Posted on 07/12/2005 5:26:00 AM PDT by green iguana
14:14 - Lead Drops To 840"
The peloton is now 840" 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. Todays retiree is Gerrit Glomser. His Lampre-Caffita team-mate Evgeny Petrov didnt take the start after a doping control conducted by the UCI this morning.
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.
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Semper Fi
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!
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 37h1104" (44.92km/h)
2. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) Rabobank at 38"
3. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC at 240"
4. Christophe Moreau (France) Credit Agricole at 242"
5. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Illes Balears at 316"
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner at 358"
7. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) Illes Balears at 400"
8. Jan Ullrich (Germany) T-Mobile at 402"
9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) T-Mobile at 416"
10. Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak at 416"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 102"
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) GST at 115"
7. Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy) LAM at 214"
8. Cadel Evans (Australia) DVL at 214"
9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) TMO at 214"
10. Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakstahn) C.A at 214"
Green jersey (sprinter) standings:
Team standings:
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.
Rasmussen finished 3'12" behind Lance in the first Time Trial. Methinks it won't be much of an issue come stage 20.....;-)
Like for tomorrow - with 2 Hors Cat climbs?
OLNs entire broadcast for each day is available on their web page. Not live; posted a few hours after the end of the days race. Its hidden. The way to find it is to right click a clip from a day, look at its address under properties, cut the address but leave off the _ and everything after that, past that address and add a .wmv.
For example, todays 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).
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I cant believe Lance blew away Vino like that. Looks like Basso v. Armstrong the rest of the way!
Thanks cuz.
Cooooool. Thnx
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.
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.
Thanks so much for the ping. Just got home from work. Exciting!!!!....just reading the thread is exciting!
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