7/7, Tour de France (stage 4)
James Raia <[email protected]> Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:47:15 -0700
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--===============1817454295== 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/maacqoCaa8dyp= bnbypJcaeQzoH/">WWW.BYJAMESRAIA.COM</a><br /> <br /> To read this edition (Tour de France, Stage 4<a href=3D"http://tourdefrance= times.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dyq= bnbypJcaeQzoH/"> 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/maacqoCaa8dyr= bnbypJcaeQzoH/"> STAGE 3</a><br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dys= bnbypJcaeQzoH/"> STAGE 2</a><br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dyt= bnbypJcaeQzoH/"> STAGE 1</a><br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>PUBLISHER'S GREETING</b><br /> -------------------------------------<br /> <br /> The sunny weather at the Tour de France lasted one day. The rain fell hard = and caused many crashes during the team time trial Wednesday . But that was= hours after I arrived safe, dry and satisfied in Arras.<br /> <br /> The reason: With only an hour's travel from Roubaix to the finish of stage = 4, there was plenty of extra time today to post new feature content.<br /> <br /> Take a look at the Q&A interview I did with Levi Leipheimer, the Santa Rosa= , Calif., rider and leader of the Rabobank squad.<br /> <br /> I've also posted a humorous essay provided by Kiril Kundurazieff. He's comm= only known as the The Cycling Dude and is the Costa, Mesa, Calif., publishe= r of the unique web site, <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/= maacqoCaa8dyu= bnbypJcaeQzoH/">The Cycling Dude</a><br /> <br /> And I've also posted a column I was asked to write prior to the Tour for th= e Austin-American Statesman, the hometown newspaper of Lance Armstrong. The= idea was a point-counterpoint perspective and I was assigned to write: "Wh= y Lance Armstrong Won't Win The Tour de France."<br /> <br /> Here are the links to today's new posts:<br /> <br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dyv= bnbypJcaeQzoH/">WHY LANCE WON'T WIN THE TOUR DE FRANCE</a><br /> <br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dyw= bnbypJcaeQzoH/">LANCE DECIDES TOUR NO LONGER A PRIORITY</a><br /> <br /> <a href=3D"http://tourdefrancetimes.c.topica.com/maacqoCaa8dyx= bnbypJcaeQzoH/">A CONVERSTION WITH LEVI LEIPHEIMER</a><br /> <br /> Lastly, a subscriber asked, so here are some simple conversion guidelines:<= br /> <br /> 1 kilometer =3D .6204 miles, 50 kilometers =3D 31.2 miles, 100 kilometers = =3D 62.4 miles. If a stage is 210 kilometers in length, multiple 210 by .62= 04. It's 130.2 miles.<br /> <br /> To convert temperatures from celsius to fahrenheit, multiple the celsius nu= mber by 9, divide that amount by 5 and add 32. An example: 21 degrees celsi= us multiplied by 9 =3D 189, divided by 5 =3D 37.8. Add 32 and the temperatu= re in fahrenheit is approximately 70 degrees.<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>TOUR NEWS, NOTES AND QUOTES</b><br /> -----------------------------------<br /> <br /> It took only five days this year, but Lance Armstrong moved into the race l= ead following the U.S. Postal Service victory in rainy and slick 64.5-kilom= eter fourth stage team time trial.<br /> <br /> Following a steady, if unspectacular start, the Posties surged into the lea= d after the second time check and increased their lead despite teammate Ben= jamin Noval falling off pace.<br /> <br /> Armstrong, who became the race's fourth wearer of the yellow jersey, posses= sed the jersey for the final 13 days last year en route his fifth title. Th= e U.S.P.S. squad also won the TTT last year.<br /> <br /> The U.S.P.S contingent defeated Tyler Hamilton's Phonak squad by one minute= and seven seconds. But under the new team time trial guidelines instituted= this year, only a 20-second gap was allowed between the first and second-p= lace teams. The last-place squad among the 21 teams could lose a maxium of = 2 1/2 minutes . . . <br /> <br /> As the defending titlists, the Posties were the last group to ride and the = heavy rains subsided as their journey progressed. Several teams suffered in= poor and Levi Leipheimer crashed for the second time in the Tour, but was = unhurt.<br /> <br /> Quotes from Armstrong:<br /> <br /> "Our objective is not to defend the jersey for the next week or until the m= ountains but for Paris." . . . <br /> <br /> "I would like keep the jersey, but it's not in the best interests of the te= am. It's difficult to defend, and we will conserve the strength of the team= . We will not sacrifice the team to defend the jersey in the north of Franc= e. The time to defend is in the Pyrenees." . . .<br /> <br /> "We got 20 seconds and 20 seconds it is. The only consolation (of losing an= additonal 47 seconds) is knowing your team is strong and that you have the= best team in the race." . . .<br /> <br /> Twenty-seven countries are represented at the Tour de France, with the host= country's 37 riders the most by any nation. And just in anyone forget, Ber= nard Hinault in 1985 was the last Frenchman to claim the overall title . . = .<br /> <br /> For nearly a decade, Rob Arnold, an Australian journalist and cycling magaz= ine editor, has provided closed-caption text of each stage to the press roo= m and to outside entitities interested in purchasing the service. It's esti= mated he writes about 10,000 words per day while constantly updating the st= age in brief reportorial style and with flashes of lively commentary. Consi= der one of Arnold's entrants as the weather worsened during Wednesday's fou= rth stage: "Conditions are expected to turn feral before Lance's mob finish= es." . . . <br /> <br /> The fifth stage Thursday will take the riders 200.5 kilometers from Amiens = to Chartres in another flat stage again to conducive to sprinters' strength= s. It will also provide an ideal opportunity to watch U.S.P.S. defend Armst= rong's jersey.<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>POSTCARD FROM LE TOUR</b><br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Will return on 7/8.<br /> <br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <b>AMERICANS IN THE TOUR DE FRANCE</b><br /> --------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Individual Stage Results<br /> Stage 4, Cambrai-Arras, 64.5 kilometers<br /> Stage Results<br /> 1. U.S. Postal Service, 1 hour, 12 minutes and 3 seconds at 53.71 kph (33.3= 2 mph)<br /> General Classification<br /> 1. Lance Armstrong, Austin, Texas, U.S.P.S.<br /> 2. George Hincapie, Greenville, S.C., U.S.P.S. @ 10 seconds<br /> 3. Floyd Landis, San Diego, Calif., @ 16 seconds<br /> 8. Tyler Hamilton, Marblehead, Mass., Phonak @ 36 seconds<br /> 18. Bobby Julich, Reno, Nev., CSC, @ 1:00<br /> 21. Levi Leipheimer, Santa Rosa, Calif., @ 1:08<br /> 93. 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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 winner: Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Provoyance), France, 4:36:45. Genera= l classification: Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo), Australia.<br /> Stage 4 - July 7: Cambrai - Arras TTT, 64.5 km<br /> Stage winner: U.S. Postal Service, 1 hours, 12 minutes, 3 seconds. General = classification: Lance Armstrong (U.S.P.S.), Austin,Texas.<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 /> <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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