Two to go for Armstrong

Principal difficulties
The roads aren’t flat, but they’re not hilly enough to cause a real separation in the field.

Stage winner
Giuseppe Guerini (Italy)

Overall leader
Lance Armstrong (USA)

Ups and Downs
The T-Mobile rider won the stage despite being brought down when a fan tried to take a picture of him during the last part of the Alpine climb. Lance Armstrong retained the yellow jersey when he came home safely in the main pack.

Next Stage
With only two stages remaining, 20th stage, short at 53 kilometres, has seen overall lead and podium positions change hands swiftly in the previous years .