Tour De France Stage 14 Results
The Tour de France Stage 14 was highly anticipated, as the Tour de France Stage 14 results would get the race closer to its final sprint. The Tour de France Stage 14 is the last stage before the push into the Alps, where the Tour de France champion is likely to emerge. But the Tour de France Stage 14 results were anticipated to finally change the overall standings, after a week of the same old results. Indeed, Tour de France Stage 14 finally put a new name near the top of the standings, though the leaders are still right on course
The Tour de France Stage 14 results were very favorable for George Hincapie, who entered Stage 14 in 28′th place. Hincapie was one of the sprinters who pulled away from the pack, while Russia’s Sergi Ivanov won the stage.
However, the Tour de France Stage 14 was centered around George Hincapie, and whether he could take over the overall lead from Rinaldo Nocentini. Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong had been looking to take the Tour de France lead for a week, but Hincapie came close after Stage 14.
In the end, Rinaldo Nocentini still maintained his lead after the Tour de France Stage 14, now leading George Hincapie by five seconds. Contador dropped to third, though he still remains six seconds back. Lance Armstrong also remains eight seconds back, though he is now in fourth.
The Tour de France Stage 14 results were a mild shakeup, but are merely a prelude to what is expected tomorrow. Nocentini narrowly held on to the lead today, but most everyone expects him to finally succumb tomorrow in Stage 15.
Tour de France experts have been waiting for Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador to finally take control in the Alps. Now, the Alps are finally on the horizon, with the Armstrong-Contador showdown for the yellow jersey nearly upon us. Whether Hincapie can put up any further challenges after today is unknown.
Despite the suspense around the Tour de France Stage 14 results, it was marred a bit by some bizarre, violent incidents recently. Yesterday, two teenagers shot at two riders with an air gun, briefly hurting both of them.
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Tour de France stage 13 results – Win for Heinrich Haussler
German (and honorary Australian) Heinrich Haussler of the Cervelo Test Team is the latest stage winner in the Tour de France, taking stage 13 in yet another day which meant nothing to the overall standings.
The inevitable breakaway only took three kilometres into the 200km stage 13 from Vittel to Colmar, with Haussler, who is better known as a sprinter, attacking in conjunction with Frenchman Christophe Moreau of the Agritubel team. Those two were joined by five others soon after.
The numbers started dropping off from the leading group to the peloton over the long stage including five separate climbs, and close to the last climb the only ones who could survive anywhere near Haussler’s pace to stay in front of the peloton were Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), Amets Txurruka (Euskatel-Euskadi) and Brice Feillu (Agritubel).
Haussler was 55 minutes behind the leaders at the start of the day and thus was no threat to Rinaldo Nocentini’s yellow jersey, as with the other members of the breakaway. He is a German national but was born and lived for many years in the Australian city of Inverell and speaks English with an Australian accent.
The most newsworthy aspect of the day was the withdrawal before a pedal was pushed of Levi Leipheimer, one of the main contenders in Team Astana, which will weaken the team of Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador going into the major climbing stages in the second and third weeks.
During the stage, Italian Franco Pellizotti of the Liquigas team took the king of the mountains polka dot jersey away from Spaniard Egoi Martinez of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team, but his tiny three-point lead means that competition will rage on for a while yet.
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