Following a fine and gutsy ride to the Station des Rousses in the Jura Sylvain Chavanel took both the stage win and recovered the Yellow Jersey from Fabien Cancellara. So far only Chavanel and Cancellara have held the overall lead this year but I expect that to change today as I think Chavanel will lose two much time on the last two climbs to the likes of Contador, Schleck, Evans and probably Armstrong.
My guess is that, if the favourites go for it, Contador will be the big winner today along with Andy Schleck, although I think Cadel Evans will be close enough to take the Yellow Jersey.
One imponderable is the heat of this year's edition. Many of the riders said that yesterday's medium mountain stage was much tougher than they had expected due to the heat.
