Winner of TE's TdF Stage 2 Contest (**spoiler info included**)

Congratulations to Stephanie Helline, who won a $20 Team Estrogen Gift Certificate and a pair of Tour de France socks. Stephanie was chosen at random from among a number of entrants who correctly answered 2 of the 5 questions posed.

Honorable mention (no prize other than the admiration of her friends) goes to Suzanne Frantz, who predicted the total elapsed time of the stage to within THREE seconds. Wow.

As Stephanie predicted, Robbie McEwen out-sprinted his competition to win Stage 2 of the Tour. What no one predicted was that a relatively unknown Spanish cyclist by the name of David De La Fuente, riding for Saunier Duval-Prodir , would finish the day wearing the climber’s polka-dot jersey. De La Fuente earned this honor after a breaakway that lasted for most of today’s stage.

Statistics:
Stage 2 winner predictions: 24% of you thought that Robbie McEwen would win today’s stage. Other clear favorites were Tom Boonen (30%), George Hincapie (13%) and Stuart O’Grady (7%)

Polka-Dot Jersey predictions: David De La Fuente?? Um, no one predicted that. The clear favorites were Fabian Wegmann (yesterday’s jersey holder) and Michael Rasmussen, the 2005 polka-dot jersey winner.

Yellow Jersey predictions: What a difference a day makes. With Thor Hushovd’s injury at the end of Stage 1, most of our contest entrants chose other contenders to be in yellow at day’s end. Only a small minority (5%) expected to see him in yellow today. An overwhelming majority of contest entrants (78%) picked George Hincapie to remain in yellow.

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http://www.teamestrogen.com/tdf/enter_stage3.asp

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http://www.teamestrogen.com/tdf/enter_overall.asp