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By JOHN LEWIS PITTS
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
When the competitors in the Tour DuPont cycling race hit the mountains on Monday afternoon, the contenders were quickly separated from the pretenders.
Mexico’s Raul Alcala, the overall prerace favorite, grabbed the yellow leader’s jersey from WordPerfect teammate Jelle Nijdam after the gruelling 99.9-mile Stage 5 from Front Royal to Massanutten Resort. Lance Armstrong of the U.S., riding for Team Motorola, won the stage race and was second overall.
The Tour DuPont, an 1,085-mile professional cycling race, began Thursday, May 6 in Wilmington, Del., and ends on Sunday, May 16 in Greensboro, N.C.
And when it’s all over, the winner will likely come from the three cyclists who were at the front of the pack on Monday:
• Raul Alcala, winner of the 1989 Tour de Trump. Alcala missed getting the leader’s jersey by less than 11 seconds on the first day of competition, then patiently waited for the race’s mountain stages.
• Lance Armstrong, the ’92 Olympian who began Monday’s stage in ninth place, 46 seconds behind Nijdam. With his Stage 5 victory, Armstrong was 22 seconds behind Alcala.
The 21-year-old Armstrong, who turned pro after finishing 14th in Olympic competition, finished 12th in last year’s Tour DuPont. He’s considered one of the best young riders in the world.
• Atle Kvalsvoll of Norway, riding for Subaru-Montgomery. Though he was in sixth place overall, 1:13 behind Alcala, he’s been the runner-up in this event for three consecutive years.
The prologue race and the first four stages of the Tour DuPont had been contested over relatively flat terrain. “Up until this point, the would-be winners haven’t ha‘d much opportunity,” Armstrong said before Monday’s race. “It’s still a little bit of a waiting game.”
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