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?

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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

cyclingnews.comroad.phpOpen ↗
nguedoc04/languedoc 045 or tinyurl.com2e43cOpen ↗

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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Quoted message said:

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2hbpjlFbb57pU1@uni-
berlin.de...

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.

"Robert Chung" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2hbpjlFbb57pU1@uni-
berlin.de...

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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.