Going into the final stage he trailed Close by 4.7 seconds, and moved ahead of the Porsche to take second place.
Massa trailed him by 8.1 seconds, clearly less comfortable in the wet/dry conditions.
In the general classification, he jumped to second place, trailing by only 66 seconds.
The Nets trailed by only 12 points with 10 minutes 34 seconds to play in the game, before Hill basically took over.
The great black surged toward her, trailing her by just a few seconds.
She trailed the leader by 1.03 seconds going into the final run.
Still, Ndereba trailed by only seven seconds after 16 miles.
Finishing 14th, he lost 1:23 and now, in second place, trails Riis by 40 seconds.
The remainder of the field trailed by nearly 30 seconds.
He trailed Boardman by 23 seconds at the start of the race against the clock.