07-20-2004, 10:30 AM
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#5 (permalink)
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"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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