The overall standings in the Tour de France took a very interesting turn today. Tyler Hamiton abandoned in the middle of the stage. Jan Ullrich lost 2m42s to Lance at the end of the day (he's now about 7 minutes behind Lance in overall standings), and looked pretty goddamn bad on the final climb. Iban Mayo tried to abandon, but was coaxed back on the bike by his teammates (he eventually finished the stage 37m40s behind Lance Armstrong). Lastly, Bobby Julich lost more than 42 minutes to Lance. Oh yeah, Roberto Heras had a pretty unimpressive day, too. So that pretty much wraps up all of the favorites for overall victory in this year's Tour. And Lance won the stage, too. Today's results should answer any doubts about whether Lance will be able to win his 6th consecutive Tour. |
