My work schedule is got in the way of my Tour reporting — so here are the results from two stages.

Stage 4 Team Time Trial

ONCE nails TTT; Gonzalez de Galdeano in yellow

U.S. Postal came in second against a strong Team Time Trial team. Lance moved up in the standings.

Stage 5

Break stays away, Kirsipuu wins stage
Gonzalez de Galdeano still in yellow

For the overall race favorites, Thursday's 195km (121-mile) fifth stageacross the lush farm country of northern France was a relatively easy day in the saddle. But for the rest of the peloton, there was the usual mix of drama, glory and disappointment.

Lance Armstrong said his U.S. Postal Service team worked well to keep him out of heavy crosswinds, while the Spanish ONCE-Eroski team successfully defended the race leader's yellow jersey for Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano.
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1. Igor Gonzalez Galdeano (Spa), ONE, at 19hr 05min 56sec
2. Joseba Beloki (Spa), ONE, at 00:04.
3. Lance Armstrong (USA), USP, at 00:07.
4. Jorg Jaksche (Ger), ONE, at 00:12.
5. Abraham Olano (Spa), ONE, at 00:22.

Lance is right where he wants to be. There is no one that has time on him that is a threat and he is only 7 seconds down which is nothing. His team is protecting him to keep him rested for the Time Trial and the mountains.