Lance is back in Yellow

As I said, Lance would let someone else take the stage. Rasmussen tried to break at 650 meters but was spit up and chewed out by Lance who fought backand crushed him. Only Valverde was able to keep up with Lance's counterattack and gratefully took the leadout from Lance at the finish. Rassmussen ends up in third 11 seconds back (and not 28 seconds behind overall)

Provisional Results


1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 4.50.35
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
3 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 0.11
4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.01
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 1.14

General classification after stage 10

1 Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel
2 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank