SPOILER - Stage 12

More to come later, but as I sit in my Paris apartment watching Eurosport's coverage of the Tour de France, I wanted to impart my excitement and absolute chills after watching the end of Stage 12.

Tom Boonen = Superman, wins the stage and brings to six the number of wins he's got in the TDF.

Erik Zabel took second and Robbie Hunter - winner of Stage 11 - took third.

Rasmussen is still in the lead, Levi Leipheimer is in 8th position.

The Top 10 in Stage 11

Here you go...Robbie Hunter took it at the line and here are the rest of the top 10.

2. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) CSC
3. Murilo Fischer (BRA) LIQ
4. Filippo Pozzato (ITA) LIQ
5. Alessandro Ballan (ITA) LAM
6. Paolo Bossoni (ITA) LAM
7. Claudio Corioni (ITA) LAM
8. Philippe Gilbert (BEL) FDJ
9. William Bonnet (FRA) C.A
10. Kim Kirchen (LUX) TMO

By the way, Hunter is the first South African to win a stage of the Tour de France. Top 50 coming up.

Results of Stage 4

Thanks again to Versus for this information. Next year I'll get a head start on working for them in Europe. This year I was a little late to the line...just like Robbie Hunter in today's stage.

The top 10 in stage four is as follows:
1. Thor Hushovd (NOR) C.A 193km in 4h37'37 (41.687km/h)
2. Robbie Hunter (RSA) BAR
3. Oscar Freire (ESP) RAB
4. Erik Zabel (GER) MRM
5. Danilo Napolitano (ITA) LAM
6. Gert Steegmans (BEL) QSI
7. Robert Forster (GER) GST
8. Tom Boonen (BEL) QSI
9. Sebastien Chavanel (FRA) FDJ
10. Mark Cavendish (GBR) TMO