July 14, 2003 – Former six-day racer Jakob Piil (CSC) put his track skills to use today by taking a two-up sprint over Italian Fabio Sacchi (Saeco). The pair attacked from a nine-man break which had escaped earlier in the stage but had no one who was high on G.C. Italian Stefano Garzelli, (Vini Caldirola-So.Di), thought to be a possible threat going into this year's Tour, did not start today. All the other favourites finished comfortably in the pack; Lance Armstrong (USPS) still holds the yellow jersey, just 12 seconds ahead of Alexandre Vinokourov (Telekom).
Stage 10: Gap – Marseille, 219.5 k1. Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 5.09.33
(42.54 km/h)
2. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Saeco
3. Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.49
4. Damien Nazon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 2.07
5. Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
6. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis, Credit Par Telephone
7. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto Domo
8. Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) iBanesto.com
9. José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.06
10. Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 21.23
Overall:
1. Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 45.46.22
2. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Telekom 0.21
3. Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.02
4. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) iBanesto.com 1.37
5. Tyler Hamilton (USA) Team CSC 1.52
6. Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Bianchi 2.10
7. Ivan Basso (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25
8. Roberto Heras (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2.28
9. Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.25
10. Denis Menchov (Rus) iBanesto.com 3.45