AX-3 DOMAINES, France -- A brief look at Saturday's 14th
stage of the Tour de France:
STAGE: Saturday's 14th stage took riders into the Pyrenees for
the first time on a brutal 137-mile trek from Agde to Ax-3
Domaines.
WINNER: Georg Totschnig, Austria, Gerolsteiner, in 5 hours, 43
minutes, 43 seconds.
HOW OTHERS FARED: Lance Armstrong, United States, Discovery
Channel, was second, 56 seconds behind; Ivan Basso, Italy, Team
CSC, was third, 58 seconds behind; Jan Ullrich, Germany, T-Mobile,
was fourth, 1:16 behind.
YELLOW JERSEY: Six-time champion Armstrong keeps the yellow
jersey -- and extends his lead over Mickael Rasmussen of Denmark to
1:41 and over Ivan Basso to 2:46. Ullrich is 4:34 behind.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "We don't have a choice. The Gods deal us the
weather and you have to be smart about it. I tried to put as much
water on my head and legs as possible, stay cool and ride a
conservative race."-- Armstrong suffers in the heat.
NEXT STATE: Sunday's 15th stage is considered the hardest of the
race so far, a punishing 127.7 mile route from Lezat-sur-Leze to
Saint-Lary Soulan. It will mark the 10th anniversary of the death
of Fabio Casartelli, Armstrong's former Motorola teammate.