NYT profiles Kenny Robert van Hummel, this year's last place rider. 

 “I know I’m in last place, but this race is very long and difficult,” van Hummel said coyly before the stage, which began in the town of Tonnerre and ended in this city in the northwestern section of France. “I did two hours more cycling than the leaders, so maybe that shows that in my head, maybe, I am really strong.”

Photo: AP

Nancy Toby, blogs about the Lantern Rouge and twitters.