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Stage 8, July 9 -- Pforzheim - Gérardmer
An interesting stage. Finally, a breakaway managed to succeed. Peter Weening, of the Rabobank team, and Andreas Kloeden, of T-Mobile, and potential challenger for yellow, brokeaway towards the end of the race, coming to the line in a close photo finish that was given to Weenig. Perhaps more interestingly, Armstrong's team was nowhere to be seen on the final climb, leaving Armstrong alone to respond to a flurry of attacks from T-Mobile. Not a good position to be in. In the end, it worked out OK, and we'll see how things go in the coming stages.
There are varying explanations for what happened. According to George Hincapie, one of Lance's teammates, and fellow American (he lives in Greenville, SC), the team was caught in the back when the field was split from attacks up front, leaving the whole team caught in the back and unable to chase back to the front. Yikes.
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