1.   I cram the minute halfway back into the stack of papers in the Quaker Oats box to mark where it came from and pick up the box.

2.   Besides, she said, look at Erik Zabel, the leader three days ago who is now a minute back.

3.   Allan Ballester, also of the Philippines, was another minute back in third.

4.   Second-place finisher Restituta Joseph of Tanzania was more than a minute back.

5.   The chasing pack was half a minute further back.

6.   Third was South African Lawrence Peu, more than a minute back.