Tour de France stage 20 results
After a gruelling stage 20 of the Tour de France on Mont Ventoux, Juan Manuel Garate of Spain has won over his compatriot Alberto Contador. But Alberto Contador still was the big winner, underlining his overall victory with a masterful display on the hardest racing mountain in France.
The major source of speculation before the day, the podium positions has ended up staying the same, with Andy Schleck in second and Lance Armstrong in third unable to bridge the massive time gap that Contador had built up in previous stages.
After just three kilometres of the 167km from Montelimar to Mont Ventoux, a breakway of 10 riders and then two further groups of three got a significant lead over the peloton, but the leading group contained no riders of any note, and stage 20 was always going to be one decided on the last climb, historically the most fearsome in the Tour de France which was made even worse by gusting 25kph headwinds on the final climb.
Tour de France stage 20 route
Full result for Tour de France stage 20:
1 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 4:39:21
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia – HTC 0:03 behind
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:38
4 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
5 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0:41
6 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:43
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:46
8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0:56
9 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:58
10 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream 1:03
Full result for general classification:
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 81:46:17
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4:11 behind
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 5:24
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream 6:01
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 6:04
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6:42
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7:35
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Slipstream 12:04
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14:16
10 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 14:25
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