Hincapie Wins Mountain Stage

Sun, Jul 17, 2005 at 10:05:46 am PDT

In an incredibly brutal 125-mile mountain stage, Lance Armstrong’s teammate George Hincapie rode into the record books today, with his first stage win after 10 years in the Tour. Jan Ullrich dug deep and managed to work himself back into the General Classification. Standings:

1. Lance Armstrong (USA) DSC - 2,645.5km in 62h09'59" (42.309km/h)
2. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC - at 2'46"
3. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) RAB - at 3'09"
4. Jan Ullrich (Germany) TMO - at 5'58"
5. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) IBA - at 6'31"
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) GST - at 7'35"
7. Floyd Landis (USA) PHO - at 9'33"
8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakstahn) TMO at 9'38"
9. Christophe Moreau (France) C.A - at 11'47"
10. Andreas Kloden (Germany) TMO - at 12'01"