Tour de France Update, Stage 4
July 7th, 2004
Filed under: General
The United States Postal Service team handily won the team time trial today at the fourth stage of the Tour de France, catapulting Lance Armstrong into the lead and the coveted yellow jersey. Former teammate (and now competitor) Tyler Hamilton also did well, but Jans Ullrich fell far behind for this early in the Tour.
There are still several stages left that favor sprinters before the mountain stages begin, so Armstrong will probably lose the lead in the next day or two. Baring catastrophe, he should be able to regain the lead on the mountain stages.
This is a good beginning to the Tour for Armstrong and the rest of the Postal Service team.
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