Tour de France, stage 20 — Armstrong wins the time trial
Filed under: General
Lance Armstrong won the individual time trial, all but guaranteeing his win tomorrow in the final stage of the Tour de France. Jan Ullrich ran an excellent time trial as well, not only moving past Michael Rasmussen into third, but cutting the lead of second place Ivan Basso in half. Michael Rasmussen, who started in third, had a horrible day including two small crashes (I suspect his nerves got the better of him) and ended up in 7th place overall.
Tomorrow is the final day, the ride into Paris. Traditionally, there is no racing (except among the sprinters who are still fighting for the green jersey), so positions and times should not change much, if at all.
American Racers
|
Overall Standings
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Change in Standings
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Stage 20
Results |
Name
|
Team
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
1.
|
Armstrong
|
DSC
|
-
|
-
|
|
5.
|
+1
|
14.
|
Leipheimer
|
GRL
|
+11:25
|
-3:13
|
|
9.
|
-
|
6.
|
Landis
|
PHO
|
+12:44
|
-2:02
|
|
14.
|
+3
|
8.
|
Hincapie
|
DSC
|
+23:40
|
-2:25
|
|
17.
|
+1
|
4.
|
Julich
|
CSC
|
+24:08
|
-1:33
|
|
33.
|
+1
|
25.
|
Horner
|
GRL
|
+1:07:57
|
-4:45
|
|
132.
|
-1
|
123.
|
Rodriguez
|
SAD
|
+3:37:58
|
-9:49
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
Zabriskie
|
CSC
|
*
|
*
|
Discovery Channel Team Racers
|
Overall Standings
|
Change in Standings
|
Stage 20
Results |
Name
|
Country
|
Overall
Time |
Time Gain
|
|
1.
|
-
|
1.
|
Armstrong
|
USA
|
-
|
-
|
|
12.
|
+1
|
11.
|
Popovych
|
Ukraine
|
+19:02
|
-3:09
|
|
14.
|
+3
|
8.
|
Hincapie
|
USA
|
+23:40
|
-2:25
|
|
25.
|
-
|
56..
|
Savoldeli
|
Italy
|
+44:30
|
-6:48
|
|
30.
|
-1
|
51.
|
Azevado
|
Portugal
|
+59:48
|
-6:25
|
|
34.
|
+2
|
31.
|
Rubiera
|
Spain
|
+1:11:48
|
-5:24
|
|
95.
|
+4
|
38.
|
Padrnos
|
Czechoslovakia
|
+2:49:53
|
-5:53
|
|
107.
|
-
|
86.
|
Noval
|
Spain
|
+3:00:59
|
-8:06
|
|
*
|
*
|
*
|
Beltran
|
Spain
|
*
|
*
|
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