CHARTRES (France): Lance Armstrong lost his Tour de France leader's yellow jersey to French champion Thomas Voeckler but it could have been much more on a rainy, windswept 200.5km fifth stage from Amiens yesterday.
Voeckler, who became French champion the week before the Tour on his 25th birthday, was part of a five-man breakaway which reached Chartres with a 12-minute lead over the main bunch that included Armstrong, the five times Tour champion.
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