ERIK ZABEL (Telekom) has done it again!!! wins his tenth stage (2 from this tour)

with yet another sprint win. He wins as he always wins: Appearing at the

front out of nowhere just seconds before the line. Stuart O’Grady(Credit

Agricole) has taken the yellow jersey.

Stage Info: Anvers to Seraing…all in Belgium. 198.5 km long,

with a maximum climb of 330m. 3 Grade climbs with 3 grade 5 climbs.

South west wind at 20 km/h in the morning, then it gusts up to 30/35 km/h

in the afternoon. Temperature was 18 at the start and rose to a max of 19

before falling back to 18.

The total time it took Zabel to complete this stage was 4 hours 34

minutes and 32 seconds. He currently holds the green jersey. The telekom

train was actually leading Jans Ullrich to his seventh win but Zabel took

it at the very end. Benoit Salmon (AG2R) holds the polka dot shirt

currently with strong performances on the current slopes. Florent Brard

holds onto the white jersey.

Race Notes: O’Grady, who is Australian, took yesterdays race very

hard since he thought he had the yellow jersey, but he took it today by

staying 12 seconds ahead of Wauters. A good day all around.