19 July 03
The Drama Increases
Jan Ullrich is surging. In yesterday’s time trial in the Tour de France, he won handily, beating Lance Armstrong by a margin of 1’ 36” over the 47 km route. In today’s Pyrenees mountain stage, he took more time out of Armstrong, and finished second in the stage. He now trails Armstrong by 15”, who is looking increasingly vulnerable. Not far behind, at 1’ 01”, and very much a threat, is the consistently riding Alexandre Vinokourov. We have a bike race on our hands!
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