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July 01, 2006
Hushovd takes 2006 Tour prologue
Thor Hushovd will wear yellow for at least a couple of days, after an astounding ride at the Tour prologue in Strasbourg.
Hushovd is an annual combatant in the sprinter's jersey competition, which he won last year, but is more a pure power rider than some of the other sprinters (Robbie McEwen, I'm looking at you). He should be able to stay close enough to the sprinters over the next few stages to hold the overall race lead.
He edged out Discovery Channel's George Hincapie and CSC's Dave Zabriskie, with Sebastian Lang 4th and Spain's Alejandro Valverde 5th.
Phonak's Floyd Landis missed his start time, and lost nearly 10 seconds before his Tour even started. His 9th place at 8:26.26 would certainly have bettered Zabriskie, and would have rivalled Hincapie and Hushovd if he had ridden the same ride with an on-time start. OLN reports Landis had a flat tire as he came to the start.
David Millar, returning from a 2-year suspension for EPO, could manage only 17th, in 8:31.65.
- Top 10:
- Hushovd, Credit Agricole, in 8:17.00
- George Hincapie, Discovery Channel, at :01
- Dave Zabriskie, CSC, at :04
- Sebastian Lang, Gerolsteiner, at :05
- Alejandro Valverde, Caisse d'Epargne, at :05
- Stuart O'Grady, CSC, at :05
- Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, at :06
- Paolo Savoldelli, Discovery Channel, at :08
- Floyd Landis, Phonak, at :09
- Vladimir Karpets, Caisse d'Epargne, at :10
Other Americans:
19) Chris Horner, Davitamon-Lotto, at :16
29) Bobby Julich, CSC, at :19
35) Christian Vande Velde, CSC, at :21
36) Levi Leipheimer, Gerolsteiner, at :22
112) Fred Rodriguez, Davitamon-Lotto, at :38
Also:
This story doesn't really seem to capture the whole moment.
Posted by Frank Steele on July 1, 2006 in Alejandro Valverde, Bobby Julich, Bradley Wiggins, Chris Horner, Christian Vande Velde, Dave Zabriskie, David Millar, Floyd Landis, Fred Rodriguez, George Hincapie, Levi Leipheimer, Michael Rogers, Paolo Savoldelli, Stage results, Stuart O'Grady, Thor Hushovd, Top Stories, Tour de France 2006, Vladimir Karpets | Permalink
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I must say, Im really happy for Thor, and hope he will be able to defend the jersey for some days now.
Posted by: Eirik at Jul 1, 2006 10:55:59 AM