Santiago Botero beat Lance Armstrong into second place in today's Tour de France time-trial to move up to fifth in the general classification, one minute and 29 seconds behind Armstrong. Botero spent several months leading up to the Tour de France training in the Colombian mountains and his practice paid off today when he produced a powerful ride.
"I'm thrilled to beat Lance Armstrong. I've been preparing for this race for quite a long time. It's a question of concentration and I still can't believe it paid off," the Kelme rider said on Eurosport.
The Fassa Bortolo Ukrainian Sergei Honchar took third while race leader Igor
Gonzalez de Galdeano of ONCE finished fourth to retain the yellow jersey.
Filed by Amanda Fennelly
