Thread: Basso's gift
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Old 07-20-2004, 10:30 AM   #3 (permalink)
James Thomson
 
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Re: Basso's gift

"Badger_South" <Badger@South.net> wrote:

> Great rider, but no way Basso should have had same time on the
> 15th stage today with Lance. There was no contact, and seeing
> the overhead you realize how far ahead Lance was at the finish.


Armstrong was about half a bike's length clear of Basso:

http://www.letour.fr/2004/finish/finish15.jpg

Even for an uphill finish, that's a fraction of a second. Finish times are
only recorded to the nearest second, hence both receive the same time.

James Thomson




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