Gosh, that was terribly exciting. And I'm glad Voeckler managed to hold on. Allez, 'Ti-Blan!
Would Schleck (A) have done so well if he hadn't had Montfort to hold his hand down the nasty hill into Briancon? He still seemed to take some of the corners a bit too wide. I've descended that hill and it's not very technical.
Cav finished outside the time limit, but so did lots of others. If it's more that 20% of the field (I think about 50% are outside the limit), the jury can keep them in.
Rojas finished inside the limit, so he won't be best pleased if Cav is allowed to continue.
edit: the grupetto is safe, and Cav stays in green but loses 20 points
I presume it's 20 points on offer at the top of the Alpe d'Huez, so if >20% are hors delais tomorrow, Cav drops to 5 points* behind Rojas, but should be confident of retaking the green jersey on the Champs Elysee on Sunday.
* I'm banking on the peloton being blown apart well before the intermediate sprint at Bourg d'Oisans, and neither Rojas nor Gilbert picking any points there.
According to the TdF site it's:
1.CAVENDISH M. THR 300 Pts
2.ROJAS J. MOV 285 Pts
3.GILBERT P. OLO 230 Pts
which I don't think is where it was this morning.
But, since about 80 people including Linus Gerdemann, Sandy Casar, Sylvain Chavanel and Fabian Cancellara were all given the same time as Cav, it looks as though the time limit has gone by the board this time.