Lance Armstrong Slams French Hotel Accommodation During the Tour

August 11, 2010. Speaking at a National Business Travel Association conference in Houston, Texas, Lance Armstrong delivered his stock cancer survival and triumph speech to the audience of more than 1,000 delegates. Then during the Q & A session that followed, Armstrong delivered a stinging rebuke of the quality of French hotels allocated to the teams participating in the Tour de France. He was responding to a question by the moderator who works for a company that runs French hotels.

"Most of my travel — at least in Europe — was in France, staying in these ... (pause or something deleted, hotels). You're competing in the biggest race in the world and you're stuck staying in these horrible hotels."

Then in an attempt at some humour, he asked "There are no French hotel owners in here, are there?" Instead of a laugh, the crowd responded with a murmur. The moderator responded with, "I'm going to have to disagree."

Armstrong is reported to have named the hotels he considered "horrible". While we don't have a quote, there’s a fair chance that hotels that are part the chain owned by France-based hotelier Accor made Armstrong's list. Accor is the biggest hotel operator in France and has 4,000 hotels worldwide, nearly a quarter of them in the United States. It's French hotel groups include the Mercure, Ibis, Formule 1 and Novotel, hotels. In addition, Accor's Etap brand also acts as an official supplier to the Tour with advertisements featured on the pre-race publicity caravan.

Hotel accommodation for teams competing in the Tour de France are booked and allocated by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO). Teams are obliged to stay at these hotels and cannot make their own reservations.  Article 9 of the Tour de France rules stipulates that those taking part in the race and their team managers must sleep and take their meals 'in the premises designated for this purpose by the organisation, to the exclusion of any other.'

Faced with the task of finding say 500 rooms of a similar standard, sometimes in remote towns and villages, ASO tries to ensure that each team gets its share of the better hotels.

Being a millionaire and a sports star, Armstrong may expect the best accommodation available, but in reading the report from the conference, even though the moderator offered to set him up at plush hotels he wouldn't be disappointed with during his next trip to France, Armstrong wasn't about to voluntarily go back to France.

Former Team-mate Comes to Lance Armstrong's Defence

Lance Armstrong (second rider) in the
black and red RadioShack team colours

On August 11, 2010, in an interview with Fox Sports, a former U.S. Postal Service team-mate of Lance Armstrong, Patrick Jonker (who now manages the Australian-based Virgin Blue/RBS Morgan team), dismissed the allegations of drug cheating levied against Armstrong.

Jonker told Fox Sports, "I didn’t see anything. If I was subpoenaed to go to court and put my hand on the Bible, I’d go. This is not a game, it’s very serious."

Jonker also told Fox Sports that he was willing to undergo a lie detector test and that he had known Armstrong since he was the "big Texan triathlete" who "kicked our arse" when racing against an Australian bike team in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Apparently, the two shared a hotel room while training with their respective national teams. Moreover, Jonker claims a very close acquaintance with Armstrong telling Fox "Some years, he spent more time with me than his wife!"

In the interview, Jonker went on to describe Lance Armstrong as a "freak of nature" with an "amazing" heart and lung capacity and tolerance to lactic acid.

However, while Jonker rode the Tour de France five times between 1994-99, a toe injury caused Jonker to miss the Tour in 2000 - his one and only year with US Postal team. Nobody doubts that Lance Armstrong was an exceptional and winning bike rider. It is with regard to winning the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times during early to mid-2000s, that the main allegations regarding illegal performance enhancement have arisen.

It is one thing for a loyal team-mate to say they have no knowledge of the cheating and quite another to categorically say that Armstrong never cheated in preparation for, or while racing the Tour. It will be interesting to hear what Jonker has to say about alleged cheating during the early to mid-2000 and whether he was so closely associated with Armstrong during that time that the investigators can effectively rule out any doping or drug use.

Did Lance Armstrong Cheat? The World Awaits News From the US Drug Investigation

Floyd Landis

"Yes, I saw Lance Armstrong using drugs," said Floyd Landis, who won the 2006 Tour de France but was later stripped of the title because he failed the Tour's blood tests which indicated he had used illegal performance enhancing drugs.

[For background information, please read our page on Scandals.]

Floyd Landis, Lance Armstrong's former team-mate and friend told all to ABC's Nightline - his first interview since admitting doping during his career - on July 23, 2010 (see videos below).

He also told Nightline that his former friend and team-mate had transfused his own blood "Yes, many times".

Armstrong, who had won the Tour de France a record breaking seven-times Tour winner between 1999 and 2005, has always vehemently denied the accusations. He has also never tested positive for a banned substance or procedure.

On August 1, 2010, the China Daily cited Zhang Bin, secretary-general of the Chinese Cycling Association as saying that a 32-year-old Chinese rider on Lance Armstrong’s Team RadioShack has been confirmed as testing positive for using the banned substance, Clenbuterol, an anabolic agent.

A secret former Armstrong
team-mate speaks to the
New York Times
and backs up the cheating
allegations

On August 5, 2010, the New York Times reported that an unidentified former team-mate of Lance Armstrong had spoken to the newspaper and confirmed Floyd Landis' claims that while they were on the Postal Service team, they had engaged in systematic (systemic?) doping with Armstrong’s knowledge and approval. The secret informant added that he had spoken with federal investigators looking into the persistent cheating allegations. The unnamed rider admitted his own performance-enhancing drug use but said that nevertheless, he had never delivered a positive test during his career and he has not been called before the grand jury in Los Angeles that is investigating the case. The implication is that even though Lance Armstrong never tested positive for a banned drug, that does not definitively mean he never used drugs.

The cheating allegations now seem to implicate the entire team led my Lance Armstrong from 1999 to 2005.

On August 6, 2010, Wisconsin-based Trek Bicycle Corporation officials announced that they have provided documents to a federal criminal investigation involving Lance Armstrong. Armstrong endorses Trek bikes and has worked with Trek since 1998 when the company sponsored Armstrong's US Postal Service team. Trek now sponsors Armstrong's latest team, Radio Shack.

Lance Armstrong’s attorney Bryan D. Daly said "To the extent that any riders are suggesting that Lance Armstrong violated cycling rules or doped, they are either mistaken or not telling the truth. Lance has ridden with hundreds of riders over the years who will support his position, and over all that time he has never failed even a single test."

However, while we had heard from a few former team-mates, we have yet to hear from "the hundreds of riders" especially under oath.

Armstrong's attorney Daly went on to call the investigation un-American: "The power of the federal government is being abused to pursue dated and discredited allegations, and that’s flat-out wrong, unethical, un-American, and a waste of taxpayer dollars."

Up to now, the Armstrong defence team response to allegations has been angry put-downs and wrapping themselves in the flag. This might work if the investigators are easily intimidated. It won't work if the investigators doggedly seek the truth. What might be more helpful (than intimidation and mud-slinging) for Armstrong's defence to the allegations are sworn statements by the "hundreds of riders" cited by Armstrong's attorney - that Armstrong never violated cycling rules related to the use of prohibited performance enhancing techniques or drugs.

Click here to read our page on Scandals for various stories and background on the drug scandal surrounding Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis and other US Tour de France cyclists.

The interview with ABC Nightline:

Lance Armstrong's team RadioShack face discipline and Fines for Violating the Tour's Dress Code and Delaying the Start of the Race

Armstrong in the offending black jersey featuring his foundation's
Livestrong slogan which he defiant put back on after the race finish.
Image credit: Francois Lenoir / Reuters at Yahoo Sports

In a show of utter disregard for the Tour's rules policed by the commissaires of UCI, Union Cycliste Internationale, the international cycling union, Lance Armstrong and his teammates decided to wear a jersey featuring his cancer foundation Livestrong rather than his team jersey.

The commissaires stopped the 38-year-old Armstrong and his teammates from publicising his foundation by wearing a black jerseys all with the number 28 referring to the estimated 28 million people living with cancer. Armstrong's move delayed the start of the race.

The UCI announced that team RadioShack would be made to withdraw from the race, and therefore forfeit their expected award for the best team, if the riders did not wear their team jersey. We were therefore afforded the spectacle of the team riders having to wear their regular team jerseys over the black foundation jerseys while riding their cycles during the starting warm-up kilometers before the dropping of the starting flag. But the team jerseys didn't have the riders' numbers. Besides, wearing two jerseys would have made it unbearably hot for the riders.

The referees stopped Armstrong to explain the rules (and probably threaten him). The RadioShack riders then had to stop, sit on the side of the road, take off the black jerseys and put on team jerseys with numbers. The race leaders at the front of the peloton first slowed down the whole race to allow the RadioShack riders to settle down.Then the race was stopped.

This blatant publicity stunt by Armstrong and team manager Johan Bruyneel, delayed the entire race by 20 minutes.The cameras were focused on the offending team and their charade.

Lance Armstrong (foreground) and team-mate (background) were forced
to change back to the team's regular red and black jerseys on the road side
in the initial warm-up before the rolling start. Riders at the front slowed down
when they read the news, delaying the start of the race by twenty minutes.
Photo credit: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images at Yahoo Sports

Not be be stopped from wearing black jerseys once more and provoking some more media attention and publicity, Armstrong and his team put on black jerseys for their ascent to the grand podium at the end of the race while accepting the best team award.

The commissaires issued "RadioShack's incorrect behaviour led to a 20-minute delay to the start of the final stage, which could have disrupted the televised coverage of the race, placing the commissaires under the obligation to impose a fine on each rider and the team managers."

They added, "The UCI regrets that an initiative for a cause as worthy as the fight against cancer was not coordinated beforehand with the Commissaires and organisers of the event. This could have been done whilst remaining within the rules."

Team manager Bruyneel posted on his Twitter page, "Ok people! Now it's official! To be a race commisar [sic], you don't need brains but only know the rules! Their motto: 'c'est le reglement!'"

Lance Armstrong's Team Manager Johan Bruyneel in Trouble with Tour Commissaires

Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team manager, Belgian Johan Bruyneel, unhappy about a decision by UCI to fine the team not wearing incorrect clothing, is in additional trouble for posting on his Twitter site that, "To be a race commissaire you don't need brains, but only know the rules."

The Commissaires issued a statement saying, "The UCI also deplores the declarations made by Mr Johan Bruyneel who gravely offended all the Commissaires working in cycling. His remarks are utterly unacceptable, and Mr Bruyneel will be called upon to answer for his comments before the UCI Disciplinary Commission."

Stage 20: Longjumeau Paris Champs-Élysées. Contador Takes Gold. The Tour Comes to a Close

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The four jerseys, Yellow jersey of overall leader, Spain's Alberto Contador (2ndR), Green jersey of Best Sprinter, Italy's Alessandro Petacchi (R), Polka dot jersey of Best Climber, France's Anthony Charteau (L) and White jersey of Best Young, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck pose for a family picture at the start of the 102,5 km and last stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race run between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysees. Image Credit: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images at Yahoo Sports

Tour de France 2010 winner, Yellow jersey Spain's Alberto Contador (C) celebrates on the podium with White jersey of Best Young, Luxembourg's Andy Schleck (3rdL), Green jersey of Best Sprinter, Italy's Alessandro Petacchi (2ndR) and Polka dot jersey of Best Climber, France's Anthony Charteau (R) at the end of the 102,5 km and last stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race run between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysees avenue. Image Credit: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images at Yahoo Sports

The photos above as it all. The overall standings did not change since yesterday. The only question was whether Britain's Mark Cavendish would be able to put on the green jersey. Even though Cavendish won the stage, Petacchi's second place was enough to let him keep the green jersey. Team Radio Shack got the best team award.

This was an exciting and entertaining Tour de France. The only sour note is the ongoing drug investigations. Petacchi and Armstrong are both under investigation.

Lance Amstrong is back in the news. Click here to read our page on News, Views and Scandals for the latest on the drug scandal surrounding Floyd Landis and involving Lance Armstrong.

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Tour de France winner, Spain's Alberto Contador, celebrates with his trophy on the podium at the end of the 102,5 km and last stage of the 2010 Tour de France cycling race run between Longjumeau and Paris Champs-Elysees avenue. Image Credit: Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images at Yahoo Sports

Andy Schleck and fans. Photo credit: Steephill TV

Bbox Bouygues Telecom's Anthony Charteau and the pretty KOM podium girls in their umbrella skirts. Photo credit: Steephill TV

KOM podium girl leaves the podium.  Image Credit: AP at Yahoo Sports

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Jersey icon key:
General classification (GC) fastest time leader, Sprints points leader, Mountains points leader, Young Rider time leader, Team total least time leader, Most Aggressive Rider

Leaders

		1	CONTADOR Alberto	ASTANA	91h 58' 48"
		208	PETACCHI Alessandro	LAMPRE - FARNESE	243 pts
		153	CHARTEAU Anthony	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	143 pts
		11	SCHLECK Andy	TEAM SAXO BANK	91h 59' 27"
			TEAM RADIOSHACK		276h 02' 03"

Stage Winners

Standing	Rider	Rider number bib	Team	Time	Gaps
1.	CAVENDISH Mark	111	TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA	2h 42' 21"
2.	PETACCHI Alessandro	208	LAMPRE - FARNESE	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
3.	DEAN Julian	52	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
4.	ROELANDTS Jürgen	108	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
5.	FREIRE Oscar	193	RABOBANK	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
6.	CIOLEK Gerald	142	TEAM MILRAM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
7.	HUSHOVD Thor	95	CERVELO TEST TEAM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
8.	BRESCHEL Matti	12	TEAM SAXO BANK	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
9.	MC EWEN Robbie	75	KATUSHA TEAM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
10.	OSS Daniel	46	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
11.	MAASKANT Martijn	56	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
12.	MONDORY Lloyd	87	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
13.	TURGOT Sébastien	158	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
14.	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	169	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
15.	PEREZ MORENO Ruben	186	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
16.	ARASHIRO Yukiya	152	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
17.	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	36	SKY PRO CYCLING	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
18.	BOOM Lars	192	RABOBANK	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
19.	BALLAN Alessandro	122	BMC RACING TEAM	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"
20.	HONDO Danilo	205	LAMPRE - FARNESE	2h 42' 21"	+ 00' 00"

General Classification. Also called GC (yellow jersey / maillot jaune)

Standing	Rider	Rider number bib	Team	Time	Gaps
1.	CONTADOR Alberto	1	ASTANA	91h 58' 48"
2.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM SAXO BANK	91h 59' 27"	+ 00' 39"
3.	MENCHOV Denis	191	RABOBANK	92h 00' 49"	+ 02' 01"
4.	SANCHEZ Samuel	181	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	92h 02' 28"	+ 03' 40"
5.	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	101	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	92h 05' 42"	+ 06' 54"
6.	GESINK Robert	195	RABOBANK	92h 08' 19"	+ 09' 31"
7.	HESJEDAL Ryder	54	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	92h 09' 03"	+ 10' 15"
8.	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin	77	KATUSHA TEAM	92h 10' 25"	+ 11' 37"
9.	KREUZIGER Roman	44	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	92h 10' 42"	+ 11' 54"
10.	HORNER Christopher	23	TEAM RADIOSHACK	92h 10' 50"	+ 12' 02"
11.	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	161	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	92h 13' 09"	+ 14' 21"
12.	PLAZA MOLINA Ruben	168	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	92h 13' 17"	+ 14' 29"
13.	LEIPHEIMER Levi	25	TEAM RADIOSHACK	92h 13' 28"	+ 14' 40"
14.	KLÖDEN Andréas	24	TEAM RADIOSHACK	92h 15' 24"	+ 16' 36"
15.	ROCHE Nicolas	81	AG2R LA MONDIALE	92h 15' 47"	+ 16' 59"
16.	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	9	ASTANA	92h 16' 34"	+ 17' 46"
17.	LÖVKVIST Thomas	37	SKY PRO CYCLING	92h 19' 34"	+ 20' 46"
18.	DE WEERT Kevin	133	QUICK STEP	92h 20' 42"	+ 21' 54"
19.	GADRET John	85	AG2R LA MONDIALE	92h 22' 52"	+ 24' 04"
20.	SASTRE Carlos	91	CERVELO TEST TEAM	92h 25' 25"	+ 26' 37"

Points Classification (green jersey / maillot vert)

Standing	Rider	Rider number bib	Team	Points
1.	PETACCHI Alessandro	208	LAMPRE - FARNESE	243 pts
2.	CAVENDISH Mark	111	TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA	232 pts
3.	HUSHOVD Thor	95	CERVELO TEST TEAM	222 pts
4.	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	169	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	179 pts
5.	MC EWEN Robbie	75	KATUSHA TEAM	179 pts
6.	HAGEN Edvald Boasson	36	SKY PRO CYCLING	161 pts
7.	TURGOT Sébastien	158	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	135 pts
8.	CIOLEK Gerald	142	TEAM MILRAM	126 pts
9.	ROELANDTS Jürgen	108	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	124 pts
10.	MONDORY Lloyd	87	AG2R LA MONDIALE	119 pts
11.	CONTADOR Alberto	1	ASTANA	115 pts
12.	SANCHEZ Samuel	181	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	112 pts
13.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM SAXO BANK	107 pts
14.	DEAN Julian	52	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	104 pts
15.	MENCHOV Denis	191	RABOBANK	81 pts
16.	FREIRE Oscar	193	RABOBANK	81 pts
17.	OSS Daniel	46	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	80 pts
18.	VINOKOUROV Alexandre	9	ASTANA	78 pts
19.	PEREZ MORENO Ruben	186	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	78 pts
20.	ROCHE Nicolas	81	AG2R LA MONDIALE	77 pts

King of the Mountains Classification [white & red (polka) dotted jersey / maillot à pois rouges]

Standing	Rider	Rider number bib	Team	Points
1.	CHARTEAU Anthony	153	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	143 pts
2.	MOREAU Christophe	166	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	128 pts
3.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM SAXO BANK	116 pts
4.	CONTADOR Alberto	1	ASTANA	112 pts
5.	CUNEGO Damiano	201	LAMPRE - FARNESE	99 pts
6.	SANCHEZ Samuel	181	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	96 pts
7.	CASAR Sandy	62	FDJ	93 pts
8.	PINEAU Jérôme	135	QUICK STEP	92 pts
9.	VOECKLER Thomas	151	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	82 pts
10.	FEDRIGO Pierrick	154	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	72 pts
11.	RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin	77	KATUSHA TEAM	66 pts
12.	AERTS Mario	102	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	65 pts
13.	GESINK Robert	195	RABOBANK	62 pts
14.	RIBLON Christophe	89	AG2R LA MONDIALE	60 pts
15.	MENCHOV Denis	191	RABOBANK	58 pts
16.	VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen	101	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	54 pts
17.	HORNER Christopher	23	TEAM RADIOSHACK	53 pts
18.	HESJEDAL Ryder	54	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	50 pts
19.	KREUZIGER Roman	44	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	50 pts
20.	SANCHEZ Luis-Leon	161	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	48 pts

Young* Riders' Classification (white jersey / maillot blanc)

Standing	Rider	Rider number bib	Team	Time	Gaps
1.	SCHLECK Andy	11	TEAM SAXO BANK	91h 59' 27"
2.	GESINK Robert	195	RABOBANK	92h 08' 19"	+ 08' 52"
3.	KREUZIGER Roman	44	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	92h 10' 42"	+ 11' 15"
4.	EL FARES Julien	174	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	92h 52' 10"	+ 52' 43"
5.	GAUTIER Cyril	155	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	93h 24' 00"	+ 1h 24' 33"
6.	FUGLSANG Jakob	14	TEAM SAXO BANK	93h 37' 20"	+ 1h 37' 53"
7.	VALLS FERRI Rafael	219	FOOTON-SERVETTO	93h 41' 15"	+ 1h 41' 48"
8.	ROLLAND Pierre	156	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	93h 45' 30"	+ 1h 46' 03"
9.	THOMAS Geraint	39	SKY PRO CYCLING	93h 58' 53"	+ 1h 59' 26"
10.	ROJAS Jose Joaquin	169	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	94h 00' 46"	+ 2h 01' 19"

Team Classification

Standing	Team	Time	Gaps
1.	TEAM RADIOSHACK	276h 02' 03"
2.	CAISSE D’EPARGNE	276h 11' 18"	+ 09' 15"
3.	RABOBANK	276h 29' 52"	+ 27' 49"
4.	AG2R LA MONDIALE	276h 43' 13"	+ 41' 10"
5.	OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO	276h 53' 04"	+ 51' 01"
6.	ASTANA	276h 58' 19"	+ 56' 16"
7.	QUICK STEP	277h 08' 26"	+ 1h 06' 23"
8.	EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI	277h 25' 05"	+ 1h 23' 02"
9.	LIQUIGAS-DOIMO	277h 31' 17"	+ 1h 29' 14"
10.	BBOX BOUYGUES TELECOM	277h 56' 21"	+ 1h 54' 18"
11.	SKY PRO CYCLING	278h 07' 31"	+ 2h 05' 28"
12.	TEAM SAXO BANK	278h 27' 05"	+ 2h 25' 02"
13.	COFIDIS LE CREDIT EN LIGNE	278h 31' 38"	+ 2h 29' 35"
14.	BMC RACING TEAM	278h 37' 33"	+ 2h 35' 30"
15.	FDJ	279h 01' 02"	+ 2h 58' 59"
16.	GARMIN - TRANSITIONS	279h 20' 10"	+ 3h 18' 07"
17.	TEAM HTC - COLUMBIA	279h 27' 29"	+ 3h 25' 26"
18.	KATUSHA TEAM	279h 30' 08"	+ 3h 28' 05"
19.	CERVELO TEST TEAM	279h 53' 59"	+ 3h 51' 56"
20.	FOOTON-SERVETTO	281h 17' 39"	+ 5h 15' 36"
21.	LAMPRE - FARNESE	281h 52' 05"	+ 5h 50' 02"
22.	TEAM MILRAM	282h 07' 44"	+ 6h 05' 41"