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Tour de France -- Stage 16 July 21 -- L'Alpe d'Huez
Tour Website ^ | 7/21/04 | Aeronaut

Posted on 07/21/2004 2:53:35 AM PDT by Aeronaut

Today an individual time trial up the infamous l'Alpe d'Huez.


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To: commish

I'm on the cyclingnews site right now. TdF site has crashed, as has OLN and Velo News...


61 posted on 07/21/2004 8:13:48 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Redbob

Per Velonews.com:

5:05 p.m. - Man, those crowds are huge. Basso, Ullrich and Armstrong are working through a narrow tunnel of fans

Leipheimer has passed through the 9.5km time check in 11th place, 46 seconds off of the pace set by the Russian Karpets.

5:08 p.m. - Armstrong appears to be riding faster, but we'll get numbers at the 9.5km time check



62 posted on 07/21/2004 8:13:51 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: commish
Current results

Santos Gonzales (PHO) 41.52
Giuseppe Guerini (TMO) 0.00
Vladimir Karpets (IBB) 0.04
David Moncoutie (COF) 0.12
Stephane Goubert (A2R) 0.22

63 posted on 07/21/2004 8:14:23 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish
Virenque is in at 44:11 ..a terrible time .. he will lose lots of Polka Dot Points to Armstrong today.

Azevedo is through 9.5 KM with a :16 lead.

64 posted on 07/21/2004 8:15:47 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish

Ullrich in first at the second time check by 33 seconds!


65 posted on 07/21/2004 8:16:04 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: commish

WOW - Ullrich blasts through 9.5KM 33 seconds ahead of Azevdo, he is hanging it all on the line today.


66 posted on 07/21/2004 8:16:59 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: Badeye; fooman
I hope Armstrong keeps his political views to himself. I strongly suspect he's one of the "usual suspects", a leftwinger.

You may be right, but Bush has appointed Armstrong to the Presidential Commission on Cancer, and has invited him at the WH several times.

67 posted on 07/21/2004 8:17:10 AM PDT by IndyTiger
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To: green iguana
I am glad to see Ullrich doing well at this point. He has no chance of winning, but I kinda like the guy.

Remains to be seen how Lance is doing.. Looks like Basso is struggling..

68 posted on 07/21/2004 8:17:48 AM PDT by Paradox (Occam was probably right.)
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To: commish

Cycling news now reporting Lance is incredibly fast today and Basso is struggling already. it could be down Lance & Ullrich after today.


69 posted on 07/21/2004 8:18:17 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish

Mancebo comes through 1:37 behind Ullrich at 9.5 KM and has already lost 4th place in GC to Ullrich with 6 KM left. Kloden comes through 9.5 KM in second place 27 seconds behind Ullrich.


70 posted on 07/21/2004 8:21:24 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish

Cycling news reports Armstrong has won it!

"16:40 CEST 178.5km/2km to go
The finish climb is only a couple of kilometres of 5.7%, but every summit finish is a chance for a time gap. Voigt is pulling the train to the foot of the climb now. Armstrong seems a log way back as the climb starts and Voigt pulls off the front, but Sastre blows immediately as well and Basso is now alone.

16:41 CEST
Azevedo is dropped as well, then Rasmussen and Virenque.

16:42 CEST
That damage all happened as Klöden takes the front with Ullrich and Basso on his wheel, then the black-socked (I hate that. Don't you?) Armstrong, then Leipheimer. That's who it's between today...

16:45 CEST
Klöden is setting the pace still; Leipheimer seems to be finding it difficult at 500 m to go.

Basso jumps clear, but Armstrong doesn't think he deserves it and comes round him into the final couple of corners - he has it for his second (or third) stage win of this Tour.


71 posted on 07/21/2004 8:22:08 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: IndyTiger

"You may be right, but Bush has appointed Armstrong to the Presidential Commission on Cancer, and has invited him at the WH several times."

I know...and Bush kept Tenet on, and Mineta.....


72 posted on 07/21/2004 8:22:09 AM PDT by Badeye ("The day you stop learning, is the day you begin dying")
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To: Paradox
Oh, and by the way, the minimum weight is 6.8 kg, which is 15 pounds. An entire racing bike weighing only 15 lbs! Trek makes great bikes. That carbon fiber is an amazing material.

Don't mean to give this the back of my hand, but light racing bikes are reasonably common. ScottUSA makes hardtail mountain bike frames that you can spec out to weigh about 15 pounds. Now THAT'S impressive.

I have a Giant XTC SE frame that only weighs about 2.8 pounds (alum hard tail mountain bike). The full bike is VERY lightweight and it still tips the scales at just over 23 pounds, so 15 pounds on a mtb is insane (and not fit for 240 pound riders like me!).

73 posted on 07/21/2004 8:22:19 AM PDT by 1L
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To: gopwinsin04

Where and when did this photo get taken? I love it.


74 posted on 07/21/2004 8:22:43 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (ridesthemiles)
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To: commish

Basso is through 9.5 KM 36 seconds behind Ullrich.


75 posted on 07/21/2004 8:22:55 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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To: commish

Jan won't catch Basso today, but might after the long flat TT later this week.

Lance just crushed Jan's time at tne midway mark.


76 posted on 07/21/2004 8:23:05 AM PDT by Akira (Dyin' ain't much of a livin')
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To: Redbob

Um... that was yesterday's Stage 15...


77 posted on 07/21/2004 8:24:09 AM PDT by kevkrom (My handle is "kevkrom", and I approved this post.)
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To: Redbob

That's yesterday's stage.


78 posted on 07/21/2004 8:24:20 AM PDT by green iguana
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To: Redbob

Arrrggh! Sorry!

Cycling News has YESTERDAY's results up on their "Latest Live" page!


79 posted on 07/21/2004 8:24:50 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: commish
At the top it is still Gonzales (For the moment)

Santos Gonzales (PHO) 41.52
Giuseppe Guerini (TMO) 0.00
Vladimir Karpets (IBB) 0.04
David Moncoutie (COF) 0.12
Carlos Sastre (CSC) 0.16

80 posted on 07/21/2004 8:25:01 AM PDT by commish (Freedom Tastes Sweetest to Those Who Have Fought to Preserve It)
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