Lance ... a good ride today?

psycholist said:

All I see so far is that he won the stage, but Moreau won the GC.

Anyone have more details to share?

The stage ended on the pretty Mediterranean coast in Sete with two climbs
of the redoubtable Mont St. Clair. Armstrong, Azevedo, and Euskaltel's
Eigo Martinez (who should be paid attention to) made their move on the
peloton at the bottom of the first ascension and quickly made separation.
Well-launched, Armstrong accelerated, Azevedo dropped, and Martinez hung
on. The pair crested together, about 24 seconds ahead of Moreau who was in
yellow (Moreau held the GC with a 12 second lead over Ekimov and 27
seconds over Iker Flores--Ekimov was in Moreau's wheel on the climb).
Armstrong and Martinez flew down the back side of the Mont and came around
for the final climb. At the bottom Brochard attacked the Moreau group, as
is his wont: he's won this climb a couple of times before, including two
years ago when the race was called the Midi Libre. Meanwhile, with 500
meters to go, Armstrong stood up on the pedals and accelerated again,
dropping Martinez. He finished with a 10 or 12 second gap on Martinez and
Brochard who nipped Martinez in the last 50m for 2nd. Moreau finished
about 40 seconds back, with Ekimov still on his heels. Moreau held on to
the GC with the same gap with which he started the day. Armstrong showed
some pop in his legs.

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Quoted message said:

The stage ended on the pretty Mediterranean coast in Sete <snip>

Armstrong showed

Quoted message said:

some pop in his legs.

Your recaps are well written and interesting.

Thanks.

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Quoted message said:

All I see so far is that he won the stage, but Moreau won the GC.

Anyone have more details to share?

Full results up now

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2004/may04/languedoc04/languedoc
045
or
http://tinyurl.com/2e43c

Nice finish by Wim Van Huffel (4th). He's been consistently good this year.
Must be all that training along the Schelde ;-)

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

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Quoted message said:

All I see so far is that he won the stage, but Moreau won the GC.

Anyone have more details to share?

Full results up now

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2004/may04/languedoc04/languedoc
045
or
http://tinyurl.com/2e43c

Nice finish by Wim Van Huffel (4th). He's been consistently good this year.
Must be all that training along the Schelde ;-)

Jeff

Half of postal didn't finish the stage? What's up with that?

Richard Adams said:

Half of postal didn't finish the stage? What's up with that?

This is just a guess, but I'm guessing they knew it was the last stage and
the buses were parked at the bottom of the hill.

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"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

The stage ended on the pretty Mediterranean coast in Sete <snip>

Armstrong showed

Quoted message said:

some pop in his legs.

Your recaps are well written and interesting.

Thanks.

Yes, well done.

M.

Nice report Robert.

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psycholist said:

All I see so far is that he won the stage, but Moreau won the GC.

Anyone have more details to share?

The stage ended on the pretty Mediterranean coast in Sete with two climbs
of the redoubtable Mont St. Clair. Armstrong, Azevedo, and Euskaltel's
Eigo Martinez (who should be paid attention to) made their move on the
peloton at the bottom of the first ascension and quickly made separation.
Well-launched, Armstrong accelerated, Azevedo dropped, and Martinez hung
on. The pair crested together, about 24 seconds ahead of Moreau who was in
yellow (Moreau held the GC with a 12 second lead over Ekimov and 27
seconds over Iker Flores--Ekimov was in Moreau's wheel on the climb).
Armstrong and Martinez flew down the back side of the Mont and came around
for the final climb. At the bottom Brochard attacked the Moreau group, as
is his wont: he's won this climb a couple of times before, including two
years ago when the race was called the Midi Libre. Meanwhile, with 500
meters to go, Armstrong stood up on the pedals and accelerated again,
dropping Martinez. He finished with a 10 or 12 second gap on Martinez and
Brochard who nipped Martinez in the last 50m for 2nd. Moreau finished
about 40 seconds back, with Ekimov still on his heels. Moreau held on to
the GC with the same gap with which he started the day. Armstrong showed
some pop in his legs.