| Time ET |
Km |
Comments |
| 10:55am |
194 |
S. Baguet wins the stage, Piil takes the second place, Lelli is third. O'Grady keeps the green jersey as the peloton passes the finish line 13" off Baguet. Lance Armstrong keeps the yellow jersey. |
| 10:53am |
193 |
Last kilometer. The three men keep their advantage. The peloton is not going to catch them. |
| 10:50am |
190 |
Less than 5k to go. The gap is down to 30". The peloton is preparing for the final sprint. |
| 10:45am |
185 |
Less than 10k to go. The peloton is closing the gap on the three leaders, less than 45" now. |
| 10:40am |
182 |
Team Telekom now drives the peloton, preparing the sprint for Erik Zabel, still in course to grab the green jersey. The three men in front still have a 1'05" advantage. |
| 10:35am |
176 |
Less than 20k to go. The peloton catches up on the six chasers. M. Lelli, J. Piil and S. Baguet remain up front. |
| 10:28am |
171 |
Rankings at the 2nd bonus sprint of the day: 1. Piil, 2. Baguet, 3. Lelli
The six chasers follow at 47", the peloton is at 1'. |
| 10:25am |
170 |
M. Lelli, J. Piil and S. Baguet are still up front. 6 riders chase 31" behind them, then comes the peloton at 1'14". |
| 10:20am |
165 |
M. Lelli, J. Piil and S. Baguet have broken away off the leading group. The peloton is still trying to close in. |
| 10:15am |
161 |
The breakaway group is shattered by attacks, as the main field is chasing closer now. |
| 10:05am |
152 |
The breakaway is soon to come to an end. The advantage will be under a minute in a few miles. |
| 10:00am |
148 |
The peloton is catching up on the breakaway group, 1'23" now. |
| 9:50am |
140 |
Less than 2'. The peloton is closing the gap, 1'50" now. |
| 9:40am |
130 |
The advantage of the breakaway group is down to 2'05" over the peloton. |
| 9:30am |
125 |
Rankings at the top of the cote de Rozeille: 1. Salmon, 2. Goubert, 3. Tosatto.
The peloton passes the top 2'05" after the breakaway. |
| 9:25am |
120 |
The gap keeps shrinking as the breakaway group are in the 4th category cote de Rozeille. |
| 9:15am |
110 |
The Big.Mat team joins the Bonjour and Mapei teams in the head of the peloton. |
| 9:05am |
101 |
The peloton is catching up on the breakaways, the gap is now 2'30". |
| 8:55am |
92 |
3'15" at the feed zone. The gap between the 16-man breakaway group and the peloton keeps shrinking. |
| 8:40am |
83 |
Rankings at the top of the 4th category cote de la Feuillade: 1. Salmon, 2. Halgand, 3. Tosatto. |
| 8:35am |
80 |
3'45". The joint efforts of teams Mapei and Bonjour pays off. The peloton is catching up on the 16-man breakaway group. |
| 8:30am |
75 |
The Mapei and Bonjour teams drive the peloton at a fast pace. The gap with the breakaways shrink to 4'. |
| 8:20am |
69 |
The gap between the 16-man breakaway group and the peloton is now 4'20". |
| 8:10am |
63 |
Rankings at the first bonus sprint of the day: 1. Vermaut, 2. Halgand, 3. Piil.
The peloton trails by 4'35" on the bonus sprint line. |
| 8:00am |
55 |
It seems that the teams that used to drive the peloton have given up. The USPS team is back in the head of the main pack, while the leading group increases its lead, to 2'30". |
| 7:50am |
50 |
The 16-man breakaway group has increased its lead, to 1'30" over the peloton which is now driven by the USPS team. |
| 7:40am |
43 |
Still 55". The gap does remain the same. The Mapei, Bonjour and Lampre teams drive the peloton. |
| 7:30am |
37 |
55". The 16-man breakaway group cannot manage to widen the gap. A couple of teams drive the peloton. |
| 7:15am |
23 |
The gap remains within a minute. The Rabobank and Bonjour teams drive the peloton. |
| 7:10am |
15 |
52". The gap between the 16-man breakaway group and the peloton is close to 1 minute. |
| 7:00am |
8 |
Vinokourov, Sastre, Tosatto, Vermaut, Lelli, Morin, Salmon, Piil, Goubert and Cardenas, soon joined by Baguet, Moncoutie, Brozyna, D. Etxebarria, Halgand and Mengin have broken away. The USPS team drives the peloton that trails by 20". |
| 6:50am |
5 |
Some early attacks take place, but the peloton reacts. |
| 6:45am |
3 |
Warm weather on the way to Montlucon, some clouds and temperatures in the 90's. Forecasts say that storms are possible. |
| 6:40am |
1 |
The 17th stage of the Tour de France 2001 has started, with 145 riders in the peloton. German Gricha Niermann did not take the start. |
| 6:30am |
0 |
The stage is set to start at 12:40pm local time, 6:40am ET. |
