<Race leader George Hincapie was protected by his Discovery Channel teammates all day and finished 26th, three seconds behind the winner, but kept his one second lead over Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner). Hincapie benefited from the work of all of his teammates, including Lance Armstrong. "Lance seems to be very good," said Hincapie. "When there was only 25 seconds to the break he decided to close the gap by himself and he did it." >
