Thanks to the team time trial, Lance Armstrong has moved into the position he has come to own, first place in the GC, and holder of the Yellow Jersey. Unfortuantely, due to some new rules that seem to have been implemented specifically to make it tougher for Lance to win his 6th GC title (GC being general classification, as opposed to the winners of the sprint and climbing competitions), he only picked up 20 seconds on the second place team, despite crossing the finish line 1'07" faster. The Tour has decided that no more than 20 seconds will seperate each placing, so the 21st and last team can only lose a maximum of 7 minutes to the first place team. US Postal is the best team on the tour, so it was not much of a surprise that they finished 1st, nor that Lance, who had been 16 seconds behind the Yellow Jersey (I'm not sure that should be capitalized, but why the heck not, it's probably the most famous shirt in the world), moved up to 1st overall.
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