Winner of TE's TdF Stage 3 Contest (**spoiler info included**)

Congratulations to Tasha Enloe, who won a $20 Team Estrogen Gift Certificate and a pair of King (or Queen) of the Mountains socks. http://www.teamestrogen.com/products.asp?pID=15471
Tasha was the only entrant to correctly predict the answers to 4 of the 5 questions posed.

As Tasha predicted, George Hincapie finished the day as the American ranked highest in the overall GC. She also accurately predicted that he would be one of two Americans in the Top 10 (Floyd Landis being the other), and that Tom Boonen would be in yellow at day’s end. Finally, her crystal ball foretold the average speed of the peloton at 44 kph (actual speed was 43.605 - all entries that rounded to 44 kph were considered correct answers.)

What no one predicted was that Mattias Kessler of T-Mobile would break away with just a few km to go to take the stage win. Anyone who saw him lose out by mere meters the day before, after being in a day-long breakway, was rooting for him as he finished this stage victoriously.

Statistics:
Highest ranked American in the GC: The clear favorite was George Hincapie with a whopping 96% of the vote.

# of Americans ranked in the Top 10: While 22% of entrants accurately predicted 2 (George & Floyd), clearly they hoped for more. 41% expected to see 3 American riders ranked in the Top 10. We even had some hearty souls predict 4 or 5.

Yellow Jersey predictions: 22% chose Boonen, while another 43% expected Thor Hushovd, now in 4th to remain in yellow. 18% chose Hincapie, who is now in 3rd. No one chose the man who now sits in 2nd, Michael Rogers of T-Mobile.