Lance lays early iron grip on yellow jersey

Scott Dougal

Wed, 06 Jul, 2005 - 01:00

The nearest rider to him in the general classification is his Discovery team-mate George Hincapie, 55 seconds behind the Texan, while Team CSC's Jen Voight is next best nine seconds further back.

Armstrong, who is chasing a seventh Tour de France, said: "The entire team was strong.

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