Tour de France 2005 Daily Blog - Stage Ten

What a glorious city to host today's Tour de France start! It commences in Grenoble, queen of the French Alps. It is no rookie when it comes to hosting major sporting events, having served as home to the 1968 winter Olympics and an amazing 38 other Tour de France starts. Grenoble is a prime destination for skiers, mountain bikers and lovers of water sports. Speaking of skiing and mountain-biking, the ending stopover of Courchevel is in the epicenter of the world's largest skiiing area.
Resaults and standings
Lance Armstrong is back in the yellow jersey, now at the top of the heap after a heavy day of Alpine biking. The new top 10, general classification, is:

• 1. Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel - 1,6866.0km in 37h11’04" (44.92km/h)
• 2. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) Rabobank at 38"
• 3. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC at 2’40"
• 4. Christophe Moreau (France) Credit Agricole at 2’42"
• 5. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Illes Balears at 3’16"
• 6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner at 3’58"
• 7. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) Illes Balears at 4’00"
• 8. Jan Ullrich (Germany) T-Mobile at 4’02"
• 9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) T-Mobile at 4’16"
• 10. Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak at 4’16"

The top 10 in the 10th stage of the 2005 Tour de France is:

• 1. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) IBA
• 2. Lance Armstrong (USA) DSC - at same time
• 3. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) RAB at 9"
• 4. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) IBA at 9"
• 5. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC at 1’02"
• 6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) GST at 1’15"
• 7. Eddy Mazzoleni (Italy) LAM at 2’14"
• 8. Cadel Evans (Australia) DVL at 2’14"
• 9. Andreas Kloden (Germany) TMO at 2’14"
• 10. Andrey Kashechkin (Kazakstahn) C.A at 2’14"

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