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Tour de Georgia - 2.1
USA, April 19-24, 2005
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Stage 2 - April 20: Fayetteville - Rome, 197.5 km
Commentary by Kristy Scrymgeour, with additional reporting from Mark Zalewski and Eddie Monnier
Complete live report
12:59 EDT
Welcome to day two of the live coverage
of the 2005 Dodge Tour de Georgia. We had a slow start to the tour yesterday,
with most riders tending to prefer an easy day taking in the scenery of the
Georgia countryside.
Livening things up was the young TIAA CREF
team, who sent Dan Bowman up the road for a long hard day in the saddle. Bowman
was away for 144km of the 207km race, eventually being reeled in as the race
headed into Macon. It was South African rider Robbie Hunter, riding for Phonak
who took the sprint from Australian Ben Brooks. For his efforts Bowman earned
the media judged "Most Aggressive" jersey, but today will wear the sprint jersey
after placing equal first in points with race winner Hunter.
Todays
stage is very similar to last years course that finished in Rome, simply starting
in another city. The course is once again over the undulating Georgia terrain,
finishing in Rome with three circuits of 4.1km each. During the race, riders
will contest two Maxxis sprints and King of the Mountain (KOM) sprint. The KOM
is on Clocktower Hill and will take place just before the riders head into the
circuits.
13:20 EDT
It another hot day out, with temperatures
already in the 80's. There are a few clouds about, but not many. The riders
are all around the start area now signing in and the crouds are big yet again.
We had one reader write in yesterday, excited that he was able to get an autograph
from Lance. He said:
"The excitement on Broad Street this morning
was tremendous – much more than two years ago when we hosted Stage 2, and more
than in Athens last year for the Brasstown Bald stage. Last year in Athens,
Lance was driven to the sign-in (in a Dodge of course) two minutes before our
National Anthem, and with all the press, my older daughter (a huge Lance fan)
and I could not even see him from fifty yards away. This morning, I took all
three of my kids out of school for the start and we were rewarded greatly. Suddenly,
Lance and team rode up to the sign-in 30 minutes before the race. They signed
numerous autographs. All the riders were very relaxed and friendly! And the
crowd really appreciated it. The crowd was more than twice as large as two years
ago in Augusta."
13:33 EDT
After hearing the US National anthem
the riders have now hit the road for the start of stage two. There are no parade
laps today. The race is heading straight out of town on a two lane road that
is a long downhill drag all the way out of town.
The Saunier Duval/Prodir
team have already got a mechanical and a rider is stopped on the side of the
road.
13:35 EDT
We do have some bad news for the Jittery
Joe's team. One of their riders Christian Foster had to visit the hospital today
as he was severely dehydrated after yesterdays race. We talked to team director
Micah Rice, who said Christian only drank about five bottled during the race
yesterday, whilst the rest of the team drank at least ten. Christian is being
discharged from hospital today and of course, did not start the race.
13:39 EDT
With temperatures in the 80's, it
is so important for the riders to be drinking constantly to keep hydrated, especially
for a race that lasts a week.
13:40 EDT
The riders are rolling along steadily
now, but there is an early sprint at the 18.3km mark, so that be trigger a bit
of speed. After that, there is not another sprint for 128km.
13:43 EDT
On my early commentry on the finishing
lap. The clocktower hill is within the finishing circuits, but is only counted
as a KOM when they hit it the first time on the way to the finish line to start
the first circuit. You will remember from last year that this is the finishing
circuit where Lance won the stage with that nice leadout from George Hincapie.
13:49 EDT 8km/199.4km to go
The riders are going
very slowly to start with, currently cruising at 24km/h (15m/h). A couple of
the Colavita riders are back at their team cars getting sunscreen that they
apparently forgot to apply before the start of the race.
13:51 EDT
Cyclingnews correnspondent Mark Zalewski
caught up with the CEO of Phonak, Andy Rihs, before the race this morning. He
is excited about being here and likes what he sees. He commented that it would
be nice to have more races of this calibre in the US and move towards some type
of Pro Tour in the future.
13:56 EDT 13km/194.4km to go
We are now 5km from
the sprint line, which is situated outside of Crabapple elementary School in
Peachtree City. The crowds are huge!! Lots of screaming and cheering going on.
The normal signs from young Lance groupies saying "Marry me Lance."
13:58 EDT
Ekimov had had a problem with his
radio and had to go back to the team car, but is now back in the bunch.
Health Net and Credit Agricole are on the front of the bunch with 4km to go
before the sprint. Of course Phonak lead the sprint jersey with equal points
with Dan Bowman (TIAA CREF).
13:59 EDT
There are a lot of people on the side
of the roads on golf carts. Its quite amusing actually. There are heaps of them.
14:01 EDT 17.3km/190.1km to go
One kilometer
to the sprint now. Credit Agricole on the front.
The road narrows from
a wide open road to a single lane just before the sprint line. Its kind of crazy.
About a thousand people line the roads at the sprint line.
There
is a dip in the road about 50 meters before the sprint line and it climbs back
up to the line.
14:01 EDT
Prodir and Sierra Navada are now moving
to the front of the bunch with 200m to go.
14:03 EDT 18.3km/189.1km to go
There goes the
sprint. We'll have results in a second. The passed the sprint at about 57km/h
(36m/h) and immediately a group of about 13 riders have a small gap on the field.
14:04 EDT
It was Greg Henderson taking first
in the sprint. Followed by his teammate Gord Fraser, then Mauro Santambrogio
in third.
The gap has now been closed and the bunch are back together.
14:06 EDT 24km/183.4km to go
Jeff Louder (Navigators)
is on the front setting the pace. We are actually on schedule today, so the
race is definitely faster than is was yesterday, so far.
14:08 EDT
There's a fair bit of action at the
front now. A Jittery Joe's rider, Johny Sundt is off the front and had a gap
of eight seconds. There is a reaction from the field.
14:09 EDT
Sundt is now back in the field. Its
strung out, single file. We are on some rolling hills now. A lot of people out
on the side of the road watching the race. Prodir are now on the front of the
peloton.
14:11 EDT
Another attack now from Sierra Nevada,
followed by a Health Net rider. They have ten seconds.
14:13 EDT 27.2km/180.2km to go
The riders are
Ben Jacques-Mayne (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) and Mike Sayers (Health Net).
14:13 EDT
They have now been absorbed.
14:15 EDT
I have just heard from a reader that
a lot of people in Peachtree City use the golf carts I mentioned earlier, as
a way of getting around to cut down on traffic and pollution!
14:18 EDT
Jelly Belly and Symmetrics are on
the front now. There are a few more attempts to get away but nothing is sticking.
We are traveling at over 54km/hour at the moment. Its pretty fast.
14:21 EDT
The field is strung out and has just
crested a little hill going over the railway tracks. Luckily the race was able
to co-ordinate with the railways and miss the 2pm train that was due. The race
organisers are relieved about that.
Its single file!
14:23 EDT
The average speed of the race so far
is 38km/h (24m/h).
Adrea Tafi (Saunier Duval/Prodir) will be happy
with the speed today. Our reporter Eddie Monnier, who is riding in the Kodak
EasyShare Gallery/Sierra Nevada team car today, caught up with Tafi before the
start. He said yesterdays stage was hard because it was slow all day and it
was hard to get used to the fast pace in the finishing circuits. He was hoping
for a faster day today.
14:24 EDT
Credit Agricole is the force today.
They are on the front covering break attempts.
14:26 EDT
Jittery Joe's have attacked taking
a CSC rider with him. Its Johny Sundt again with Lars Bak (CSC).
14:27 EDT
They have been reabsorbed and a counter
has gone with about ten riders have a ten second gap.
14:30 EDT
The riders are Jason McCartney (Discovery),
Daniele Masolino (LPR), Juan Jose Haedo (Colavita), Michael Blaudzun (CSC),
Matthey Rice (Jelly Belly/Pool Gel), Mads Kaggestad (Credit Agicole), Chad Hartley
(TIAA CREF), Davide Frattini (Colavita) and Phil Zajicek (Navigators).
14:31 EDT
This break has also been reeled in
and we have another counter from Jeff Louder (Navigators).
14:36 EDT
Cyclingnews also caught up with a
few other riders before the start today. Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) said
he was pleased to be in a break yesterday as he is still feeling a bit jetlagged
coming straight from Europe on Sunday.
14:38 EDT
Alessandro Maserati (LPR) commented
that the finishing circuits yesterday were very hard. He was trying to set up
their team sprinter Danilo Napolitano for the win. He added that their main
goal at the Tour de Georgia was to win a stage.
14:41 EDT
Jeff Louder is still away and has
a 26 second lead at this point.
14:44 EDT 52km/155.4km to go
Lars Bak (CSC) attempted
to bridge to Louder and had a gap on the field, but the Prodir team chased,
bringing both Louder and Bak back to the field. The peloton are all together
now.
14:45 EDT
Chad Hartley's 8th grade Math teacher
has just written in to say hi!
14:50 EDT
After that initial surge of energy,
the race has now shut down now and its just rolling along slowly. Actually there
are only about 20 guys in the peloton right now. They have all stopped for a
"nature break". Apparently there was a bit of an uproar last year about riders
stopping on the side of the road for a nature break, but I guess people have
just figured out now that its a part of racing.
14:51 EDT
There is a nice resident who has set
up a table outside his house with water for the riders. Normally of course riders
would be going a little too fast to stop for water, but perhaps now, as many
have stopped anyway, they might grab a quick drink on the way by.
14:52 EDT
We are now past the 50km mark so feeding
from the cars is now allowed. Many riders will be going back to pick up bidons
and grab a few for their teammates whilst they're there.
14:56 EDT
Unfortunately, there have been no
sightings yet of Wild Turkeys, but one reader tells me we should definitely
see some today at some stage.
15:00 EDT
The race has been rolling along steadily.
We are on a slight incline.
15:01 EDT
There is a break now. Its JOhny Sundt
again, joined by Dominque Perras (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada).
15:02 EDT
The pair have now been joined by Aaron
Olsen (Colavita) and they have an eight second gap so far.
15:03 EDT
We had a question from a reader asking
what a bidon is. It is simply a water bottle.
15:04 EDT
Another reader excited about what
a great atmosphere cycling brings to the towns. He commented that at the start
line, the Mavic neutral support crew took the time to talk to the crowd about
what their job is out on the road.
15:09 EDT
The breakaway trio have been caught
and another move has gone up the road. There are eight riders including McCartney
(Discovery), Niki Aebersold (Phonak), Manuel Quinziato (Prodir), Nathan O'Neill
(Navigators), Justin England (Health Net), Davide Frattini (Colavita), Mariano
Freidick (Jelly Belly) and Svein Tuft (Symmetrics). They have ten seconds.
15:10 EDT
LPR have moved to the front and Maserati
is pulling hard to reel the break in. The gap is coming down. It is now five
seconds.
15:13 EDT 68km/139.4km to go
The break of eight
has also been caught and again there is a counter attack. Another group of about
nine riders have a 15 second lead.
15:15 EDT
McCartney is in the break again, along
with Tafi (Prodir), Rubiera (Discovery), Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner), Matthias
Russ (Gerolsteiner), Jacques-Mayne (Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada) and Craig Lewis
(TIAA CREF).
15:17 EDT
Christian Muller (CSC) is also in
this break. They are all working very well together and the gap in increasing
quickly. They now have over 30 seconds.
15:18 EDT 69km/138.4km to go
Each of the riders
in the break are taking about a five second turn and rolling off. Its very smooth
and it looks like this break might get some time.
15:22 EDT
The break got out to 30 seconds but
now Credit Agricole have hit the front and are chasing.
15:26 EDT
The gap is coming down. Its now down
to 20 seconds at this point.
15:28 EDT 80.7km/126.7km to go
The break has
been caught. Christian Vandevelde (CSC) countered, but was immediately reeled
in.
15:29 EDT
We are now in the feedzone and the
guys are grabbing their feed bags from the team soigneurs standing on the side
of the road. After the feed zone is a left turn onto a wide open road so the
riders will be able to eat their lunch in relative comfort.
15:31 EDT
People have been asking about the
GC riders, Lance and the like, and where they are at this point. They are all
tucked into the bunch trying to save as much energy as possible. Their team
domestique's would be looking after them making sure they are never in the wind
and making sure they have enough food and water. Today is not the day for GC
riders to show their face at all.
15:34 EDT
Here is an attack!
15:34 EDT
Its a solo attack by Andrea Tafi (Saunier
Duval). He has 45 seconds.
15:35 EDT 84km/123.4km to go
This is the second
day in a row that Tafi has made a solo move. He did so yesterday, but it didn't
last for long. Tafi did say before the start of this tour that he really wants
a stage win to end his career.
15:37 EDT
Tafi now has 56 seconds. There is
not really a chase yet.
15:42 EDT
Tafi also yesterday that he would
attack as much as possible throughout this tour. He looks good at the moment
as he rides down a long descent which gets steeper at the bottom.
15:43 EDT
His gap is increasing. He now has
1'26" to the bunch as he passes through Shady Grove. Its quite shady here!
15:44 EDT
He now has two minutes. He has his
hands on the tops as he goes up a slight rise and he's looking focused.
15:47 EDT
For all of you who don't know Andrea
Tafi. His nickname is "The Gladiator" and his palmares include victories in
Paris Roubaix, Paris Tours, and the Tour of Flanders in 1999, 2000, and 2002,
respectively. He has finally decided to retire this year and this may be his
last tour.
15:49 EDT 92km/115.4km to go
Tafi's gap has increased
to 2'20". The peloton are spread across the road, not chasing at all yet. Tafi
is approaching a narrow bridge where the road narrows considerably.
15:49 EDT
2'40" is the gap between Tafi and
the bunch.
15:55 EDT
Tafi's advantage is now 2'45" but
Gerolsteiner and Discovery have moved to the front of the peloton and the pace
is picking up slightly. Most of today has been headwind but we have now turned
and there is a tail wind. It is likely that Tafi waited for the tailwind to
make his move.
15:56 EDT 96km/111.4km to go
The gap is three
minutes.
15:57 EDT
Phonak have a couple of riders at
the front as the bunch goes round a very sharp turn. A couple of riders almost
overshot the corner.
15:58 EDT
Our reporter Mark Zalewski is wondering
why he can't see his female fans on the side of the road with signs "Marry me
Mark".
16:01 EDT
The gap is now over three minutes
as the race approaches another set of railroad tracks. There have been a few
mechanicals today because of the tracks, giving the Mavic crew some work to
do. This year Mavic have the new Scott bike that the Prodir team ride as their
neutral support bike.
16:03 EDT 103km/104.4km to go
We have just crossed
over Interstate 21 and are entering the city limits of Temple Georgia.
16:06 EDT
The gap is 3'20". We are coming up
to some bad railway track. Riders have to go up and then steeply downhill before
a sharp left turn.
16:07 EDT
The riders are slowing right down
to negotiate the turn, but they're all through without a problem.
16:09 EDT 105km/102.4km to go
We are now parrallel
with the railway lines and a big freight train has just started to move again.
It was stopped waiting for the race to go by.
16:12 EDT
Many people have been asking whether
the bunch will let Tafi go as a kind of retirement gift. They may do this, we'll
see, but it is still early in the stage and a lot of US teams really want results
in the race as it is a big thing to get a result here.
16:19 EDT
Nothing has changed out there. Tafi
is still powering away up front.
I've had a few readers write is asking
where Robbie Hunter is because I mentioned that there were only 30 riders actually
in the bunch whilst they were taking a nature break. They was just a momentary
thing. All the riders are in the bunch at this point. Nobody has been dropped
as far as I know.
16:22 EDT
I've also had a few emails telling
me that the race actually crossed interstate 20, not interstate 121. Please
excuse my Aussie ignorance!
16:24 EDT
The legendary Italian still holds
his lead and looks quite comfortable out there on the rolling terrain.
16:32 EDT
Tafi now has over five minutes on
the field! Its growing.
16:34 EDT 121km/176.5km to go
The bunch are not
chasing at this point and Tafi is out there slogging away rapidly making up
time on the bunch.
16:40 EDT
A little bit more about Andrea "the
gladiator" Tafi. He started racing in 1976 as a junior. In 76 and 77 he had
18 victories. His professional career began in 1989 with Team Eurocar. Perhaps
one of his best results is winning Paris Roubaix in 99 and of course Flanders
in 2002 riding for Mapei. He will be 39 years of age on May 7 this year.
16:43 EDT 128km/69.5km to go
The gap is holding
at 5'30" at the moment with about 70km remaining in the race.
16:45 EDT
One reader has just pointed out that
out of the 122 riders in the field, only 55 of them are North American showing
that this event has really grown in stature in this year to become an excellent
international event.
16:50 EDT
Actually 68 riders in the peloton
are North American.
16:53 EDT
Tafi's lead holds at 5'35" as the
race heads towards the second sprint of the day in Rockmart, GA. Before reaching
the sprint, the race goes down a long descent, dropping about 500ft in elevation.
16:54 EDT
For those interested, Tafi got his
knickname "the Gladiator" from his swashbuckling style in the classics in the
mid-late 1990's (and beyond).
17:00 EDT
A note for those of you who want to
sign up for the Tour of Hope team that rides with Lance Armstrong across America.
The deadline is 11.59pm today and you can find details at www.tourofhope.org
17:04 EDT 148km/49.5km to go
The gap is dropping
a little. It is 4'50". Phonak is on the front of the peloton setting the pace
at the moment.
Tafi has one kilometer to go before the sprint and
he makes a left turn into the small town of Rockmart.
200m to the
sprint. I think Tafi might take this!
17:06 EDT
Tafi takes the sprint!!!
The commisaires were a little worried about a train that might interrupt the
race, but that has been sorted out and the train will not affect the race this
time.
17:07 EDT
The gap is up again a little to 5
minutes. The temperature on the bank in down says 86 degrees. Health Net is
on the front leading into the sprint for the peloton.
17:07 EDT
The Georgia State patrol are doing
a great job of neutralising the roads along the way, blocking off every entrance
onto the race course.
17:08 EDT
One Kilometer to the sprint for the
bunch. It is slightly uphill.
17:08 EDT
Its about a 500m incline. There is
a little dip at 200m to go and the sprint curves to the left.
17:10 EDT
We can see Phonak at the front as
well as a CSC rider. We'll get the official results in a sec.
There
is a sharp right turn after the sprint and four guys are off the front after
the sprint and have a small gap.
17:11 EDT
The winner of the sprint is Aurelien
Clerc (Phonak) with Christian Muller (CSC) taking second.
17:16 EDT
The gap is coming down and is now
at 4'20" with Phonak still sitting on the front of the bunch setting the pace.
Corrections to the sprint results. The results are:
1 Tafi
2 Aurelien
Clerc (Phonak)
3 Mike Sayers (Health Net)
17:23 EDT
The gap is coming down. We are seeing
three Phonak riders and a couple of Gerolsteiner riders on the front steadily
brining this back. The gap is now 4'05". Tafi's team car is now heading up to
have a chat to him.
17:24 EDT 157km/40.5km to go
We've now been racing
for 3'55". Navigators also seem to be moving up to the front at this point as
we come to the business end of the race.
17:25 EDT
We've just had an email from Will
Frischkorn's dog Charlotte, who wants to wish Will and TIAA CREF good luck.
The dogs of Boulder are quite talented I would say.
17:31 EDT
A couple of people have asked why
Chris Horner did not start at Tour de Georgia. He is actually out with a broken
hip sustained in a crash during Tirreno Adriatico.
17:35 EDT
The gap is now 4'28" as the peloton
descends the last real climb on the map having passed into Floyd County. They
are spread across the road and a few riders have taken a nature break to the
disgust of many of the spectators parked on the side of the road. Looks like
everyone is getting prepared for the finale.
17:38 EDT 160km/37.5km to go
We are now only
22km from Clocktower hill. If this gap of four minutes holds it might be a bit
confusing on the circuit.
Aaron Olson (Colavita) has attacked the
bunch on a small descent and now has 20 seconds on the field. The field is not
reacting at all. They are still wide across the road.
17:40 EDT 165km/32.5km to go
Olson is going up
a small rise and is out of the saddle increasing his lead. He is now one minute
up on the field. He has a direct tailwind which is helping him.
17:42 EDT
We have two riders coming out of the
peloton trying to bridge up to Olson. They are Rafael Casero (Saunier Duval)
and a CSC rider we think.
Tafi has 4'30" to Olsen and 5'30" to the
peloton.
17:43 EDT 172km/25.5km to go
Olson is now 3'50"
behind Tafi with Tafi only 25km from the finish right now.
17:47 EDT
Tafi has now reached the Rome city
limits. It would be quite appropriate for this Italian to take a stage win at
the end of his career in a place called Rome.
17:48 EDT
We've just had an email from a reader
who sayd his 6 year old son is on cloud 9 after having caught a watter bottle
that Lance Armstrong threw out of the peloton today.
17:49 EDT
Casero and Schleck have been caught.
Olson is now 3'45" behind Tafi and still away.
17:51 EDT 177km/20.5km to go
20km to go for Tafi.
17:52 EDT
The peloton are on a long descent
after which the road narrows coming into town.
Tafi is 5km from the
KOM (which is a mountain sprint).
17:52 EDT
The Discovery team car just blew a
rear tyre, so they have stopped to change their tyre.
17:53 EDT
The gap is dropping now. Tafi's gap
is now only 2'20". We are in the outskirts of town now, so the roads are more
urban. There is a pretty long downhill which will be pretty fast.
17:57 EDT
Tafi nearing Clocktower Hill. The
gap to the peloton is 1'50" with Olson in between.
17:58 EDT
The peloton is now on the circuit
heading for the KOM after which the three laps starts. The gap is falling very
quickly and it looks like Tafi will not make it this time.
17:59 EDT
One reader wrote in to say that he
and his students measured the gradient of the climb last year and it turned
out to be just over 19% in parts. Tafi is close to the climb with the peloton
coming up on him.
18:01 EDT 183km/14.5km to go
He still has one
minute though. Olson has been caught. Its single file with Discovery at the
front. Perhaps Lance wants to win this one again. Last year Lance made sure
his team was at the front for safety reasons and ended up winning the stage
thanks to a leadout from Hincapie.
18:01 EDT
Tafi goes over the KOM now and will
be wear the KOM going into stage 3.
18:02 EDT 185km/12.5km to go
Christian Muller
(CSC) is off the front slightly. Its all single file. Discovery still at the
front.
18:04 EDT
Will Frischkorn (TIAA CREF), Jason
McCartney and Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery), are off the front.
18:05 EDT
The three have been caught. Now Chad
Hartley (TIAA CREF) is off the front slightly
18:06 EDT 189km/8.5km to go
The excitement is
huge at the finish line. The riders are just about to come through the finish
line with 2 laps to go.
18:06 EDT
Tafi has been caught!!!!!!!!!!!
18:07 EDT
Its all together and they are stretched
across the road. Six Discovery riders at the front of the bunch.
18:07 EDT
Lance is sitting in just behind the
rest of his team.
18:08 EDT
There are riders getting dropped due
to the fast pace of these finishing circuits. It is a very hard circuit with
Clocktower Hill each lap.
18:09 EDT
The crowd are screaming with delight.
Ivan Dominguez (Health Net) has been dropped. He came second to Lance here last
year.
18:09 EDT
The whole Discovery team are on the
front now and we near one lap to go!!
18:10 EDT
Credit Agricole and Prodir also seem
to be moving to the front. Gerolsteiner are also showing their face a little.
18:12 EDT 193km/4.5km to go
They are going over
the clocktower and down the descent to the finish to see one lap to go. Still
all Discovery on the front as they cross the line.
18:12 EDT
Jason McCartney leads the Discovery
team as they cross the line. It is fast and all strung out.
18:13 EDT
Only about two thirds of the field
are still hanging on. The rest of the field have popped off the front.
18:13 EDT
Tafi is back in the caravan, obviously
roasted after a long day out there alone.
18:13 EDT
Its still single file with Discovery
dominating the front.
18:14 EDT 194.5km/3km to go
Jelly Belly and Health
Net are sitting in behing the Discovery train. They were going about 35 miles/h
last time they came through the finish
18:14 EDT
Only three km to go!
18:15 EDT
They are hitting the climb now for
the last time. Its Discovery, followed by a couple of Health Net and Credit
Agricole riders.
18:15 EDT
This climb is where Hincapie moved
Armstrong to the front last year.
18:16 EDT
Coming off the Clocktower now, on
the final descent.
18:16 EDT
Looks like they are either setting
up Tony Cruz or maybe even Lance again.
18:18 EDT
Credit Agricole is taking over in
the last minute and it looks like Haselbacher is coming around...no, it's Michael
Rich!
18:21 EDT 197.5km/0km to go
And it's Michael
Rich (Gerolsteiner) who wins the stage ahead of Manuel Quinziato (Saunier) and...Lance
Armstrong (Discovery)!!!
18:35 EDT
It looks like there has been a change
in the winner. It is now confirmed that the winner is Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner)
that took the win, not his teammate Rich.
Results
Provisional 1 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval Prodir 3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery 4 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) LPR 5 Bobby Julich (USA) CSC 6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery 8 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Juan Jose Haedo (Arg) Colavita 10 Tim Larkin (USA) Kodak Gallery/Sierra Nevada
