Winner of TE's TdF Stage 5 Contest (**spoiler info included**)

Congratulations to Kyra Kenwood, who won a $20 Team Estrogen Gift Certificate and and a Tour de France Vintage Portrait Tee. Kyra was chosen at random from among a number of entrants who correctly answered 3 of the 5 questions posed.

Although Kyra did not select Oscar Friere as the stage winner, she did expect Robbie McEwen to hold on to green and Tom Boonen to retain his place in yellow. She was also within 10 seconds of the actual time gap (13’48”) between Oscar Friere and the last person to cross the line (all answers between 13 and 14 minutes were considered correct.).

Statistics:

Winner of Stage 5: Just 4(!) entrants chose Oscar Friere as the winner of Stage 4. Instead Tom Boonen and Robbie McEwen garnered greater than 50% of the vote.

Green Jersey Predictions: 63% of entrants expected Robbie McEwen to retain his hold on green. A smaller percentage hoped to see Boonen regain it.

Yellow Jersey predictions: Despite not yet winning a stage, Boonen (62%) once again remains in yellow for one more day, his lead now 13 seconds Michael Rogers. The Hincapie (13%) & Hushovd (12%) supporters remained hopeful.

Breakaway group: Most people expected a 50km or more breakaway group. Estimates on the size of that group ranged from 1 to 15. In Stage 5, 2 riders broke away at around 37.5 km and were not caught until the final 2 km. Those two riders were Samuel Dumoulin of AG2R and Bjorn Schroder of Team Milram.

Time Gap between 1st and last rider: David de la Fuente (currently 2nd in the polka dot jersey standings) crossed the line 13 minutes 48” behind Oscar Friere. Estimates ranged from just a few seconds to upward of 30 minutes.

Enter the Stage 6 contest here:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/tdf/enter_stage6.asp