LAURENS TEN DAM
he Tour de France had been a disaster for team Rabobank in 2009. After winning the Giro d’Italia in May, my team leader Denis Menchov ran out of gas quickly. His GC hopes were already buried when he got caught in the prologue by the stage’s eventual winner Fabian Cancellara. Stage 1 done, more than one minute down. The previous year’s green jersey, Óscar Freire, encountered a young and unbeatable Mark Cavendish who
