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Originally Posted by Joe Ross
Hey Bill, where's today's update?  What do you think of Armstrong's fall?
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Sorry Joe. I've been rushing around all day at work. I'm about to leave and will edit this post to include today's update when I get back to the dorm.
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Joe,
Were you referring to his crash or to his fall in the overall standings? With regard to the crash today, it didn’t look that bad. He got up, and made it back into the pack and finished well. With regard to the standings I would say that the breakaway group from yesterday who leapfrogged him in the overall standings isn’t a threat to him (taking into account that their skill drops off in the mountain stages).
Here are the overall standings down to Armstrong’s position after today’s 196km Stage 6 (Bonneval to Angers):
1st - Thomas Voeckler (24h 37m 30s)
2nd - Stuart O'Grady (3:01 behind)
3rd - Sandy Casar (4:06 behind)
4th - Magnus Backstedt (6:06 behind)
5th - Jakob Piil (6:58 behind)
6th - Lance Armstrong (9:35 behind)
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