Tour de France, day 8

July 9th, 2005

Filed under: General

The first mountain stage of the Tour, and not very mountainous at that. Still, it shook things up quite a bit in the standings. Lance continues to hold a minute lead on his nearest rivals, but the rest of his Discovery Channel Team did not do as well — a fact that he made sure to mention in his interview after the race.

I don’t think they did that poorly — they finished in the next two groups — and today’s positions probably more accurately reflect their actual ability, instead of a position artificially raised by a good Team Time Trial. Lance has a point though: strategy is an important part of the mountain stages, and he needs his team at his side to help him win.

Tomorrow holds more mountains, then a rest day, then the real event: the Alps.

American Racers

Overall Standings
Change in Standings
Stage 8
Results
Name
Team
Overall
Time
Time Gain
1.
-
20.
Armstrong
DSC
-
-
4
+1
22.
Julich
CSC
+1:07
-
8.
-6
48.
Hicapie
DSC
+1:47
-0:52
10.
+8
27.
Landis
PHO
+1:50
-
14.
+12
17.
Leipheimer
GRL
+2:31
-
45.
+37
9.
Horner
DVL
+4:54
-
93.
-34
106.
Rodriguez
SAD
+11:20
-7:23
151.
-4
136.
Trenti
QST
+26.43
-17:14
179.
-20
180
Zabriskie
CSC
+1:01:13
-52:04

Discovery Channel Team Racers

Overall Standings
Change in Standings
Stage 8
Results
Name
Country
Overall
Time
Time Gain
1.
-
20.
Armstrong
USA
-
-
8.
-6
48.
Hincapie
USA
+1:47
-0:52
12.
-5
41.
Popovych
Ukraine
+2:14
-0:58
15.
-
47.
Azevado
Portugal
+2:35
-0:58
27.
-21
77.
Rubiera
Spain
+3:44
-0:58
29.
-21
81.
Noval
Spain
+3:56
-2:30
30.
-19
74.
Padrnos
Czechoslovakia
+4:02
-2:30
31.
-19
68.
Savoldeli
Italy
+4:03
-2:30
42.
-21
75.
Beltran
Spain
+4:42
-2:30

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