interesting TDF tid bits [after stage 9]

1] a frenchmen is in 10th place [WHAT ?]
2] zabel beat boonen today [took 3rd, yea baby, way to go ol' guy]
3] levi leipheimer lost 26sec on a flat stage today [there has got to be something really wrong with my boy, like the french are putting something in his food]
4] michael rasmussen also lost time today, 20sec [ether these guys are so sure of themselves in the mountains tomorrow or it is a conspiracy in the making]

thats all folks for now, i have been busy with work and DS duties, talk with you soon.