Today we have the rematch of Cav vs Greipel, and almost every account describes Greipel as a nice guy. This is from Marc Sergeant, his DS at Lotto (via cyclingnews):

"I read quotes that said because he looks like a tank he should act like a tank, but you can be a teddy bear and be giving out presents. You should be a grizzly bear in the final and I think he turned out to be more aggressive, otherwise he would not have been in third position in the last corner."

I must admit that I’ve turned a corner on Greipel, and I would like to see him win again today. Just to see the effect on Cav. I predict some regrettable tattoos and a bleached faux hawk. I also enjoyed Cav slyly tweeting out his excuse for losing to Greipel (and setting up an excuse for future failures?):

Just took the surgical dressing of my saddle sore. #aaaarrrrrgggggghhhhhh Maybe shaving just my legs isn’t enough.

You see, it was his ass or even his taint hair that made him lose. man, he really doesn’t like to give Greipel any credit. Did Andre steal his toothpaste at training camp or something? <That’s a joke, of course, Cav doesn’t use toothpaste.

It’s another wet day at the Tour, and i was out riding my bike in Iowa this morning, so I’m tuning in late. It’s a sprint stage anyway, so I will only miss some guys panting at the front and the spectacle of the mass whizz breaks.

27k to go, it’s all downhill from here. That’s Cav country there.

20K to go, the break has 1:15, but they are looking clunky out there.

15k to go, let’s see how HTC screws this leadout up. The break has 45 seconds.

10k to go, HTC pulling off, the break’s at 33 seconds.

The HTC guys are tiring now.

7.5k to go, that’s not rain on the road, it urine from Spanish fear.

6.7k to go, Cav doesn’t always need a big leadout, he can find his own way.

Lampre at the front in a fit of optimism. Petacchi turned off the road about 5k ago—"Murder She Wrote" just started.

5.5k to go, the break seems done, Thor SMASH can do well in rain.

4.4k to go, Boom goes. That’s probably not going to work. But you know, you have to try.

Boom goes the try-a-mite, he’s leading out Fabian?

There’s 2 HTC up there, Cav will need those guys only if the finish is technical.

1.3k to go, Millar at the front now keeping it lined out.

This is crazy!

Sky moving up also, this could be a SMASH day?

Sky in front of Renshaw and Cav, for practice for next year’s leadout? If Cav wins again, it only increases his asking price, no?

Rupert Murdoch call to tell Sky to chill out.

Renshaw goes, Cav behind, Tyler in his squirrel-sized draft.

Cav goes, and Greipel on the other side. Yay! Another drag race, it’s a rematch!

Cav wins, his ass has healed? Did Jens lay hands upon it?

Cav in green now, that should make Crabendish happy right?