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Wednesday, 13 July, 2005, 15:30 GMT 16:30 UK Vinokourov takes
11th Tour stage Alexander Vinokourov Alexandre Vinokourov of
Kazakhstan won Wednesday's 11th stage of the Tour de France - a
gruelling 172km Alpine slog from Courchevel to Briancon.  The
T-Mobile rider out-sprinted Colombian rival Santiago Botero in
the final 500m to win by a second in four hours, 47 minutes and
38 seconds.  France's Christophe Moreau edged a chasing group
that included Lance Armstrong to take third in 4:48.53.
Armstrong finished sixth - good enough to see him retain the
yellow jersey.  But there was bad news for former Tour leader
Jens Voigt, who was forced out of the 2005 race after finishing
outside the time limit.  Vinokourov mounted an early breakaway -
at the 28km mark - and by the time he was at the summit of the
day's third climb - the massive Hors Category Col du Galibier -
he was out on his own.  I felt