| Time ET |
Km |
Comments |
| 10:48am |
- |
The peloton completes the stage 15'05" off stage winner Rik Verbrugghe. |
| 10:45am |
- |
The peloton, driven by the Kelme and USPS teams, is still on the road, more than 15' behind the winner. |
| 10:33am |
230 |
R. Verbrugghe wins the stage outsprinting M. Pinotti. The rest of the breakaway group passes the finish line 6" off Verbrugghe. |
| 10:30am |
228 |
The two leaders are within 2k from the finish line. The breakaway group trails by 10". |
| 10:25am |
225 |
R. Verbrugghe and M. Pinotti fly to the finish line, 30" ahead of the rest of the early breakaway group. |
| 10:15am |
217 |
R. Verbrugghe catches up M. Pinotti up front. The rest of the breakaway group trails by 30". |
| 10:10am |
213 |
R. Verbrugghe chases behind M. Pinotti. Rénier, Nardello and Bouvard follow 25" behind, the rest of the breakaway group trails by 45". The peloton is more than 14' behind. Booger is to move up within the top ten overall. |
| 10:00am |
205 |
M. Pinotti (Lam, Ita) is alone up front. Verbrugghe and Renier follow 29" behind. Nardello and Bouvard trail by 32", and the rest of the breakaway group is at 40". |
| 9:50am |
200 |
The 25-man breakaway group is split in 3 groups as riders attempt to break away with the finish line approaching. |
| 9:35am |
190 |
Team Kelme joins team USPS at the head of the peloton, which chases 14' behind the breakaway group. |
| 9:25am |
180 |
Rankings at the second bonus sprint of the day: 1. Lino, 2. Rénier, 3. Boogerd. |
| 9:05am |
170 |
12'50". The peloton keeps losing ground on the breakaway. |
| 8:50am |
155 |
The 25-man breakaway group advantage keeps growing. It is now close to 11'. |
| 8:30am |
140 |
9'50", as the USPS team drives the peloton, the gap with the 25-man breakaway group now reaches 9'50".
Michael Boogerd (Rab, Ned) is the best placed rider in the breakaway group, 16th overall, 31'18" behind yellow-jersey holder Lance Armstrong. |
| 8:20am |
130 |
The gap keeps widening, the peloton now trails by 8'55" behind the 25-man breakaway group. |
| 8:05am |
120 |
The gap between the peloton and the 25-man breakaway group is now 5'. |
| 7:55am |
115 |
The 25-man breakaway group increases its lead. The gap with the peloton is now 2'50". |
| 7:45am |
110 |
The gap is back to 2'35", as the peloton passes the feed zone. |
| 7:35am |
103 |
The peloton still led by the Euskaltel-Euskadi and Big.Mat teams slowly close the gap, 2'10". |
| 7:20am |
90 |
The Euskaltel-Euskadi and Big.Mat teams drive the peloton, which is still trailing 2'30" behind the 25-man breakaway group. |
| 7:10am |
83 |
The peloton trails 2'45" behind the 25-man breakaway group. |
| 7:00am |
72 |
Rankings at the top of the cote de Bidalon: 1. Boogerd, 2. Pinotti, 3. Mattan. The peloton trails by 1'45". |
| 6:55am |
70 |
Heppner, Jaksche, Lino, Petacchi, Tosatto, Bogerd, Dekker, Verbrugghe, Vermaut, Mattan, Nardello, Pascual Rodriguez, Julich, Salmon, N. Jalabert, Brochard, Bouvard, Goubert, Cardenas, Bouyer, Chavanel, Rénier, Serpellini, Pinotti and Schnider lead the race, 1 minute ahead of the peloton. |
| 6:40am |
60 |
The USPS team drives the peloton, which trails behind the 6-man breakaway group. |
| 6:25am |
51 |
The peloton catches up on the breakaway. But Moncoutié, Garzelli, Menchov, Julich, Agnolutto and Garcia attempt to breakaway. |
| 6:20am |
45 |
The riders have set a fast pace during the first hour, riding nearly 47k. New riders have joined the head of the race. Tosatto, Bessy, Baguet, Brochard and Bouyer lead by 15" over Garcia Casas, Aerts, Bettini and Halgand. The peloton trails by 35". |
| 6:15am |
35 |
W. Belli and S. Baguet catch up on P. Wadecki, P. Bettini and M. Aerts. The five riders are still 20" or so ahead of the peloton. |
| 6:05am |
30 |
Wadecki, Bettini and Aerts lead the peloton by 20". |
| 6:00am |
27 |
Rankings at the top of the cote de Lamayou: 1. Wadecki, 2. Bettini, 3. Aerts. |
| 5:50am |
22 |
Rankings at the top of the cote de la Tricherie: 1. Vinokourov, 2. Halgand, 3. Odriozola, 4. Sastre, 5. Cardenas. |
| 5:45am |
20 |
Alexandre Vinokourov breaks away in the cote de la Tricherie. |
| 5:35am |
- |
American Jonathan Vaugthers has withdrawn. Vaughters was stung by a bee yesterday. |
| 5:30am |
5 |
The riders are off for the longest stage of this year's Tour de France. Peloton still packed. |
| 5:15am |
0 |
The stage is set to start at 11:15am local time, 5:15am ET. |
