11.   He still holds the overall lead by more than six minutes over Fernando Escartin.

12.   In fact, those nine exhibition catches tie him for the overall American Conference lead.

13.   In it, the leader of the U.S. Postal Service team built an overall lead of more than four minutes over his rivals.

14.   Italian Marco Pantani barely missed winning the race Tuesday but kept his overall lead.

15.   Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas, kept his overall lead.

16.   Museeuw scrambled up and carried on, protecting a five-second overall lead on Gianluca Bortolami, an Italian with Mapei-Clas.

17.   Riis stayed in the overall lead while Indurain fell to more than seven minutes back, a deficit even he knew was going to be hard to overcome.

18.   The most recent Florida poll, released last week, showed Gore with a slight lead overall.

19.   The US Postal Serivce team rider finished third in the race and moved within two seconds of the overall lead.

20.   Pernilla Wiberg of Sweden posted the fastest time in both runs to win the slalom by a large margin and extend her overall World Cup lead Sunday.