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I guess Floyd (Phonak) is gonna take it. Word is, barring an accident, the course doesn't promote itself to lead changes from here on out. Something to think about in the future when planning stages. It's not too much fun to have the race decided less than half way through. Quick run-down of how we got here:

Stage 2- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) won the sprint and the time bonus to take over the GC from Levi (Gerolsteiner) by 4 seconds. Jorge opened his account this year a couple of weeks before he did last year at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

Stage 3- The Flying Mennonite takes a big one! Floyd Landis shows us how Big Mig (Miguel Indurain) did it w/ a new tunnel-tested position, destroying the field in the process. It's impressive to see the Americans really stepping it up and showing that there's definitely more to us than simply Lance (and Greg for those that still love him!).

Stage 4- Haedo (Toyata-United Pro) has a double shot! JJH beat out Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and the rest of the field for his second win of the tour and the season. GC remained the same as Floyd came in w/ the pack and the same time.

Stage 5- Live action as of 3:00pm EST shows a break of at least 5 w/ just under 100K to go. Results to follow.

Photo courtesy of Cyclingnews and Jonathan Devich. So nice to visit!