Armstrong impressive on first Pyrenean stage won by Totschnig

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2005

AX-TROIS-DOMAINES, France (AFP) — Austria's Georg Totschnig of the Gerolsteiner team won the 14th stage of the Tour de France here on the first day of three in the Pyrenees.

American Lance Armstrong retained the race leader's yellow jersey he is aiming to win for a seventh consecutive time ahead of his retirement, when the race climaxes on July 24, after finishing second on Saturday at just under a minute.

Italian Ivan Basso finished a few metres behind, with another yellow jersey contender, 1997 winner Jan Ullrich, finishing at around 10secs behind Armstrong.

Armstrong holds a lead of 1min 41sec over Dane Michael Rasmussen.

Ullrich's teammate Alexandre Vinokourov was one of the biggest losers on the day, the Kazakh finishing at nearly three minutes...