Tuesday, July 20, 2004

What Else is New?

Well, really? Lance Armstrong won today's stage of the Tour de France (making it 18 stage wins for the Texan) after beating Ivan Basso to the line as he did on Saturday's stage to Plateau de Beille. This time, however, he took the yellow jersey from France's Thomas Voeckler because he lost more than nine minutes to Lance, and going from first place to 8th.

Jan Ullrich attacked on the 4th climb of the day (with six climbs total), a first catagory Col de l'Echarassson. The German gained more than a minute on Lance, but CSC and USPS (Basso's and Lance's team) reeled him back in and he lost three more seconds in the end, putting him 6:54 behind Lance.

"Basso is riding so good that there is a chance I can lose time tomorrow," Lance said about the very difficult TT to Alpe d'Huez.

Other news: Iban Mayo did not even start today's stage.

This was the kind of terrain the riders did.


Armstrong celebrates his stage win.


Tyler's back trouble (the spots). Read his journal entry about it here.
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  1. GlenJuly 20, 2004 9:48 AM

    It was a surprisingly exciting win today with Lance pulling around and attacking at the very end. Lance looks very strong and relaxed. But I still feel nervous because of the volatile nature of this larger-than-life event.

    And, the spontaneous interview with Lance's friend Robin Williams was hilarious.

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