“Today was the great day of Georg Totschnig who was able to beat all other cyclers and reached finishing line as first. Nonetheless Lance Armstrong tooks the maillot jaune. As he has shown before, he is currently the best cycler in the field.

"This day is one of the best days in my life", answered Totschnig, after he has pulled over the green jersey. "Currently i am the fastest man in the field, and i will show all others how to be the fastest. Many thanks to my team who provided me a perfect run for the win."

Most aggressive cycler this day was Lance Armstrong. "I don't think that today was a waste of my strenght. Actually i think i showed the rest of the field and especially Ullrich who is the strongest cycler in the complete field. I will defeat this jersey until the end.

Francisco Mancebo and Christophe Moreau were inflicted had slight problems this day to follow the field. "Somehow i got some water problems today. Hopefully i won't forget to drink enough again.", answered Mancebo asked after the reason. Moreau was to exhausted to answer any questions.”