From PWALTERS@delphi.com Thu Jul 6 02:07:57 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by lists.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA08107; Thu, 6 Jul 95 02:07:56 -0700 Received: from bos1f.delphi.com by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA17535; Thu, 6 Jul 95 00:50:17 -0700 Received: from delphi.com by delphi.com (PMDF V4.3-9 #10880) id <01HSJAZX6ZHY9FOP5U@delphi.com>; Thu, 06 Jul 1995 03:50:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 06 Jul 1995 03:50:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Patrick D. Walters" Subject: Jalabert falls again! To: uwracing@u.washington.edu Message-Id: <01HSJAZX6ZI09FOP5U@delphi.com> X-Vms-To: INTERNET"uwracing@u.washington.edu" Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT 17 5-JUL-1995 12:33 Jalabert falls and loses Tour lead to Gotti LE HAVRE, France (Reuter) - A dramatic fall about one mile from the finish cost French rider Laurent Jalabert his Tour de France lead Wednesday and handed the yellow jersey to unheralded Italian Ivan Gotti. The 26-year-old Gotti, riding in his first Tour and without a career win to his name, was second overnight and Jalabert's accident on the fourth stage gave him the coveted jersey. Italian speed ace Mario Cipollini won the stage over 100 miles from Alencon, having sprinted home in the second stage to Vitre Monday. The drama happened as competitors were heading serenely toward a mass sprint finish. A rider from the Lotto team, who was leading the peleton, had a puncture which caused him to crash into the barriers. He took down a few riders immediately behind him, including Jalabert and Wilfried Nelissen, the Belgian who ironically collided with the Frenchman in a serious sprint finish crash in last year's Tour. Jalabert was unhurt and got back on his bike to come in 50 seconds behind the main bunch which included Gotti, who had been trailing by only eight seconds after his Gewiss Ballan team won the team time trial Tuesday. "I'm very happy to get the yellow jersey but I hope Jalabert is not hurt," Gotti said. A philosophical Jalabert said: "I fell, that's all. That's cycling." ^REUTER .