Tour de France, stage 15 — Hincapie wins the stage!
Filed under: General
Once again, Lance Armstrong battled JanUllrich and Ivan Basso up the mountains. As in Stage 14, Ullrich gave out before the finish and Armstrong and Basso finished together. Armstrong managed to put more time on every one of his rivals except Basso, who took second place. The battle now is really for the third “podium spot,” with Armstong and Basso having all but locked up the first two places.
Today’s stage belonged to American George Hincapie. He was one of the riders who broke away early, and he managed to hold out and make it to the finish line first, winning the day’s stage — his first Tour stage win ever. Hincapie is Armstrong’s most trusted lieutenant and it’s great to see him have his day.
Monday is a rest day followed by the final mountain stage of this year’s Tour de France.
American Racers
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Overall Standings
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Change in Standings
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Stage 15
Results |
Name
|
Team
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
7.
|
Armstrong
|
DSC
|
-
|
-
|
|
6.
|
-1
|
13.
|
Leipheimer
|
GRL
|
+7:35
|
-2:50
|
|
7.
|
-1
|
19.
|
Landis
|
PHO
|
+9:33
|
-4:30
|
|
16.
|
-
|
25.
|
Julich
|
CSC
|
+19:03
|
-7:09
|
|
18.
|
+7
|
1.
|
Hincapie
|
DSC
|
+19:35
|
+5:24
|
|
32.
|
+4
|
31.
|
Horner
|
GRL
|
+52:41
|
-8:57
|
|
126.
|
-3
|
152.
|
Rodriguez
|
SAD
|
+2:55:20
|
-39:06
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
Zabriskie
|
CSC
|
*
|
*
|
Discovery Channel Team Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 15
Results |
Name
|
Country
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
7.
|
Armstrong
|
USA
|
-
|
-
|
|
12.
|
+1
|
18.
|
Popovych
|
Ukraine
|
+14:27
|
-4:28
|
|
18.
|
+7
|
1.
|
Hincapie
|
USA
|
+19:35
|
+5:24
|
|
28.
|
+2
|
37.
|
Azevado
|
Portugal
|
+44:49
|
-11:07
|
|
33.
|
-1
|
43.
|
Savoldeli
|
Italy
|
+52:47
|
-16:37
|
|
42.
|
+4
|
42.
|
Rubiera
|
Spain
|
+1:17:55
|
-15:37
|
|
92.
|
+4
|
91.
|
Padrnos
|
Czechoslovakia
|
+2:15:31
|
-31:05
|
|
101.
|
+1
|
76.
|
Noval
|
Spain
|
+2:24:24
|
-31:05
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
Beltran
|
Spain
|
*
|
*
|
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July 18th, 2005 at 10:46 am
So what if you feel like you can win the thing like Hincapie did, does he not continue to excel because thats what your supposed to do as a teamate? I never understood the whole team thing with the Tour de France…
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