big news at the tour de france.
everyone knew it would eventually happen, and on sunday, astana teammates alberto contador and lance armstrong moved into first and second place in the overall standings, leaving pretenders like rinaldo nocentini in the dust. what was perhaps more surprising, however, was the magnitude of the gap between contador and armstrong, with the spaniard racking up a 1 minute, 37 second-lead on the american.
but the reason you should be even more interested in the results: the second-place finisher in stage 15 was andy schleck of luxembourg, finishing just 43 seconds back.
that's right... luxembourg.
the small european country has found a niche in cycling with the schleck brothers. andy's brother, frank, raced very well at last's year tour, even holding the maillot jaune before finishing 6th overall. the two are solid climbers and are giving the tour favorites some decent competition.
come from a small country but carry a big bike, i always say. er... right?
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