**SPOILER WARNING** Winner of TE's TdF Stage 9 contest

Congratulations to Michaela Camps, who won a $20 Team Estrogen Gift Certificate and a Tour de France Logo Tee. Michaela was one of just 2 entrants who answered 4 out of 5 questions correctly. She was chosen via a spirited game among TE staff of rock-paper-scissors. Scissors cut paper and Michaela won.

Michaela correctly predicted the average speed of the peloton (all answers between 47 & 48kph were considered correct) and that Serhiy Honchar would remain in yellow. She also knew that 4 T-Mobile riders would be ranked in the Top 10 in the GC at day's end (in fact all 4 were in the Top 5!) and that no rider would abandon during today's flat-as-a-pancake stage.

Statistics:

Winner of Stage 9: Poor Oscar Freire. He's clearly under-appreciated by our entrants, despite already having one stage win under his belt during this tour. Not one entrant selected him to win. Most entrants favored Robbie McEwen or Tom Boonen.

Yellow Jersey: We've considered giving a prize for the most creative spelling of the name of the current yellow jersey wearer. Variants included Sergei, Serguei, Serhiy, Serhly, Honchar, Hontchar, Honchr, Hochar, Gonchar, Gontchar, Gonshar, Gontschar, etc. For the record, we use the spelling as it appears on the letour.fr website (Serhiy Honchar), though we've seen it spelled in various ways in the cycling press. All of the above spellings are considered correct for the purpose of choosing our winner.

T-Mobile riders: With only 7 of 9 riders starting the tour, it's even more impressive that 4 are currently ranked in the Top 5 in the GC (and that T-Mobile is currently leading the Team competition as a result). This is sure to change once the race enters the mountains, but it's impressive nonetheless.

Be sure to enter the Stage 10 contest here:
http://www.teamestrogen.com/tdf/enter_stage10.asp

Susan