Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Stage 4 TTT

Team Astana won today's 24-mile team time trial by averaging 31.25 mph. Cancellara is still in yellow, but he is less than 1 second ahead of Lance Armstrong. This means that if Lance takes a time bonus tomorrow, he'll take the yellow jersey. Friday's stage 7 mountain stage will most likely facilitate the next big change of lead.

Here is the current general classification, with Astana riders taking spots 2-5:

1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 10:38:07
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 0:00:19
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:00:23
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0:00:31

Astana thus increased their lead in the teams classification.

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3 comments:

  1. stevecurtinJuly 07, 2009 5:37 PM

    Daniel,
    Did you form a fantasy team? I went from 14000 place to 791 place. It was a good day for me. The best day until today was 999. I am enjoying it and looking forward to the rest of the race as everyone is now locked into their team selections. I also wondered if you signed up for "2009 Challenge" where you log in your personal cycling? This should be an interesting year and hopefully not tainted by doping.

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  2. BethJuly 07, 2009 6:02 PM

    And...when can we start planning our trip to France to cheer you on in the Tour de France?

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  3. DanielJuly 07, 2009 9:13 PM

    No fanatasy teams for me yet.

    Can't answer Beth's question either, but here's the view from the team car I'll let you ride in:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/avuncularglen/780765213/

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