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Armstrong going strong

Seventeenth stagePao to RevelDistance: 239.5 kmType of Stage: Road, mountainousPrincipal DifficultiesHeat & distance; longest stage of TourS...

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Seventeenth stage

Pao to Revel
Distance: 239.5 km
Type of Stage: Road, mountainous

Principal Difficulties
Heat & distance; longest stage of Tour

Stage Winner
Paolo Savoldelli (Italy)

Overall Leader
Lance Armstrong (USA)

UPS AND DOWNS
Savoldelli outsprinted breakaway companion Kurt-Asle Arvesen of Norway at the end of the 239.5-km stage from Pau to give Discovery team their third stage win of the Tour. Australian Simon Gerrans took third place and France’s Sebastien Hinault was fourth.

UPS AND DOWNS
The breaks are expected to come fast and furious again, but it’ll be a daylong struggle between breakaways and the sprinters’ teams, which will be chasing in hopes of a bunch finish.

 

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