Wow. That was a stage - the top riders clearly showed where the performance level lies. Armstrong and Basso with the best legs, Ullrich very strong and thus also a clear statement to Klöden and Vinokourov, who the captain is. But definitely not strong enough for Armstrong. Whether Basso can crack Armstrong I don't know either - today his helpers were clearly missing, Sastre and Julich just lack that last bit of strength.
But the absolute stars are Gerolsteiner. On the one hand, of course, the still superb placement of Leipheimer, their captain. But the showstopper was Georg Totschnig with his stage win. The first in the Tour for Gerolsteiner ever and also the first stage win in the Tour for Totschnig. I haven't seen a rider and sports director be so happy about a victory in a long time like Totschnig and Holczer. Great performance, big congratulations to both of them for that.
By the way, Gerolsteiner's Typo3 server (yes, Gerolsteiner uses open source) just died - could that perhaps be due to the stage win and the many curious visitors?