Tour de France by Stage

Includes Lance Armstrong’s position, either behind the leader (-) or as leader (+):

Stage/miles Date: 1-120.8 July 8

Start: Saint-Omer

End: Boulogne-sur-Mer

Stage Winner: Erik Zabel

Leader: C. Moreau

Armstrong: -0:04

Erik Zabel claims the first stage in the wind and drizzle, Armstrong finishes with the pack.

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Stage/miles Date: 2-135.7 July 9

Start: Calais

End: Antwerp

Stage Winner: Marc Wauters

Leader: Marc Wauters

Armstrong: -0:31

Marc Wauters dons the yellow in his home country and is congratulated by the King of Belgium.

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Stage/miles Date: 3-123.3 July 10

Start: Antwerp

End: Seraing

Stage Winner: Erik Zabel

Leader: Stuart O’Grady

Armstrong: -0:21

Armstrong’s USPS team leads the pursuit as Zabel wins his second stage.

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Stage/miles Date: 4-133.5 July 11

Start: Huy

End: Verdun

Stage Winner: Laurent Jalabert

Leader: O’Grady

Armstrong: -0:27

The six riders ahead of Armstrong will be more than one hour behind him by the 15th stage.

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Stage/miles Date: 5-41.6 July 12

Start: Verdun

End: Bar-les--Duc

Stage Winner: Credit Agricole

Leader: O’Grady

Armstrong: -1:53

Despite a crash by two USPS riders in driving rain, the squad finishes a respectable fourth.

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Stage/miles Date: 6-131.3 July 13

Start: Commercy

End: Strasbourg

Stage Winner: Jaan Kirsipuu

Leader: O’Grady

Armstrong: -1:53

Down nearly two minutes, Armstrong still leads his rival, Germany’s Jan Ullrich, by 27 seconds.

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Stage/miles Date: 7-100.9 July 14

Start: Strasbourg

End: Colmar

Stage Winner: Laurent Jalabert

Leader: Jens Voight

Armstrong: -5:56

Jalabert’s Bastille Day victory is marred by a man who plows his car into a crowd.

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Stage/miles Date: 8-138.2 July 15

Start: Colmar

End: Pontarlier

Stage Winner: Erik Dekker

Leader: O’Grady

Armstrong: -35:19

Armstrong is content to let the sprinters shine as he waits for his shot in the mountains.

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Stage/miles Date: 9-114.9 July 16

Start: Pontarlier

End: Aix-les-Bains

Stage Winner: Sergei Ivanov

Leader: O’Grady

Armstrong: -35:19

Sprinter O’Grady admits his reign in the yellow jersey is just about over.

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Stage/miles Date: 10-129.8 July 17

Start: Aix-les-Bains

End: L’Alpe d’Huez

Stage Winner: Armstrong

Leader: Francois Simone

Armstrong: -20:07

Armstrong fakes exhaustion early, then blows away the field on a 3,712-foot climb.

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Stage/miles Date: 11-19.9 July 18

Start: Grenoble

End: Chamrousse

Stage Winner: Armstrong

Leader: Simone

Armstrong: -13:07

Finishing ahead of Ullrich by 3:34, Armstrong says, “We’re getting closer and closer to that yellow” jersey.

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Stage/miles Date: 12-103.4 July 20

Start: Perpignan

End: Ax-les-Thermes

Stage Winner: Felix Cardenas

Leader: Simone

Armstrong: -9:10

Passing Ullrich in a grueling uphill sprint, Armstrong shaves nearly four minutes off the overall lead.

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Stage/miles Date: 13-120.5 July 21

Start: Foix

End: Saint-Lary-Soulan

Stage Winner: Armstrong

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +3:54

Armstrong’s time of 5:44:22 is 13 minutes faster than Simone, who began the stage as the leader.

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Stage/miles Date: 14-87.9 July 22

Start: Tarbes

End: Luz Ardiden

Stage Winner: Voight

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +5:05

Ullrich on Armstrong: “This year he is stronger than ever, simply unbeatable.”

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Stage/miles Date: 15-144.4 July 24

Start: Pau

End: Lavaur

Stage Winner: Rik Verbrugghe

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +5:05

Armstrong rides among the pack knowing that, barring catastrophe, the race is his.

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Stage/miles Date: 16-142.5 July 25

Start: Castelsarrasin

End: Sarran

Stage Winner: Voight

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +5:05

Only 146 riders remain from the 189 who started the race.

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Stage/miles Date: 17-120.5 July 26

Start: Brive-la-Gaillarde

End: Montlucon

Stage Winner: Serge Baguet

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +5:05

Rivals Ullrich and Andrei Kivilev fail to gain any ground on Armstrong.

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Stage/miles Date: 18-37.9 July 27

Start: Montlucon

End: Saint-Amand-Montrond

Stage Winner: Armstrong

Leader: Armstrong Armstrong: +6:44 Averaging 30.5 mph, Armstrong dominates the individual stage by 1:24.

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Stage/miles Date: 19-92.8 July 28

Start: Orleans

End: Evry

Stage Winner: Erik Zabel

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +6:44

Armstrong’s vast lead is protected by the pace-setting USPS team.

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Stage/miles Date: 20-99.7 July 29

Start: Corbeil-Essones

End: Paris

Stage Winner: Jan Svorada

Leader: Armstrong

Armstrong: +6:44

The cancer survivor from Austin, Texas wins his third consecutive Tour De France.