More rain and strong winds were forecast for the Tour de France riders for the 196-km sixth stage to Angers on Friday.
Lance Armstrong retained the overall leader's yellow jersey when he came home safely in the main pack.
There will be five mountains on Sunday's menu and then the 'beyond category' climb up to the finish in Pla d'Adet
Lance Armstrong faces arguably the toughest test of his final Tour de France in Saturday's 220.5-km 14th stage to Ax-3 Domaines.
The American lost his Tour de France leader's yellow jersey to Germany's Jens Voigt as the race reached its first halt at the end of the ninth stage.\n
'It was a spectacular crime, wasn't it? Sepp is on the same scale. He's up there with Lance.' Director Stephen Frears, in an exclusive interview with Rediff.com
Armstrong has left himself plenty to do over the final three stages of the Georgia Tour if he is to defend his crown.
South Africa's Robbie Hunter won a sprint finish to claim the 128.9 mile (207.4 km) opening stage of the Tour de Georgia.
The six-times Tour de France winner also said he was determined to secure the title one last time.
American cyclist Lance Armstrong, who won his fourth consecutive Tour de France this year, was voted foreign sportsperson of the year by the Spanish daily newspaper El Pais.
At 32, Armstrong will reach an age at which all the previous Tour superstars have started to falter.
Like all cycling greats before him, Lance Armstrong faces one of the trickiest periods in an athlete's life, when to end his career.
The American clocked one hour six minutes, 49 seconds to beat Germany's Jan Ullrich by just over a minute at the Tour de France.
The American may let others battle it out for a podium place or a secondary classification in the 17th stage of Tour de France.
The American's pursuit of a record sixth Tour de France victory gained momentum on when he won the first Alpine stage to reclaim the yellow jersey from Thomas Voeckler.
Thor Hushovd beat Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen and German Erik Zabel to win the 168-km eighth stage victory at the Tour de France.
The American's yellow jersey collection will increase if sprinters again steal the honours in the 200.5-km fifth stage of the Tour de France.
Lance Armstrong will allow the Tour de France sprinters to enjoy the spotlight for one more day.
Lance Armstrong will take the first of the 21 steps that could lead him to victory in the Tour de France for a record sixth time.
There was a witch hunt after Armstrong, says former International Cycling Union president Pat McQuaid
France's main anti-doping laboratory, already under a provisional ban, has been suspended from carrying out anti-doping activities for up to six months because of analytical issues, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Friday.
'People will say a lot of things -- ignore the noise.'
How many participate in Tour de France?
"What matters most for me now is that I will be able to look at my team mates in the eyes tonight in the hotel," Armstrong said.\n
The American won the 13th stage of the Tour de France and now trails Frenchman Thomas Voeckler by just 22 seconds.
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong has reached an agreement with the Sunday Times after it had sued the drugs-tainted American for around one million pounds ($1.56 million), the British paper announced on Sunday.
A giant effigy of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter will be set alight as part of the Bonfire Night celebrations of a small English town.
Kamila Valieva is one of the youngest Olympic athletes to test positive for a banned substance
Lance Armstrong's promise to come clean about doping is "a little late", the head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) said on Thursday, accusing the disgraced cyclist of trying to use events to "gain advantage".
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