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Armstrong is the WINNER !!!

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Armstrong recovers from early fall to finish in pack

By JAMEY KEATEN, Associated Press Writer

July 9, 2004

AP - Jul 9, 11:40 am EDT

ANGERS, France (AP) -- Lance Armstrong recovered from an early fall and finished in a pack behind stage winner Tom Boonen of Belgium in the Tour de France on Friday.

Armstrong, trying for a record sixth straight Tour title, was thrown from his bike but not hurt in a crash involving a number of cyclists about 20 minutes into Friday's sixth stage, a 122-mile run from Bonneval to Angers.

But the fall didn't derail Armstrong's bid for another Tour title.

He quickly got back in the race and, with help from his U.S. Postal Service teammates, caught up with the pack. He was not seriously hurt, but appeared to have a scrape on his right leg.

The spill was the first of this Tour for the 32-year-old Texan and came a day after he said he was worried about crashing.

``In this race, I'm always scared, always nervous,'' he said. ``The last two or three days for me, personally, have been really, really nerve-racking.

``It's a stressful race.''

Boonen won a sprint finish Friday, speeding past Cofidis' Stuart O'Grady of Australia and T-Mobile rider Erik Zabel of Germany. Thomas Voeckler of France retained the overall leader's yellow jersey.

American Tyler Hamilton, a former teammate of Armstrong who now rides for Phonak, blew a tire, but caught up with the main group near the 36-mile mark.

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Leading overall standings (yellow jersey)

 1. Thomas Voeckler (France) Brioches La Boulangère    24:37.30

 2. Stuart O'Grady (Australia) Cofidis              3.01 behind

 3. Sandy Casar (France) FdJeux.com                        4.06

 4. Magnus Backstedt (Sweden) Alessio-Bianchi              6.06

 5. Jakob Piil (Denmark) Team CSC                          6.58

 6. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) US Postal                       9.35

 7. George Hincapie (U.S.) US Postal                       9.45

 8. Floyd Landis (U.S.) US Postal                          9.51

 9. Jose Azevedo (Portugal) US Postal                      9.57

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain) US Postal                    9.59

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i simply can't get into it but i do pull for the USA to win

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i don't understand why the team has to stay grouped together... why can't lance just take off out of the group and get a better time... i assume that he does that in the mountains or else he'd have to wait for his team and he'd never win a tour

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during the time trial stages its a group event, he could pull off if he wanted to but that wouldn't make a lick of difference, the team time counts when the 5th man crosses the finish line.  Thats also why you see them start the time trial with the whole team usually 8 or 9 guys but sometimes guys fall out, no biggie until your down to only five.  US Postal lost one guy during that trial but it didn't affect them at all.

Also, I'm not sure you can really call this a US versus France or Germany kind of race, the US Postal I know has one rider from Spain, while Lance's biggest foe is a former American teamate riding for one of the German teams.  After the time trials it becomes pretty much an individual event anyway, regardless of where the biggest sponder happends to be from.

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thanks wildrover... that makes much more sense to me now.  

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Tour de France eighth stage placings/standings

QUIMPER, France, July 11 (Reuters) - Leading placings in the

eighth stage of the Tour de France, a 168 km stage from Lamballe

to Quimper, on Sunday:

 1. Thor Hushovd (Norway) Credit Agricole               3:54.22

 2. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg) Fassa Bortolo                    

 3. Erik Zabel (Germany) T-Mobile                              

 4. Robbie McEwen (Australia) Lotto-Domo                      

 5. Andreas Kloeden (Germany) T-Mobile                        

 6. Tom Boonen (Belgium) Quick Step-Davitamon                  

 7. Laurent Brochard (France) AG2R                            

 8. Stuart O'Grady (Australia) Cofidis                        

 9. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spain) Phonak                          

10. Danilo Hondo (Germany) Gerolsteiner                        

11. David Etxebarria (Spain) Euskaltel                        

12. Allan Davis (Australia) Liberty Seguros                    

13. Michele Scarponi (Italy) Domina Vacanze                    

14. Sergio Marinangeli (Italy) Domina Vacanze                  

15. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Spain) Illes Balears              

16. Matthias Kessler (Germany) T-Mobile                        

17. Oscar Sevilla (Spain) Phonak                              

18. Inigo Landaluze (Spain) Euskaltel                          

19. Axel Merckx (Belgium) Lotto-Domo                          

20. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukraine) AG2R                              

21. Jan Ullrich (Germany) T-Mobile                            

22. Levi Leipheimer (U.S.) Rabobank                            

23. Georg Totschnig (Austria) Gerolsteiner                    

24. Bobby Julich (U.S.) Team CSC                              

25. Michael Rogers (Australia) Quick Step-Davitamon            

26. Bram de Groot (Netherlands) Rabobank                      

27. Sylvain Calzati (France) RAGT Semences                    

28. Marcus Ljungqvist (Sweden) Alessio-Bianchi                

29. Grischa Niermann (Germany) Rabobank                        

30. Tyler Hamilton (U.S.) Phonak                  all same time

Leading overall standings (yellow jersey)

 1. Thomas Voeckler (France) Brioches La Boulangère    33:03.36

 2. Stuart O'Grady (Australia) Cofidis      3.01 seconds behind

 3. Sandy Casar (France) FdJeux.com                        4.06

 4. Magnus Backstedt (Sweden) Alessio-Bianchi              6.27

 5. Jakob Piil (Denmark) Team CSC                          7.09

 6. Lance Armstrong (U.S.) US Postal                       9.35

 7. George Hincapie (U.S.) US Postal                       9.45

 8. Jose Azevedo (Portugal) US Postal                      9.57

 9. Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spain) Phonak                 10.02

10. Erik Zabel (Germany) T-Mobile                         10.06

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US Postal won the team trial yesterday (7/12), Lance Armstrong has the Yellow Jersey once again.

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Filippo Pozzato won the seventh stage.

The following are the top 10 cyclists:

1. Thomas Voeckler (France), 29 hours, 4 minutes, 14 seconds

2. Stuart O'Grady (Austrailia)           3 minutes, 1 second behind

3. Sandy Casar (France)                          4:06

4. Magnus Backstedt (Sweden)                     6:06

5. Jakob Piil (Denmark)                          6:58

6. Lance Armstrong (United States)               9:35

7. George Hincapie (United States)               9:45

8. Floyd Landis (United States)                  9:51

9. Jose Azevedo (Portugal)                       9:57

10. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain)                     9:59

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7th stage? but I thought they just finished stage 9 today?

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