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« TdF Explained | Main | Prison's Just Another Word For Nothing Left To Lose » July 16, 2004TdF: Lance Climbs Mountain, StandingsAs expected (see my previous post) Lance Armstrong indeed did gain time on the overall leader of the Tour de France during today's mountainous 12th stage - and, as a bonus, gained time versus his main rivals for the overall race win. Here's an AP story that explains it all rather well. Armstrong, who started the day 9:35 behind the race leader, now trails Thomas Voeckler by just 5:24, while he increased his lead over all but one of his top rivals. He is now second, overall, in the 21-stage race. Armstrong now leads Levi Leipheimer by 3:26, Jan Ullrich by 3:47, Tyler Hamilton by 4:22, former teammate Roberto Heras by 5:18, and Iban Mayo by 6:42. Ivan Basso, who won today's stage, trails Armstrong by 1:09. Yesterday, he trailed by 1:17.
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It seems like Armstrong "stunned" his closest competitors today. Any more word on his allegations that reporters tried to break into his hotel room? Posted by: Tom Galvin at July 16, 2004 11:19 AMBrilliant stage today. I was a little concerned when the rain hit but what a phenomenal ending! Posted by: King of Fools at July 16, 2004 12:41 PMThanks, Bill... this is *exactly* the sort of post I wanted to see! This post (and the previous one) does a great job of cutting through the jargon and putting the race into perspective. Last time I checked (yesterday), Ullrich was only 55 seconds behind Armstrong... so Lance actually pulled nearly an additional three minutes ahead of Ullrich in one stage? Wow, that's some climbing! Dafydd Thanks bill... I never followed this event before and I'm delighted you turned me on to it. I knew I'd find an update here. Post a comment
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Armstrong finished second today behind Basso - but because they finished within inches of each other, both were credited with the identical time for today's stage. However, Basso gets a 20-second bonus for finishing first, and Armstrong gets a 12-second bonus for finishing second, meaning Basso is credited with gaining 8 seconds on Armstrong in the overall standings.