Here are the top ten standings:
Overall standings
1. Lance Armstrong (USA/DIS) 72hr 55min 50sec
2. Ivan Basso (ITA/CSC) at 2:46
3. Michael Rasmussen (DEN/RAB) 3:09
4. Jan Ullrich (GER/MOB) 5:58
5. Francisco Mancebo (SPA/BAL) 6:31
6. Levi Leipheimer (USA/GRL) 7:35
7. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ/MOB) 9:38
8. Cadel Evans (AUS/DAV) 9:49
9. Floyd Landis (USA/PHO) 9:53
10. Christophe Moreau (FRA/C.A) 12:07
There are 3 Americans in the top 10, but nobody is paying any attention to poor Levi (6) and Floyd (9).
Random Thoughts: What makes Lance Armstrong, well, Lance Armstrong? Some say its genetics. some say training? Some say steroids.
Maybe Lance like all of us owes a debt of gratitude to people the masses will never hear about much less cheer. I wonder who bought him his first bike, for instance. I wonder... did he ever have a paper route with mean dogs that chased him on his bike (pretty good speed training). I wonder, did his dad or mom teach him how to ride? I wonder how many races he lost early in his racing career and who encouraged him not to quit?
Greatness comes when you take what is given to you and then make of it all you can.
"Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm." (Sir Winston Churchill)
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