Tour de France, stage 20 summary

Stage 20 : Jul 25, Longjumeau - Paris, 102.5 km

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 2.42.21
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
3 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Transitions
4 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
5 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank
9 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha
10 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo


Changes in GC, stage 20 compared to stage 19 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+1 Volodymir Gustov
+1 Paolo Tiralongo
+1 Nicki Sorensen
+1 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa
+1 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui

Biggest losers by position :
-3 Michael Rogers
-1 Bernhard Eisel
-1 Maxime Monfort

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-0:37 Adriano Malori
-0:37 Grega Bole
-0:37 Mirco Lorenzetto
-0:35 Michael Rogers
-0:33 Bernhard Eisel
-0:33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-0:33 Mauro Da Dalto
-0:33 Maxime Monfort

Favourites by position :

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 91:58:48 (unchanged)
2 Andy Schleck 0:39 (unchanged)
3 Denis Menchov 2:01 (unchanged)
4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:40 (unchanged)
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 6:54 (unchanged)
6 Robert Gesink 9:31 (unchanged)
7 Ryder Hesjedal 10:15 (unchanged)
8 Joaquin Rodriguez 11:37 (unchanged)
9 Roman Kreuziger 11:54 (unchanged)
10 Christopher Horner 12:02 (unchanged)
11 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 14:21 (unchanged)
.....
13 Levi Leipheimer 14:40 (unchanged)
14 Andreas Kloden 16:36 (unchanged)
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20 Carlos Sastre 26:37 (unchanged)
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23 Lance Armstrong 39:20 (unchanged)
24 Bradley Wiggins 39:24 (unchanged)
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26 Cadel Evans 50:27 (unchanged)
.....
32 Ivan Basso 59:33 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Alessandro Petacchi 243 (was 1st with 213 points)
2 Mark Cavendish 232 (was 3rd with 197 points)
3 Thor Hushovd 222 (was 2nd with 203 points)
4 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 179 (was 4th with 167 points)
5 Robbie McEwen 179 (was 5th with 162 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 161 (was 6th with 152 points)
7 Sebastien Turgot 135 (was 7th with 122 points)
8 Gerald Ciolek 126 (was 11th with 106 points)
9 Jurgen Roelandts 124 (was 13th with 100 points)
10 Lloyd Mondory 119 (was 12th with 105 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Anthony Charteau 143 (unchanged)
2 Christophe Moreau 128 (unchanged)
3 Andy Schleck 116 (unchanged)
4 Alberto Contador Velasco 112 (unchanged)
5 Damiano Cunego 99 (unchanged)
6 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 96 (unchanged)
7 Sandy Casar 93 (unchanged)
8 Jerome Pineau 92 (unchanged)
9 Thomas Voeckler 82 (unchanged)
10 Pierrick Fedrigo 72 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 18
Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 17
Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 16
Iban Mayoz Echeverria (Spa) Footon-Servetto 16
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) BMC Racing Team 15
Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 13
Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 12
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Transitions 12
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto 11
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 11
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Transitions 11
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 9
Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto 9
Roger Kluge (Ger) Team Milram 9
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 9
Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 9
Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 7
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Transitions 3
David Le Lay (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3
Adam Hansen (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 2
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 2
Manuel Cardoso (Spa) Footon-Servetto 1
Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1
Total retirements : 27


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Bob Martin wrote:
7 Canada 10:15 (unchanged)
10 USA 12:02 (unchanged)

Fatty Master classification
10. Chris Horner (38) 0:12:02
13. Levi Leipheimer (37) 0:14:40
16. Alexander Vinokourov (37) 0:17:46
22. Christophe Moreau (39) 0:34:01
23. Lance Armstrong (38) 0:39:20
59. George Hincapie (37) 1:46:50
126. Jens Voigt (39) 3:23:31
149. Stuart O'Grady (37) 3:42:39
165. Robbie McEwen (38) 4:08:28

165. Robbie McEwen (38) * * * * * * * * * * * 4:08:28

but enough energy to pop a wheelie on top of the CdT

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