1.   Armstrong also won mountainous stages in the Alps and Pyrenees and an uphill time trial in the Alps this year.

2.   At the end of the stage, with Armstrong clearly in control, he pulled up and allowed his nemesis to win the stage.

3.   A rider who has often allowed an opponent to win a stage while he himself widened his overall lead, Indurain this time went for the victory.

4.   Erik Zabel badly wanted to win because he had finished second twice in the last three days and had not yet won a stage.

5.   Even though neither Wohlberg nor Bessette would win another stage, they both stayed in front enough to hold off any competitors.

6.   Frank Vandenbroucke of Belgium won the stage for the Cofidis team, and Peter Van Petergem, another Belgian who rides for TVM, won the overall title.

7.   He claimed he was stronger than Armstrong at the summit and won the stage on his own.

8.   He also won a stage of the Tour de France.

9.   He has won four stages.

10.   I did not want to finish in yellow and not win a stage.