Tour de France -- Individual Time Trial July 24

Tour Website ^ | 7/24/04 | Aeronaut

[Aeronaut]

Today is a 55km ITT. Lance starts a little after 9:30 CDT.

[Aeronaut]

[Aeronaut]

Welcome To The Coverage Of Stage 19

The penultimate stage of the 2004 Tour de France is scheduled to begin at 11.26am. The first rider to start the time trial in Besancon will be the 'Lanterne Rouge' (ie. the last rider in general classification), Jimmy Casper.

Riders will start at two minute intervals until the last 21, who will leave at three minute intervals.

The final rider in the stage is the rider in the yellow jersey, Lance Armstrong. The American is scheduled to start at 4.38pm.

[Aeronaut]

Link here.

[Aeronaut]

Thanks, I'll have to figure that trick out someday...

It goes like this:

<a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/953107/posts>

If you want it to open a new window do this:

<a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/953107/posts target=_blank>

[Aeronaut]

Oops, now to correct the above:

<a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/953107/posts>link text</a>

If you want it to open a new window do this:

<a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/953107/posts target=_blank>link text</a>

[gopwinsin04]

Rain today, looks like the German Devil has one more trick up his sleeve!

[leilani]

Aeronaut, is that 11:26 -4:38PM EST or what? Do any of you guys have the live signal from OLN right now? My cable service here in Texas (CST) decided on the most important day of the Tour that it can't figure out how to download the signal for OLN and I'm looking at a blank screen.AAARGH!!!!

[Aeronaut]

Aeronaut, is that 11:26 -4:38PM EST or what?

I am in the Central Time Zone, and I subtract seven hours from frog time. I am watching the race on OLN in Minnesota. I hope they get it fixed for you!

[gopwinsin04]

Lance will be off at 9:36 AM, you still have a little under an hour..

[gopwinsin04]

Time to boogity, boogity, boogity..Lets Go Racin!!

[AFPhys]

I would appreciate it if someone would post some web links carrying this race - whether video, audio, or text play-by-play.

Thanks.

[NittanyLion]

US Postal also has an outside chance at winning the team competition today, which is determined by the times of the top three individuals from each team that finish each stage. Currently Ullrich's T-Mobile team leads Postal by 5:12. While that lead is most likely insurmountable, it'll be interesting to keep an eye on it...

Especially given the fact that US Postal has placed one rider 4:19 ahead (and another 2:50 ahead) of T-Mobile's #3 finisher for today (Santiago Botero). If Kloden or Ullrich of T-Mobile have an off-day (and Lance dominates), the team competition could be close.

[leilani]

Ditto for me, since the satanic cult that serves as my cable service provider has blacked out OLN all over this part of Texas for the entire morning. (In order to show solidarity with all those german Bush-hating anti-Lance neo-nazi thugs on the ITT course in Besancon today, perchance?)We need updates!

[Law is not justice but process]

For some reason the web sites quit updating about 20 min ago. Those of us w/o cable are in the dark. HELP! What's happening?

[NittanyLion]

The top 4 at the first check are Armstrong, Ullrich, Kloden and Basso. The latter three are grouped within 30 seconds of each other; Lance is approx. 45 seconds ahead of Ullrich.

[Law is not justice but process]

Finally got an update. Looks like Lance is kicking some eurobutt again today - ahead by 43 seconds at 18 clicks.