| Time ET |
Km |
Comments |
| 11:25am |
141 |
Roberto Laiseka (Eus, Spa) wins the stage. Belli takes the 2nd place at 54". Ullrich comes 3rd and Armstrong 4th, both 1'08" off Laiseka. |
| 11:20am |
140 |
Laiseka is within the last kilometer. Ullrich attacks and Armstrong follows. |
| 11:15am |
138 |
3k to go for Laiseka. Heras, Armstrong and Ullrich have dropped all the other riders. |
| 11:10am |
137 |
Rubiera and Heras drive the yellow-jersey group (Heras, Rubiera, Armstrong, Sevilla, Ullrich, Beloki). Laiseka is still by himself up front, with Belli trailing by 17". |
| 11:08am |
- |
The yellow-jersey group shrinks. Kivilev cannot manage to follow. |
| 11:05am |
- |
Laiseka keeps climbing by himself. The yellow-jersey group catches up the early breakaway riders, 1'17" behind Laiseka. |
| 11:00am |
131 |
Laiseka and Belli are now together up front. Rubiera acceleration makes lots of damages in the yellow-jersey group. |
| 10:55am |
- |
Laiseka catches up Rous and Montgomery and Aerts and Mocoutie. Belli is by himself up front. Rubiera speeds up the pace for Armstrong. |
| 10:50am |
- |
Montgomery trails by 22", Rous by 1' and the yellow-jersey group by1'18" behind the three-man leading group. |
| 10:45am |
128 |
The 3 leaders, Belli (ITA, FAS), Aerts (BEL, LOT), Moncoutie (FRA, COF), are at 13k from the finish line. |
| 10:40am |
122 |
Guerini of the Telekom team drives the yellow-jersey group, which drops off Julich, Botero and Laiseka. |
| 10:30am |
116 |
Positions 25k from the finish line: Aerts, Belli and Moncoutié, Montgomery at 20", and the yellow-jersey group at 58". |
| 10:20am |
106 |
Sven Montgomery passes the summit, ahead of Belli and Moncoutié. Aerts comes 4th, Julich 5th 40" behind. Garzelli takes the 6th place trailing by 50", Ullrich and Armstrong follow with Laiseka, Pozzi, Cardenas, Menchov, Sastre, Beloki and Kivilev. |
| 10:15am |
103 |
At 3k from the summit: the 5-man leading group, at 20" Pozzi, at 50" Goubert, at 1'30" Kloden, at 1'45" Sastre and Cardenas, at 1'50" Menchov and Laiseka then comes the yellow-jersey group at 2'15". 16 riders are in this group: Armstrong, Heras, Ullrich, Guuerini, Livingston, Beloki, Gonzalez de Galdeano, Pradera, serrano, Kivilev, Chaurreau, Etxebrrria, Botero, Sevilla, Rous. |
| 10:10am |
101 |
5 men up front then at 10" comes Pozzi, at 45" Goubert, at 1'10" Kloden, at 2'20" Sastre and Cardenas, at 2'40" Merckx, at 2'50" Menchov, Bolts and Robin, at 3'05" Vinokourov and the peloton 3'15" behind. |
| 10:05am |
99 |
Team Deutsche Telekom now drives the peloton. Lots of riders cannot manage to follow the pace. |
| 9:55am |
97 |
Positions at 9k from the summit: 6 men ahead, then at 30" comes Kloden, at 1'10" Robin, at 1'40" Heppner, at 3'25" Gonzalez de Galdeano, at 3'30" Odriozola, Bolts, Sastre and Cardenas, at 3'40" Merckx, at 3'50" Vinokourov and Botcharov, at 3'55" Menchov and the peloton at 4'12". |
| 9:50am |
95 |
Axel Merckx and Vinokourov with Bolts, Sastre, Botcharov, and Cardenas break away from the peloton. |
| 9:40am |
94 |
Montgomery, Goubert, Belli, Julich, Moncoutié and Aerts break away from the breakaway group. Pozzi manages to catch them up. Odriozola is at 2'55" and Gonzalez de Galdeano at 3'15". |
| 9:35am |
92 |
Lance Armstrong's team USPS drives the peloton in the early turns of the Tourmalet pass. |
| 9:25am |
90 |
50k to go for the leaders. The peloton trails by 4'20" at the feed zone. |
| 9:25am |
86 |
Piepoli has been caught up by the peloton, as the riders are about to climb to the Tourmalet pass, the highest point of this year's Tour de France. |
| 9:10am |
77 |
Rankings at the summit of the Aspin pass: 1. Julich, 2. Robin, 3. Goubert. 4. Belli, 5. Montgomery, 6. Kloden, 7. Moncoutié, 8. Aerts, 9. Pozzi, 10.Heppner the comes Piepoli at 3'50" and the peloton 4' behind. |
| 9:05am |
74 |
Here are the positions 3k from the summit: the 10-man breakaway group, Odriozola at 2'15", Piepoli at 2'40", Blaudzun at 3'20. |
| 9:00am |
72 |
Teams US Postal Service and Euskaltel Euskadi still drive the peloton, 3'55" behind the 10-man breakaway group. A bunch of riders remain in-between. |
| 8:50am |
70 |
As the road starts to climb, riders are being dropped off the peloton. The 10 leaders climb together, 4'20" ahead of the peloton. |
| 8:40am |
68 |
The 10 leaders start the first big climb of the day, the Aspin pass. The peloton driven by the Euskaltel-Euskadi and USPS teams trails by 4'25". |
| 8:30am |
61 |
Rankings at the 2nd bonus sprint of the day: 1. Robin, 2. Goubert, 3. Heppner
The 10-man breakaway group, Blaudzun and Odriozola at 2', Garcia Acosta and Piepolo at 3'05", the peloton at 3'50". |
| 8:25am |
53 |
The Euskaltel-Euskadi team drives the peloton. |
| 8:20am |
50 |
The 10-man breakaway group opens a 2'25" gap over the peloton. Odriozola and Blaudzun chase 1'15" behind the leaders. |
| 8:15am |
45 |
A bunch of riders break away and attempt to catch up on the leading group. Team USPS drives the peloton. |
| 8:00am |
38 |
Rankings at the top of the Capvern-les-Bains climb: 1. Robin, 2. Montgomery, 3. Belli.
Heppener, Julich, Pozzi, Aerts, Moncoutié, Kloden and Goubert come back on the three leaders. The gap with the peloton is 25". |
| 7:55am |
36 |
Some riders are already dropped off the peloton as a 8-man group attempts to break away up front.
Rankings at the top of the Mauvezin climb: 1. Halgand, 2. Boogerd, 3. Vinokourov, 4. Sastre, 5. Heras, 6. Belli, 7. Robin then comes the peloton. |
| 7:50am |
34 |
Voigt and Chavanel have been caught up. |
| 7:45am |
32 |
Voigt and Chavanel lead by 15" ahead of the peloton as they climb the Cote de Mauvezin. |
| 7:40am |
30 |
The peloton is packed, but Voigt again with Chavanel attempt to break away. |
| 7:35am |
25 |
Jens Voigt is still ahead by himself at the summit of the Haut de la Cote, Bartoli follows 10" behind then comes the peloton at 15". |
| 7:30am |
20 |
The peloton has chaught up O'Grady. Jens Voigt passes the bonus sprint a few hundred yards ahead of the other riders. Petacchi and Nazon take the second and third places. |
| 7:25am |
15 |
Green-jersey holder Stuart O'Grady of Australia has broken away. Erik Zabel and the Telekom team drive the chase. |
| 7:15am |
9 |
The riders talk a lot in the peloton. This short stage may be the last chance for Ullrich to attack Armstrong. |
| 7:05am |
5 |
The peloton still packed heads for the first bonus sprint of the day. |
| 6:55am |
1 |
The shortest stage of this year's Tour de France is underway. 152 riders remain in the race and head for the last three big climbs, the Aspin pass, the Tourmalet pass, and the climb up to Luz Ardiden. |
| 6:50am |
0 |
The stage is set to start at 12:55pm local time, 6:55am ET. |
