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Lance’s day: He finished 41st in the 12th stage, but he lost a key teammate, Manuel Beltran, who crashed. Beltran is a specialist mountain climber and will be missed by Armstrong when the race heads into the Pyrenees on Saturday.
Overall: He keeps the yellow jersey–he leads Mickael Rasmussen by 38 seconds and Christophe Moreau of France by 2:34.
Ahead: Friday is 107.8 miles, Saturday is 137 miles, and Sunday is 127 miles.
