Tour de France: Thor scores monumental mountain victory
from Garmin Blog Garmin-Cervelo's dream Tour continued today in Stage 13 when world champion Thor Hushovd rocketed down a mountainside in the Pyrenees to catch the only two men between him and the finish line. Like a lion stalking prey, Thor meticulously closed the gaps and shot past to a solo victory - Team Garmin's third stage win in two weeks. Here are race recaps from CyclingNews, VeloNews, Bicycling and Cycling Weekly. The amazing triumph - sprinters rarely win in the high mountains - made "Thor Hushovd" a top trending topic on Twitter and brought out the poetic side of cycling fans as @Shop_Argyle offered a free rainbow jersey to the author of the best #THORhaiku. Here are some of our favorites (and yes, some liberties were taken with the haiku structure):
@axodys: Stage Thirteen for Thor/Muscles defying mountains/A signature win
@brianfmorrissey: Down from Valhalla/Amongst the ventilateurs/The rainbow of Lourdes
@firtreezzz: The God of Thunder/ Draws rainbow between mountains/ By his Mighty swing of hammer
@RamsFoto: Argyle-Eagle dive the mountains / speeding colors turn to stripes / hammer hits the running rabbits
@chad_kemp: THOR Strikes Hammer Down - See Mountain Yield in Defeat - as Thunder Rolls On
@SeaWolfLabs: Unselfish, driven/ God of Thunder leads the pack/ Thor does rainbow proud/
@techknowgn: climbing very hard / Garmin is vicTHORious / rainbow champion
@frivlas: We loved watching Thor / riding for Garmin today / back in yellow soon!
@SteveDinn: Mighty Thor, mountains And rivals are destroyed when You drop your hammer
@chasemoore: THOR, god of thunder/ his legs split mountains in two/ his bike, his weapon.
@fidajapanissa: A holy spring/Changes the hammer/Into a rainbow
@Peleccotur: Thor climbs/ Mountain sinks/ Viking victory cry!
@Jobe_Rodgers: The Strength of Team/Is felt in the Thunder/His presence known
@TheGreatLakes: The rainbow climbs higher\while pyrenees tremble\as the thunder rains down
@aschoks: The God of Thunder / Nobody can hold his wheel / Thor dominates all
@i_soule: Sun shining in France - Norwegian power and grace - Drop it like it's hot
@aegolius14: Aubisque mountain tall, thunder pilgrimage to Lourdes, rainbow swift past king
@joe_bayliss: a storm of wheels comes, on the col a thunderclap, the god's rainbow shown
@alvynmcq: down thors hammer rotor ring translates into vicious power to win
@ExhaustedDaddy: mortals left behind, mountains cannot slow this one, Hail, God of Thunder!
And the winners are (drumroll, please...)
@holmanjohn: Thor he rides so fast, Others try to ride on past, But they cannot last!
@Netsnipe: Fast and Thorious / Pyrenees down to its knees / Thor's victorious!
Check out the team's Edge data as posted to Garmin Connect - such as Thor's Stage 10 stats below - and be sure to follow @Garmin and @Ride_Argyle on Twitter and visit SlipstreamSports.com for in-depth race reports.
