Top 25 - promising

- From Armstrong (2.18 behind Voigt) there is 3 min. 29 sec. to no. 25
- All the major challengers are in place
5 Alexandre Vinokourov 3.20
6 Bobby Julich 3.25
7 Ivan Basso 3.44
8 Jan Ullrich 3.54
9 Carlos Sastre
10 George Hincapie 4.05
11 Andreas Klöden 4.08
12 Floyd Landis
- Most of the challengers have succeeded in hiding their actual strength
(spec. Julich, Basso, Sastre, Landis - and Heras. I have no confidence in
Mayo.)
- Unless Armstrong is a master screenwriter Discovery is vulnerable
- We havn't seen the real mountain yet

A most promising view for the coming stages

General classification after stage 9

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC 32.18.23
(46.22 km/h)
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.50
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel 2.18
4 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.43
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 3.20
6 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 3.25
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 3.44
8 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.54
9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 4.05
11 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.08
12 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.31
14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4.32
15 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.36
16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 4.49
17 Jose Azevedo (Por) Discovery Channel 4.53
18 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.01
19 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.12
20 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.16
21 Roberto Heras (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
22 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.20
23 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
24 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.42
25 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.47

Thomas Lund