Lance Armstrong was involved in a crash 2 kilometers from the finish in Stage 7 today, July 13, 2002. He was not hurt and finished the stage but did lose some time. He is currently in 8th place overall, 34 seconds behind the leader.<BR><BR><BR>The finish was in Avranches and the helicopter views of Mont-Saint-Michel were magnificent. The stage will be rebroadcast on OLN later today. Here is today's TV schedule.<BR><BR>Saturday, July 13- Stage 7<BR>9:30am-11:30am ET - Live!<BR>3:00pm-5:00pm ET - Re-air of live coverage<BR>9:00pm-11:00pm ET / 10:00pm-12:00am PT - Commentary & analysis of day's stage<BR><BR><BR>

-<BR><BR>OUCH ! Hope he can close the gap and make it win no. 4.<BR>

Australian cycling put itself on the map again today as Australian Brad McGee won the 7th stage. A new powerhouse is building in road cycling - Australia.

Dear GoAussies!<BR><BR>Your patriotism is admirable but judgment of the situation off-track. The Aussies will die in the mountains I'm afraid and go from powerhouse to poorhouse.<BR><BR>Harzer

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Ouch! is right! Those guys get really hurt crashing on those bikes!<BR>Glad to know he is ok, how cool would it be if he won again

The crash was not good, but surmountable. Here's Lance's comments today, after coming in second in the 52k time trial:<BR> "It was not a good day for me, but it's not a surprise that Botero won." <BR><BR>(from the BBC web site at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport/hi/english/other_sports/cycling/default.stm)<BR><BR>There's still plenty of time. Allez, Lance!

First, this is a travel board not a sport or cycle board. So, take this info somewhere where people really care about it. The fact that some guy riding a bike all over France had a little mishap is of NO INTEREST to us that want to learn about traveling. WHO CARES ANYWAY? It is just a bicycle race and has NO BEARING on my plans for travels. REPEAT!!!!!! WE DO NOT CARE AND DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE ABOUT LANCE AND THE REST OF THESE TWO WHEELERS!!!!!!!!!

Hey nomore....<BR>it was clear from the title of the post what it was about. you could have esily just skipped it. Anger like you showed will just give you a heart attack..... no fun at all. So just relax. Maybe get some exercise.... How about a bikeride?

The OLN coverage is a pleasure to watch even if you are not a bike-racing fan. The photography from the helicopters is terrific; the aerial views give you an unusual way of appreciating the countryside. <BR><BR>Besides, bike races loom large in contemporary European life (the giro in Italia, the tour in Switzerland, an important one in Spain, the Paris-Roubaix, etc.) and it doesn't hurt for Americans to learn a bit about it-- who knows; you may be able to enter into a conversation about this popular sport on a European train or in a cafe or hostel or park. . . Widening one's perspective is never a bad idea; that's one of the things travel is supposed to do. <BR><BR>Calm down. Affectionately, J.