Tour de France, stage 10 — Lance regains the lead
Filed under: General
Lance Armstrong took back the yellow jersey in a decisive first day in the Alps. Most of his serious challengers are now five minutes, or more, back. The Discovery Channel Team showed it strength today when the peloton started up the second mountain climb. They drove faster and faster up the mountain and other riders were soon dropping back left and right. This slowly wore out most of the Discovery riders, but frankly that’s what they’re there for: to provide support for Lance (who won second in the stage and took back the overall lead).
Tomorrow is the second Alp stage, and it will be interesting to see how many riders wore themselves out on the first one.
American Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 10
Results |
Name
|
Team
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
2.
|
Armstrong
|
DSC
|
-
|
+2:18
|
|
6
|
+6
|
6.
|
Leipheimer
|
GRL
|
+3:58
|
+0:51
|
|
10.
|
+2
|
11.
|
Landis
|
PHO
|
+4:16
|
-0:16
|
|
17.
|
-11
|
25.
|
Julich
|
CSC
|
+6:37
|
-3:02
|
|
24.
|
+19
|
20.
|
Horner
|
GRL
|
+9:05
|
-1:53
|
|
32.
|
-22
|
47.
|
Hincapie
|
DSC
|
+12:15
|
-8:10
|
|
118.
|
-18
|
171
|
Rodriguez
|
SAD
|
+1:02:45
|
-36:05
|
|
154.
|
-2
|
135.
|
Trenti
|
QST
|
+1:18:08
|
-36:05
|
|
179.
|
*
|
*
|
Zabriskie
|
CSC
|
*
|
*
|
Discovery Channel Team Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 10
Results |
Name
|
Country
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
+2
|
2.
|
Armstrong
|
USA
|
-
|
-2:18
|
|
14.
|
-
|
19.
|
Popovych
|
Ukraine
|
+6:25
|
-1:53
|
|
32.
|
-22
|
47.
|
Hincapie
|
USA
|
+12:15
|
-8:10
|
|
37.
|
-20
|
48.
|
Azevado
|
Portugal
|
+13:03
|
-8:10
|
|
44.
|
-15
|
51.
|
Savoldeli
|
Italy
|
+16:06
|
-9:45
|
|
53.
|
-12
|
70.
|
Beltran
|
Spain
|
+21:25
|
-14:25
|
|
61.
|
-33
|
100.
|
Rubiera
|
Spain
|
+25:27
|
-19:25
|
|
94.
|
+1
|
93.
|
Padrnos
|
Czechoslovakia
|
+38:57
|
-19:35
|
|
95.
|
-1
|
101.1
|
Noval
|
Spain
|
+39:19
|
-20:03
|
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