Lance wins another small group sprint -- they say Kloeden messed tnhis
one up by slowing and looking.
In the words of Satchel Paige, "Never look behind you, someone is
always gaining."
Results - Stage 17, July 22, 2004
Provisional (from Cyclingnews.com)
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 6.11.52
2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team
3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.01
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
5 Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal p/b Berry Floor 0.13
6 Axel Merckx (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.01
7 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Rabobank
8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.02
9 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
10 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
11 Jose Azevedo (Por) US Postal p/b Berry Floor
12 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears - Banesto 2.00
Cyclingnews.com penned, "The consensus here is that Kloden has only
himself to blame here, easing up too early and looking iover the wrong
shoulder when Armstrong jumped on his blind side. "
RBR Experts?
-Ken