I was following the action through the Eurosport News Channel. There was no video, it was just text that was updated every 5 minutes. The last 20 kilometers was so exciting! I didn’t notice that I was just reading text. It was as if I was watching the action live.
Stage 15 was the most important (or one of the most important) for all of the race leaders. It was certainly one of the toughest. And it was so full of drama and excitement! Everyone held their breaths when Armstrong crashed. Lots of sportsmanship shown – Ullrich and Hamilton motioning the peloton to wait for Armstrong to get back, Armstrong patting Chavenel as he overtook him… It was a great day for the Tour, one that will surely be remembered for a long time.
From Eurosport.com
Armstrong’s crash
Although it’s good for the sport to have the spectators as close to the racers as possible, I strongly believe that safety measures should be followed. There should be some distance between the fans and the riders.
Now that Armstrong’s lead is more than 1 minute, he’ll be more comfortable going into the Time Trial. However, I cannot ignore the fact that Ullrich beat him by a minute and a half during the first time trial. The Tour is far from over.
The last 2 stages were really exciting!!! Ullrich is so strong! Everyone thought that Armstrong would attack and dominate in the mountains but that’s not the case. And during the last stage, people even thought that Vinokourov (?) will emerge as the leader overall… Even if that didn’t happen, he’s 18 seconds away from Armstrong! And Ullrich is still 15 seconds away from him. And there’s gonna be another individual time trial yata. Oh noooo!!!
