Tour de France Stage 10 (live)

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[green iguana]

14:14 - Lead Drops To 8’40"

The peloton is now 8’40" behind the seven escapees. The attack was instigated by Posthuma and Brochard in the first kilometer of the stage. These two riders were joined by Krivtsov at the 3km mark. A counter-attack from Sanchez, Facci, Bortolami and Isasi caught the three early escapees at the 16km mark. 14:09 - Eight Complete Teams

There are only eight teams with a full contingent of nine riders still in the Tour. The complete formations are: Discovery Channel, T-Mobile, Rabobank, Cofidis, Quickstep, Bouyges Telecom, Gerolsteiner and Euskaltel. There are 173 riders still in the race. Today’s retiree is Gerrit Glomser. His Lampre-Caffita team-mate Evgeny Petrov didn’t take the start after a doping control conducted by the UCI this morning.

[Stat-boy]

Strength in all multiple areas is what makes Lance the favorite. Lance is among the best (top three) mountain climbers. His team is the best overall climbing team. Lance is among the best (top three) in the time trials. His team is among the best (top three) in the team time trial. The combination is very hard to beat.

[dd5339]

Let me know when you get that picture! I want it for my desktop!

Semper Fi

[Kryptonite]

Wow, what an exciting day, and all I looked at were the comments here. Thanks very much to everyone.

Can't wait to see it on OLN when I get home!

[kevkrom]

Note that the finishing order for today is also the order for the 2nd climbing bonus (top 8 get points, from 20 down to 5)

17:41 - The New Top 10 Overall...

Even before Jens Voigt reaches the end of stage 10, we can report that Armstrong is back in the yellow jersey. The new top 10 is:

1. Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel - 1,6866.0km in 37h11’04" (44.92km/h)
2. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) Rabobank at 38"
3. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC at 2’40"
4. Christophe Moreau (France) Credit Agricole at 2’42"
5. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Illes Balears at 3’16"
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner at 3’58"
7. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) Illes Balears at 4’00"
8. Jan Ullrich (Germany) T-Mobile at 4’02"
9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) T-Mobile at 4’16"
10. Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak at 4’16"

The new leader of the best young rider classification is the winner of stage 10, Alejandro Valverde.

17:27 - The Top 10 In Stage 10

The top 10 in the 10th stage of the 2005 Tour de France is:

1. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) IBA
2. Lance Armstrong (USA) DSC - at same time
3. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) RAB at 9"
4. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) IBA at 9"
5. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC at 1’02"
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) GST at 1’15"
7. Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy) LAM at 2’14"
8. Cadel Evans (Australia) DVL at 2’14"
9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) TMO at 2’14"
10. Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakstahn) C.A at 2’14"

[kevkrom]

Looks like the finish line also awarded an equal number of sprint points. The top 10 looks to be unchanged, but Rasmussen, Valverde, and Armstrong all gained in the lower ranks.

Green jersey (sprinter) standings:

1. BOONEN Tom QST BEL 133
2. HUSHOVD Thor C.A NOR 128
3. O’GRADY Stuart COF AUS 109
4. MC EWEN Robbie DVL AUS 96
5. FÖRSTER Robert GST GER 75
6. FURLAN Angelo DOM ITA 73
7. VOIGT Jens CSC GER 70
8. EISEL Bernhard FDJ AUT 69
9. WROLICH Peter GST AUT 60
10. COOKE Baden FDJ AUS 59

Polka-dot jersey (climber) standings:

1. RASMUSSEN Mickael RAB DEN 110
2. MOREAU Christophe C.A FRA 40
3. VOIGT Jens CSC GER 37
4. CIONI Dario LIQ ITA 34
5. VALVERDE Alejandro IBA ESP 30
6. ARMSTRONG Lance DSC USA 26
7. KLÖDEN Andréas TMO GER 20
7. MOOS Alexandre PHO SUI 20
9. MANCEBO Francisco IBA ESP 18
9. VICIOSO Angel LSW ESP 18
9. WEENING Pieter RAB NED 18

White jersey (youth) standings:

1. VALVERDE Alejandro IBA ESP
2. POPOVYCH Yaroslav DSC UKR 03' 09"
3. KASHECHKIN Andrey C.A KAZ 03' 16"
4. KARPETS Vladimir IBA RUS 05' 47"
5. CONTADOR Alberto LSW ESP 07' 07"
6. IGLINSKIY Maxim DOM KAZ 09' 52"
7. PINEAU Jérôme BTL FRA 14' 58"
8. LÖVKVIST Thomas FDJ SWE 18' 57"
9. SINKEWITZ Patrik QST GER 19' 14"
10. ARROYO David IBA ESP 27' 38"

Team standings:

1. TEAM CSC
2. T-MOBILE TEAM 03' 27"
3. ILLES BALEARS-CAISSE D EPARGNE 03' 54"
4. PHONAK HEARING SYSTEMS 07' 26"
5. DISCOVERY CHANNEL TEAM 08' 04"
6. LIBERTY SEGUROS - WÜRTH TEAM 09' 46"
7. CREDIT AGRICOLE 11' 49"
8. RABOBANK 15' 56"
9. SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22' 55"
10. GEROLSTEINER 28' 28"

[Eurotwit]

I was hoping for a Basso upset win today. Alas, that was not to be. Armstrong seems incredibly strong as usual.

Fun to see Rasmussen and Valverde do well though.

[Wyatt's Torch]

Rasmussen finished 3'12" behind Lance in the first Time Trial. Methinks it won't be much of an issue come stage 20.....;-)

[ironman]

From what I can tell Discovery saved Rubiera and Beltran for later stages.

[green iguana]

Like for tomorrow - with 2 Hors Cat climbs?

[Stat-boy]

OLN’s entire broadcast for each day is available on their web page. Not live; posted a few hours after the end of the day’s race. It’s hidden. The way to find it is to “right click” a “clip” from a day, look at it’s address under “properties”, cut the address but leave off the “_” and everything after that, past that address and add a “.wmv”.

For example, today’s program is available at:

mms://dayport.wmod.llnwd.net/fc/a258/e1/v1/0040/08300020050712.wmv


I wonder how long this will last (until someone at OLN becomes aware).

[theFIRMbss]

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[gopwinsin04]

I cant believe Lance blew away Vino like that. Looks like Basso v. Armstrong the rest of the way!

[gopwinsin04]

It's getting crazier up in the thin air!

[canalabamian]

Thanks cuz.

[Kryptonite]

Cooooool. Thnx

[upier]

Did you notice that Lance had not shaved today? Biker's will do that when they feel like they are going to have a big day. Lance must have felt good when he got up this morning.

[upier]

Rasmussen finished 3'12" behind Lance in the first Time Trial. Methinks it won't be much of an issue come stage 20.....;-)


That's for sure especially since the last time trail is three times longer.

[PGalt]

Thanks so much for the ping. Just got home from work. Exciting!!!!....just reading the thread is exciting!