as friends. But surely the 2010 Tour de France is faraway. I miss it already.
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