Thought I mentioned Lance won yesterday... ;)

Sure, it wasn't 'official', but since by tradition, no one can attack the race leader on the last day, he effectively won yesterday. :D

as you know at 02.07 le Tour 2005 is starting


Offical side

what did you think, did Amstrong win again, ore someone else like Jan Ulrich..

and a German Side


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Ulrich the loser loses yet again. All hail Sir Lancelot.

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And Lance wins! :)

Ulrich had a great race. Basso held onto second, but was struggling. Rasmussen just had an awful time. :(

so it is time Jan Ulrich

I think Lance has it.

With only one real stage left to race, (and a time trial, which he excels at...) he still has 2:46 on second place Ivan Basso. Barring an accident or mechanical failure, I believe he has already won. I'm guessing he will probably even add more time to the margin between him and second.

Of the 19 stages so far, he has worn yellow on all but 4. That's pretty well dominating the race.

also at this Stage Amstrong and Basso are the best, it will be heard for Jan Ulrich to go to the 3 Place, about 3:00 Minutes to Rasmussen, also Jan Ulrich is very good to go to the time, at Stage 20

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Ulli

I'm hoping Rasmussen can make up for the time loss today

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I think, he's probably Khazak champion, and entitled to wear this colors.

that is right

Thanks. :)

Vino was riding pretty strong as well. (Why are his colors different than the rest of his team anyway?)

I think, he's probably Khazak champion, and entitled to wear this colors.

that is right

Greetings from Germany NRW
Ulli

Vino was riding pretty strong as well. (Why are his colors different than the rest of his team anyway?)

I think, he's probably Khazak champion, and entitled to wear this colors.

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we have to look at tomorrow

this could be heavy, if TMO is also attacking...

Agreed! Tomorrow will be a tough one! I'm wondering if Rasmussen was holding back a bit today to really hammer hard tomorrow.

In my opinion, tomorrow will decide the race. If Lances team gets left behind as they did today, he will be in trouble. And like you said, if T-Mobile keeps attacking as they did today, it will be a very interesting race. :)

Vino was riding pretty strong as well. (Why are his colors different than the rest of his team anyway?)

we have to look at tomorrow

btw also a very nice Stage, by the T-Mobile Team, they attack, but Lance is to strong

Yes, Georg had a very nice race. He could barely walk afterwards. But Armstrong still ended up gaining over a minute on everyone.

Ulrich really put in a great race as well.

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we have to look at tomorrow

However, if he can keep it up, then perhaps he'll win the tour. Or could he possibly have only been concerned with the stage win?

I think he tried to use the fact that Vinokourov as well as Jan Ullrich ride for T-Mobile and are both favourites for winning the Tour. If Armstrong tried to catch him he would have had to ride very hard and spend a lot of energy on this. If he didn't, Vino comes closer and as well he as Jan may attack at will, just to see Armstrongs reaction. Having two strong opponents (provided Jan is strong and will not keep just hanging on Armstrongs rear wheel) might be a real challenge, when you have to keep both in check.

Regards,

Christoph

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This was the Day of Vino

but Amstrong was also very strong

Yes, it was quite a performance by Vinokourov. We'll have to see what kind of toll it takes on him in the next stage. It seemed to me to be a lot of effort for such a small time gain on Armstrong. However, if he can keep it up, then perhaps he'll win the tour. Or could he possibly have only been concerned with the stage win?

This was the Day of Vino

but Amstrong was also very strong

Yes, that was an impressing demonstration. Especially if you look at when the mass of the drivers crossed the last summit. To go ahead of the top teams and win this stage really took special qualities today.

But I really miss the tension of the mountain stages when Ullrich fought Virenque (the famous stare into each others eyes) or the duel with Pantani. Some more open fight and less tactics would be great. Of course, yesterday was a demonstration by Lance. But if you waited for Ullrich or Basso to keep up with Armstrong, the contest was quickly clear by a look into the faces.

But let's wait for the Pyrenees. Maybe we will see the race is still on...

Regards,

Christoph

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This was the Day of Vino

Very exciting stage this one.

I believe Lance could have taken the stage if he wanted to, but the yellow jersey is good enough for him.

Great performance by both guys crossing the line, and a great gesture as Sir Ulli posted. :)