The Trek ProjectOne Team added this message to Lance Armstrong's back-up time trial bicycle: “Lance — Ride this one like YOU stole it.”
Armstrong posted this TwitPic on Friday morning, the day of the 15-mile Solvang individual time trial that's Stage 6 of the Amgen Tour of California and perhaps the deciding stage for Levi Leipheimer.
Armstrong said Thursday that he'd ride his original time trial bike, the one that was stolen in Sacramento overnight on Saturday and recovered on Wednesday. He said it seems to be in “fine shape.”
Armstrong's Astana teammate Leipheimer continues to hold the yellow jersey with a 24 second margin over Michael Rogers of Team Columbia and 28 seconds over David Zabriskie (Garmin-Slipstream). Both are proven time trial specialists, so it could be a close race.
Also see: Can Leipheimer retain the yellow jersey to the finish?; also Full list of start times
Leipheimer will be the last to start the time trial. Here are the starting times of the top 10:
Robert Gesink — 1:40 p.m. (PST)
Jose Luis Rubiera — 1:43
Vincenzo Nibali — 1:46
Janez Brajkovic — 1:49
Thomas Lovkvist — 1:52
Christopher Horner — 1:55
David Zabriskie — 1:58
Lance Armstrong — 2:01
Michael Rogers — 2:04
Levi Leipheimer — 2:07
TourTracker coverage begins before the start of the stage, which is set for noon (PST). Versus broadcast coverage starts at 4 p.m. (Eastern) 1 p.m. (Pacific).
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