Today was a really important one in the Tour because Armstrong put 3:47 on Iban Mayo, one of the pre-race favorites to challenge Armstrong. The race broke up on the 2.8 km section of cobbles, and the favorites pushed the pace to distance themselves from the yellow jersey group, which included Mayo.
The impact of this won't be clearly felt until after tomorrow's team time trial where Mayo will likely lose the better part of two minutes to the stronger teams. This could effectively end Mayo's challenge for the jersey in this year's Tour...
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