| Time ET |
Km |
Comments |
| 11:33am |
- |
Zabel takes the 8th place, O'Grady takes the 9th. O'Grady keeps the green jersey.... 25'45" off Jens Voigt. |
| 11:30am |
- |
Less than 2k to go for the peloton. The battle for the Green jersey is very much alive. |
| 11:20am |
- |
The USPS team drives the peloton to Sarran, where Jens Voigt won more than 15 minutes ago. |
| 11:07am |
230 |
Jens Voigt wins in Sarran. Brad McGee takes the second place 5" behind Voigt. Botcharov finishes 3rd and Sorensen 4th 1'59" off the winner. Perez comes 5th at 2'53". |
| 11:03am |
228 |
2k to go for Mc Gee and Voigt. Botcharov and Sorensen are 1'30" off. |
| 11:00am |
225 |
Less than 5k to ride for the two leaders, Mc Gee and Voigt. Botcharov and Sorensen are chasing 1'18" behind. |
| 10:55am |
222 |
The two leaders are within the last 10k. |
| 10:45am |
215 |
Mc Gee and Voigt's lead has reached the 40" mark. Botcharov, Sorensen and Perez are still chasing behind, but they don't work well together. |
| 10:40am |
211 |
The breakaway group has exploded. McGee and Voigt are still up front, 20" ahead of Botcherov, Sorensen and Perez. Seigneur and Heulot are trailing behind. The peloton is still 20' off the pace down the road. |
| 10:37am |
- |
A massive crash occured at the rear of the peloton. Four riders are forced to withdraw, including former yellow-jersey holder Marc Wauters. The three others are Montgomery, Heppner, and Pozzi. |
| 10:31am |
206 |
Brad McGee and Jens Voigt break away. They are clear off the group, leading by 10". |
| 10:30am |
205 |
25k to go for the leaders. The winner of the stage is most likely within the breakaway group: Perez Luis (Spa, Fes), Voigt Jens (Ger, C.A.), Botcharov Alexandre (Rus, A2R), Sorensen Nicki (Den, CSC), Seigneur Eddy (Fra, Del), Mc Gee Bradley (Aus, FdJ), Heulot Stephane (Fra, Big). |
| 10:23am |
200 |
The 7-man breakaway group still rides together as it passes the 200k mark with a 20'15" advantage. The road narrows as Sarran approaches. |
| 10:10am |
194 |
Still nearly 20 minutes for the breakaway group over the peloton with less than 40k to go. |
| 10:00am |
185 |
The breakaway group's advantage doesn't shrink. The peloton, still led by the USPS team, doesn't react. |
| 9:50am |
178 |
Over 20 minutes. The 7-man breakaway leads by 20'37" ahead of the peloton. |
| 9:35am |
170 |
60k to go for the leaders. The peloton trails by 19'45". |
| 9:20am |
161 |
The 7-man breakaway group's advantage is still over 19'. The USPS team drives the peloton. |
| 9:05am |
150 |
80k to go for the 7 men up front. |
| 8:55am |
- |
The gap has schrunk down to 18'55". |
| 8:50am |
- |
The peloton reaches the feed zone 19'30" after the 7-man breakaway group. Russian Alexandre Botcharov is the best ranked rider, 30th at 57'05" of Lance Armstrong, in the breakaway group. |
| 8:40am |
130 |
100k to go for the breakaway group. |
| 8:30am |
115 |
The US Postal Service team drives the peloton and accelerates the pace. |
| 8:27am |
- |
The peloton passes the bonus sprint line 17' after the breakaway group. The Francaise des Jeux team drives the peloton. |
| 8:10am |
105.5 |
Rankings at the first bonus sprint of the day: 1. Mc Gee, 2. Sorensen, 3. Seigneur. |
| 8:00am |
101 |
12'50". The gap keeps widening. |
| 7:50am |
96 |
10 minutes. The 7-man breakaway group leads by 10' ahead of the peloton. |
| 7:40am |
91 |
The gap widens to reach 7'40". The peloton doesn't seem to be willing to chase the breakaway. |
| 7:25am |
78 |
The peloton trails by 2'55" behind the 7-man breakaway group. |
| 7:20am |
75 |
Perez Luis (Spa, Fes), Voigt Jens (Ger, C.A.), Botcharov Alexandre (Rus, A2R), Sorensen Nicki (Den, CSC), Seigneur Eddy (Fra, Del), Mc Gee Bradley (Aus, FdJ), Heulot Stephane (Fra, Big) are in the breakaway group. |
| 7:10am |
68 |
The 6-man leading group has a 27" advantage over the peloton. Mc Gee rides in-between, 20" behind the breakaway group. |
| 7:05am |
63 |
Perez, Voigt, Botcharov, N. Sorensen, Seigneur and Heulot have broken away. The peloton led by the US Postal team trails by 10". |
| 6:55am |
58 |
The fast paced peloton keeps riding to Sarran, where Deputy mayor and French President's wife Bernadette Chirac will welcome the riders. |
| 6:50am |
54 |
The peloton is still packed. No breakaway attempts manages to last more than a couple of kilometers. |
| 6:35am |
41 |
The peloton is packed again. All the breakaway attempts are over. |
| 6:27am |
33 |
The breakaway is over. The Telekom team has caught up the 29-man group. Voigt and Roux keep trying though. |
| 6:23am |
30 |
Belli, Pozzi, Aerts, Chaurreau, Botcharov, Piil, Bouvard, Botero, Rous, Casper, Gonzalez de Galdeano and Sastre join the breakaway. The 29-man group leads by 20". Team Deutsche Telekom drives the peloton. |
| 6:20am |
27 |
Vinokourov, Petacchi, Tosatto, Baguet, Lelli, Bartoli, Garcia-Acosta, Odriozola, Agnolutto, Voigt, L. Jalabert, Halgand, Roux, Nazon, Durand, Waecki and Sivakov have broken away. The are now 10" ahead of the peloton. |
| 6:15am |
25 |
The USPS team has closed the gap. O'Grady and Agnolutto have attempted to break away, but the Deutsche Telekom team drives the peloton and catches the 2 riders. |
| 6:00am |
15 |
The 8-man breakaway group has built a 17" gap over the peloton. |
| 5:45am |
10 |
Loda, Lelli, Garcia-Acosta, Odriozola, Maignan, N. Sorensen, Maignan and Knaven have broken away. |
| 5:45am |
5 |
The peloton is still packed. |
| 5:35am |
1 |
The 151 remaining riders have started. The weather on the route ton Sarran is simply beautiful, clear and sunny sky, temperatures in the 80's and low 90's. |
| 5:25am |
0 |
The stage is set to start at 11:25am local time, 5:25am ET. |
