Wednesday, July 20, 2005

Stage 17 | Pau > Revel

17:15 - The Top 10 In Stage 17

Paolo Savoldelli - the winner of the 2005 Giro d’Italia - has added a Tour de France stage to his resume. The top 10 in the 239.5km stage from Pau to Revel is:

1 009 SAVOLDELLI Paolo DSC ITA
2 022 ARVESEN Kurt-Asle CSC NOR 00’ 00"
3 205 GERRANS Simons A2R AUS 00’ 08"
4 105 HINAULT SĂ©bastien C.A FRA 00’ 11"
5 185 GRIVKO Andriy DOM UKR 00’ 24"
6 017 SEVILLA Oscar TMO ESP 00’ 51"
7 137 TANKINK Bram QST NED 00’ 51"
8 157 RIGHI Daniele LAM ITA 00’ 51"
17:14 - Discovery’s Third Stage Victory This Year

The Discovery Channel has won three stages so far in the 2005 Tour de France (the team time trial, the stage to Pla-d’Adet and today’s stage).




16:31 - Sevilla’s Group Leads By 1’00"

The advantage of Sevilla’s group over Rubiera, Dekker, Davis, Cioni, Auge, Fedrigo, Da Cruz, Lovkvist and Dumoulin is now 1’00".




12:56 - Andreas Kloden Abandons!

The rider who finished second overall in the 2004 Tour de France, Andreas Kloden, has abandoned the race at the 18km mark of today’s stage.
The German was in 11th place in the general classification after the 16th stage. He crashed during the stage to Pau and sustained a small fracture of a bone in his wrist.

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