7/6, Tour de France (stage 3)
James Raia <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Jul 2004 09:37:50 -0700
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--===============0765820108== Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"10"> <tr> <td valign=3D"top"> <b>TOUR DE FRANCE TIMES</b><br /> By James Raia<br /> E-Mail: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> = <br /> Web site: <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacp8Yaa8bBI= bnbypJc/">WWW.BYJAMESRAIA.COM</a><br /> <br /> To read this edition (Tour de France, Stage 3<a href=3D"http://tourdefrance= times.c.topica.com/maacp8Yaa8bBJ= bnbypJc/"> CLICK HERE</a><br /> <br /> To read additional Tour de France editions, click on the following:<br /> <br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacp8Yaa8bBK= bnbypJc/"> STAGE 2</a><br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacp8Yaa8bBL= bnbypJc/"> STAGE 1</a><br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>PUBLISHER'S GREETING</b><br /> -------------------------------------<br /> Welcome to Stage 3 of the Tour de France. The rain is gone and warm tempera= tures returned as the peloton entered France for the first time. The rise i= n temperature also provided more aggressive riding and the race's first maj= or crash and injury.<br /> <br /> The peloton lost Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo) of Italy, who broke his collarb= one as the riders approached the first cobblestone section of the route. Ve= lo crashed with several other riders, fell into an agricultural canal and r= emained there for several minutes before medical personnel arrived. With Ve= lo's departure and the non-start of Frederic Bessy (Cofidis) of France, the= field is down to 184.<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>TOUR NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES</b><br /> -----------------------------------<br /> Jean-Patrick Nazon (A2GR-Prevoyance) of France claimed the third stage and = Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) of Australia finished third -- his third top-thr= ee placing in three stages -- to become the third race leader of the Tour d= e France in the crashed-marred 210 km route from Waterloo to Wasquehal . . = . <br /> <br /> Lance Armstrong finished 54th with the first of several large groups five s= econds behind the winner and dropped one place to fifth overall. He trails = McEwen by 16 seconds. Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) of Santa Rosa, Calif., pla= ced 12th as the leading American and moved into ninth overall @ 24 seconds = . . . <br /> <br /> Armstrong, prior to the stage, on the two cobblestoned sections of stage 3:= "You have to be at the front. If you get stuck behind a crash or something= like that, you can almost say your Tour is over." . . . <br /> <br /> Armstrong's words proved prophetic: Several riders crashed as the peloton b= ecame animated while beginning its chase of then leaders Jens Voight (CSC) = and Bram De Groot (Rabobank) as they neared the first of the two cobbleston= ed sections . The fallen riders included top overall contender Iban Mayo (E= uskaltel-Euskadi) of Spain and the aforementioned Velo. Mayo finished 3:53 = back and fell to 101st place overall at 4:23.<br /> <br /> Waterloo and Wasquehal, the respective starting and finishing cities of Sta= ge 3 have legendary histories. Waterloo, part of the Tour de France for the= first time, of course, is famous as the site of the fall of the Napoleanic= empire. Washquehal has hosted stage finishes twice. The Brit Sean Yates wo= n in 1988 and Italy's Mario Cipolloni, the aging sprinter star (he's compet= ing this year), was victorious in 1996. Wasquehal also celebrated its 900th= anniversary in 1996, but hundreds of years ago its inhabitants often chang= ed nationalities while sufffering through epidemics, faminine and epic batt= les . . . <br /> <br /> Stage 4 is likely to provide the first substantial reshuffling of the overa= ll standings. The field will compete in a 64.5 km team time trial from Camb= rai to Arras. Look for the U.S. Postal Service and Phonak to post quick tim= es. As a reminder, each team will send its riders out together. Each team w= ill be given a finishing time as its fifth rider crosses the line . . . <br= /> <br /> There's a controversy "brewing" with the team time trial, however. A new ru= le instituted this year limits teams from losing no more than 2 1/2 minutes= of time. Expectedly, many top teams don't like the rule and teams not expe= cted to perform well like the rule. Said Johan Bruyneel, U.S.P.S. sports di= rector: "It's not a rule I don't understand, but the organzation made it so= we have to abide by it."<br /> <br /> And, finally, Bruyneel on the stage results: "You couldn't win Tour de Fran= ce on the pave, but you can lose it. And four minutes over Mayo is sizeable= gap."<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>POSTCARD FROM LE TOUR</b><br /> --------------------------------------<br /> For several years, I've tried to approach the Tour de France with one omnip= resent motto: "Spirit of the Adventure." <br /> <br /> Last night, a new chapter was added when for the first time in my eight tri= ps to the event, I rested for the night in a country gite in the village of= Naninne, about 10 kilometers from the finish of stage 2 in Namur. <br /> <br /> The accommodations were simple: a second-level room of a country home with = a bath and shower down the hall. But the oddity of the situation was that I= never saw another guest or the gite's owner. No one else was there for my = entire stay.<br /> <br /> I booked my room via a chamber of commerce representative from Namur. He ma= de several phone calls to the owner and also escorted me the gite's locatio= n.<br /> <br /> When we arrived the key was in the lock of a side door and I was told via i= nterpretation to "make myself comfortable."<br /> <br /> This morning, I left the gite before its owner's scheduled arrival. I left = the key, a simple note ("Merci") and the fee of 25 Euros on the kitchen cou= nter. And like the race itself, I began bid farewell to Belgium and began t= he two-hour drive to France.<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>AMERICANS IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE</b><br /> --------------------------------------<br /> Indvididual Stage Results<br /> Stage 3, Waterloo to Wasquehal, 210 kilometers.<br /> 12. Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank), Santa Rosa, Calif., same time as the winner= .<br /> 36. Floyd Landis (U.S.P.S.), San Diego, Calif., @ 5 seconds<br /> 42. George Hincapie (U.S.P.S.), Greenville, S.C., same time.<br /> 54. Lance Armstrong (U.S.P.S.), Austin, Texas, s.t.<br /> 62. Bobby Julich (CSC), Reno, Nev., s.t<br /> 63. Tyler Hamilton (Phonak), Marblehead, Mass., s.t.<br /> 142. Christian Vande Velde (Liberty Seguros), Lemont, Ill @ 3:53.<br /> General Classification<br /> 5. Armstrong @ 16 seconds<br /> 9. Leipheimer @ 24 seconds<br /> 11. Julich @ 26 seconds<br /> 12. Hincapie @ 26 seconds<br /> 19. Landis @ 32 seconds<br /> 20. Hamilton @ 32 seconds<br /> 121. 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Gene= ral Classification: Cancellara<br /> Stage 1 - July 4: Li=E8ge-Charleroi, 195 km<br /> Stage winner: Jaan Kirsipuu (AG2R) 4 hours, 40 minutes and 29 seconds. Gene= ral Classicifation: Cancellara.<br /> Stage 2 - July 5: Charleroi-Namur, 197 km<br /> Stage winner: Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Australia, 4 hours, 18 minutes, 3= 9 seconds. General classification: Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Norway.<= br /> Stage 3 - July 6: Waterloo - Wasquehal, 210 km<br /> Stage winnner: Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Provoyance), France, 4:36:45. Gener= al classification: Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Australia.<br /> Stage 4 - July 7: Cambrai - Arras TTT, 64.5 km<br /> Stage 5 - July 8: Amiens - Chartres, 200.5 km<br /> Stage 6 - July 9: Bonneval - Angers, 196 km<br /> Stage 7 - July 10: Chateaubriant - Saint Brieuc, 204.5 km<br /> Stage 8 - July 11: Lamballe - Quimper, 168 km<br /> July 12: Rest Day: Transfer to Limoges<br /> Stage 9 - July 13: St Leonard de Noblat - Gu=E9ret, 160.5 km<br /> Stage 10 - July 14: Limoges - St. Flour, 237 km<br /> Stage 11 - July 15: St Flour - Figeac, 164 km<br /> Stage 12 - July 16: Castelsarrasin - La Mongie, 197.5 km<br /> Stage 13 - July 17: Lannemezan - Plateau de Beille, 205.5 km<br /> Stage 14 - July 18: Carcassonne - Nimes, 200 km<br /> July 19 - Rest Day: Transfer to Nimes<br /> Stage 15 - July 20: Valreas - Villard-de-Lans, 180.5 km<br /> Stage 16 - July 21: Bourg d'Oisans - Alpe d'Huez ITT, 15.5 km<br /> Stage 17 - July 22: Bourg d'Oisans - Le Grand Bornand, 204.5 km<br /> Stage 18 - July 23: Annemasse - Lons le Saulnier, 166.5 km<br /> Stage 19 - July 24: Besancon - Besancon ITT, 55 km<br /> Stage 20 - July 25: Montreau - Paris-Champs-Elysees, 163 km<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>PUBLISHER'S NOTICES</b><br /> --------------------------------------<br /> Tour de France Times (TFT), an electronic newsletter about cycling's pinnac= le event and the cyclists who compete in it, is written, edited and publish= ed by James Raia, a journalist in Sacramento, California. 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