"Erik van Leeuwen" <
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> With 10 K to go everyone *knew* Armstrong would win, but even LA hits the wall sometimes. The
> Euskaltels were incredibly strong today. For one moment Boogerd looked like he was going to win,
> but then came Tyler's final attack. The last km
he
> was riding almost backward as he expected to be caught again.
When the end came for Armstrong, it came pretty quickly. He had a 30 second gap and the next time we
looked it was gone. Sanchez had been taking shorts pulls but Armstrong was doing most of the work.
Shefer looked like he was sitting out, waiting for Astarloa and Di Luca. Armstrong tried once more
after the peloton (what remained of it) joined up, but he couldn't drop anyone on the hill.
I'm still shaking my head in amazement thinking about Merckx pulling those little guys up the hills,
and seeing Bartoli hang on, hang on, hang on, and finally drop. I think I actually grunted.
When Hamilton went clear, the helicopter shot couldn't identify who it was. It was a shock when they
finally switched to the moto camera and I realized who it was. Hamilton crossed the line first but
Sorensen won the race for him.