Ulle's doing the TT in his aero bars, LA is not. Be interesting to see how this plays out. The winning time will be 38:15

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Can I change my mind? 38:45

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yeah if you change your mind I might too, my first guess was a little optimistic I think. I'll split yours with a 38:30. Do you think Lance will pass Basso (who's hurting, but started up 2:00)?

winner not under 40...



Axel

he's not going to be penalized for that push is he? they said something about him getting a penalty for going back down the same course he came up before the other riders finished yesterday as well. anything come of that?

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Pffff I'm impressed. Armstrong is really hammering up that climb.

At the 9.5k Ullrich was 24:08, and Armstrong 23:28. Basso was 24:3x or so.

Let's keep the updates coming. Most of the website's are overloaded and not updating correctly.

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"He broke into the long easy lope, and went on, hour after hour, never at loss for the tangled way, heading straight home through strange country with a certitude of direction that put man and his magnetic needle to shame."

-Call of the Wild

Lance has done it! He's passing Basso. Ulrich in at 40:42. Armstrong up 56 seconds at 12km

At 12.5 KM

1. ARMSTRONG (USA, USP) 00:33:41 2- 011 ULLRICH (GER, TMO) 00:34:37 at 56" 3- 017 KL�DEN (GER, TMO) 00:35:12 at 01' 31" 4- 002 AZEVEDO (POR, USP) 00:35:13 at 01' 32" 5- 014 GUERINI (ITA, TMO) 00:35:38 at 01' 57"



At finish:

1- 011 ULLRICH (GER, TMO) 00:40:42.480 2- 002 AZEVEDO (POR, USP) 00:41:26.530 at 44" 3- 023 GONZALEZ (ESP, PHO) 00:41:52.320 at 01' 09" 4- 014 GUERINI (ITA, TMO) 00:41:52.750 at 01' 10" 5- 075 KARPETS (RUS, IBB) 00:41:56.320 at 01' 13"

Ullrich is last to finish here so Kloden, Basso and Lance yet to finish.

Holy cow!

5:14 p.m. - Ullrich crosses the 9.5km with a time of 24:07, the day's best

5:18 - Mancebo is across the 9.5km mark in 18th-best place - way off pace.

5:19 p.m. Kloden Comes through with the second best time, 27 seconds off of Ullrich's time.

5:21 p.m. - Carlos Sastre fineshes with 42:08 -fifth best

Basso hits the 9.5km time check at 24:43 - fourth best of the day

5:21 p.m. - Oh man - Armstrong comes through at 23:28 - 40 seconds faster than Ullrich's and more than a minute better than Basso

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― Hunter S. Thompson,

virtual GC has lance in first by 3 minutes

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He's beginning to believe

17:34 CEST
As expected, Armstrong is absolutely flying. He passes the 9.5 km check in 23'28 (24 km/h). Crikey.

Armstrong will pass Basso soon. He's on a great ride today.

Ullrich is as well - certainly on track for second best.

Ullrich is back on the bars, in the final 3 km. but today will be all Armstrong, all the way.

Ullrich is 36 seconds better than Azevedo at 12.5 km. He now has 2 km to go.

Basso is now a virtual 3'03 behind Armstrong on GC, meaning that he's lost 1'40 already today. Basso is suffering, but he's just ahead of Armstrong.

Totschnig finishes in 42'56, nearly hitting the barriers at the finish. He is followed by Azevedo, who is home in the new best time of 41'26 - 30 seconds better than Gonzalez!

Voeckler comes in in 46'17, now one of the better times.

Here comes Ullrich, big chainring, sprinting hard to finish in 40'42. New best time!

Basso is finally passed by Armstrong with a few km to the top. That's 2 minutes that the American has put into the Italian. Crowd goes wild. Basso tries to hold the rhythm of Armstrong. And they're side by side for a bit.

Armstrong is 52 seconds better than Ullrich at 12.5 km, with Azevedo third at 1'31. Baso has to let Armstrong go with 2.5 km to go.

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How can Brian 682 possibly say that Lance Armstrong is not the best rider in the world. No team around him and he is destroying the field.

Amstrong is next to finish and will easy win by aleast 1 min.

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kloden in at 41:23

39 mins 40 secs for lance

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Armstrong has won!!

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39:41!! -- number 6 in the BAG!!

17:36 CEST
Armstrong leaves Basso in his wake as he comes in to the last kilometre, taking heed of the "rip their balls of Lance" signs painted on the road.

17:37 CEST
Ullrich will certainly be second today, but what can Armstrong do?

Btw, David Bramati will be eliminated due to the 33 percent time cut.

17:38 CEST
Armstrong sprints for home with a massive effort, giving it everything to cross the line in a time of 39'41 (23.44 km/h), 1'01 faster than Ullrich!

Basso is 42'04, 8th fastest today and knackered.

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39:41!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"If ginseng really does aid in mental clarity, we're encouraging Brit to drink up." -E! Online

Pantani's record appears to be intact.

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You can't tell from this information. Lance's time includes 1.5 Km that are not included in the time for just the mountain itself.

it's never in the bag until you cross the finish line...
noone is going to beat him, indeed, but tomorrow is a dangerous stage.
don't bring bad luck on Lance by saying it's in the bag... ;-)