Owing to new shoes and a problem with his cleats, his hip was giving him additional gip and his leg totally seized up ahead of the prologue. Lance Armstrong goes deep into the red at Luz Ardiden. 4 climbs that opened the stage. It seems like a lifetime’s worth. Cookies kunnen gebruikt worden om op sites van derden relevante advertenties te tonen. And it just f***ing killed me to stay with him… but I wasn't going to let this little punk win. Halgand was dropped before the day’s first points sprint and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) jumped out to grab the third-place points behind Chavanel and Botero.Baden Cooke (Fdjeux.com) retained his hold on the green jersey, just eight points ahead of defending champion Robbie McEwen (Lotto) while Hushovd moved into third at 14 points behind McEwen. The closest race in Tour de France history is close no more. He didn't say anything – he didn't have the time, given the fury he was in. It moved Armstrong up to second place and saw US Postal riders occupying the top eight places on GC, with Colombia's Victor Hugo Peña in yellow. What happened next was one of Armstrong's most stirring performances – and the most exciting at the Tour since another American, Greg LeMond, defeated Laurent Fignon by just eight seconds in 1989.The background behind the tangle of bikes that sent Armstrong and the Basque climber Iban Mayo sprawling on Luz Ardiden can be traced back to the Critérium du Dauphiné earlier that summer.The Dauphiné was Armstrong's pre-Tour rendez vous of choice and he led the race that year after winning the Stage 3 time trial. The next day, at the ski resort of Ax 3 Domaines on the first stage in the Pyrenees, Armstrong lost another seven seconds – and 12 bonus seconds – to Ullrich, who now trailed the Yellow Jersey by just 15 seconds. A day later, on the final stage, Armstrong couldn't resist riding up to Mayo and saying: "Iban, can't you go a bit harder than that?" If that put the German on course to seize the Yellow Jersey from his rival's shoulders, his continued risk-taking in slippery conditions finally caught up with him when Ullrich skidded on a roundabout and slid into a hay bale barrier.Ullrich dropped to fourth, 11 seconds down on Armstrong, as Britain's David Millar took the spoils by nine seconds on the resurgent Hamilton. In the group were: George Hincapie (USPS), Mario Aerts and Botero (Telekom), Salvatore Commesso and Gerrit Glomser (Saeco), Nicolas Vogondy (Fdjeux.com), Javier Pascual Llorente (Kelme-Costa Blanca), Paolo Bettini (Quick Step), Benoît Poilvet (Crédit Agricole), Chavanel (La Boulangère) and Alexandre Botcharov, Iñigo Chaurreau, Christophe Oriol and Nicolas Portal (all ag2r), with the final four riding in honor of their fallen teammate.The 15 were reeled in at 29km when Chavanel, Botero and Patrice Halgand (Jean Delatour) peeled away on a string of three Cat. “I just wish the problems will stop. Pushing the pedals with such ferocity as he surged past Mayo, the American was caught short when his chain jumped and his pedals unclipped, forcing him to slump onto his top tube and over the handlebars like a drunk man making a getaway on a stolen bike. He gave it all he had, but was caught by the turbo-charged Armstrong with 4.6km to go. "Beloki, however, was not so lucky. "I felt a huge rush of adrenaline. He still managed a solid seventh place, but he could barely walk without a limp and his bid for a fifth Tour win had got off to a stuttering start.The American found his feet during the early flat stages, however, and in the monster 69km team time trial on Stage 4, with a resounding victory by more than 30 seconds over their nearest rivals, ONCE-Eroski. 4 climbs that opened the stage. Armstrong had just shot by the attacking Iban Mayo (Euskaltel) and drifted to the right side of the road when a fan’s yellow musette hooked the right side of Armstrong’s handlebars.Gasps went out as the American was thrown hard on his left shoulder. Het gemiddelde stijgingspercentage van de klim is bijgevolg 6.9 %. "It got worse. "Then he did just that – taking himself over the top, and almost onto the ground again. They could also see, up close, the awesome effort and range of emotions etched across the riders’ faces.Shortly after the climb to Luz Ardiden started Mayo hit the front and put in a series of attacks. It turned out that the chainstay area was cracked and bottom bracket compromised; his bike was a ticking time bomb; what happened might have never been.At the time, however, Armstrong had no option other than battle on with what he had.

Ullrich pedaled on ahead with Tyler Hamilton (CSC), Ivan Basso (Fassa Bortolo), Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel) and Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole). I remember thinking, Ullrich should stop. Persistent as a fly yet prone to implosion, Mayo revelled in explosive attacks and the element of surprise. Luz Ardiden is a ski resort built in 1975 and has featured several times as a summit finish in the Tour de France. Trouw.nl en krant.nl maken deel uit van DPG Media.

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