Posts from July 9, 2003

Today was a good day for cycling, at least it was if you are a fan of the United States Postal Service Team. The USPS team won today's stage of the Tour de France, which was a team time trial, by 30 seconds over the ONCE team. At the end of the day, USPS team member, Victor Hugo Peña became the first Colombian to wear the Yellow Jersey. The Alps are two days away.

Here are the overall standings for the Tour, after today's race (note: the top 8 spots belong to USPS team members):

 1. Victor Hugo Pena (Colombia)            13 hours, 44 minutes
 2. Lance Armstrong (USA)                       1 second behind
 3. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Russia)                    00:05
 4. George Hincapie (USA)                          00:05
 5. Jose Luis Rubiera (Spain)                      00:23
 6. Roberto Heras (Spain)                          00:27
 7. Pavel Padrnos (Czech Republic)                 00:27
 8. Floyd Landis (USA)                             00:28
 9. Joseba Beloki (Spain)                          00:33
10. Jorg Jaksche (Germany)                         00:38
11. Manuel Beltran (Spain)                         00:39
12. Jan Ullrich (Germany)                          00:39
13. Isidro Nozal (Spain)                           00:44
14. Angel Vicioso (Spain)                          00:51
15. Tobias Steinhauser (Germany)                   00:51
16. Mikel Pradera (Spain)                          00:58
17. Angel Casero (Spain)                           00:58
18. Jose Azevedo (Portugal)                        01:01
19. Marcos Serrano (Spain)                         01:04
20. Vladimir Karpets (Russia)                      01:11