Saturday, July 09, 2005
Top 20 after Stage 8
1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 28.06.17
2 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC -1.00
3 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team -1.02
4 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC -1.07
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC -1.26
6 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team -1.36
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC -1.36
8 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel -1.47
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team -1.50
10 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems -1.50
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne -2.13
12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel -2.14
13 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems -2.18
14 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner -2.31
15 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel -2.35
16 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth -2.43
17 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole -2.48
18 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -2.54
19 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems -2.58
20 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth -2.58
A FEW OBSERVATIONS:
- All top 20 riders are within 3 minutes of the lead after 8 stages; this is very small heading into mountain stages.
- There are four Americans in the top 10; five in the top 15.
- Even with the time losses in Stage 8, there are still 4 Discovery Channel riders in the top 20.
- There also 4 riders in the top 20 for CSC and Phonak.
- There are 4 riders in the top 10 for CSC; 3 for CSC in the top 5.
- There are 3 riders in the top 10 for T-Mobile.
- The presence of teammates Joseba Beloki and Roberto Heras in the top 20 is significant.
- Not in the top 20, but moving up significantly: Iban Mayo (Spain), Chris Horner (USA), Stephano Garzelli (Italy), Jorg Jackshe (Germany), and Bradley McGee (Australia).