Armstrong Wins Stage, Sacrebleu!

Lance Armstrong has once again claimed the yellow jersey and is 1:25 ahead of his closest competitor, Ivan Basso of Italy.  He also won the mountain stage today.  With a brutal uphill time trial tomorrow and less difficult mountain stages on Thursday and Friday, it seems almost certain that Armstrong will win the tour.  Other than Basso, his only significant rival, Jan Ullrich, remains almost seven minutes behind (6:54).  But watch out for Basso.  The last few stages he has kept up with Armstrong and would have won this stage had he won the final sprint.  Ivan Basso may very well be a future champion. 


- posted by Base10 @ 12:14 PM