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Le Tour – Stage 19 — Why Now?
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Le Tour – Stage 19

Tour de FranceBonneval to Chartres

Distance: 53.5 kilometers.

The final individual time trial of the Tour, and not much of an opportunity to catch Bradley Wiggins, as he is very good at these and will probably increase his lead as a result.

Bradley Wiggins won the stage in convincing fashion, and Christopher Froome proved that he could have taken over if Wiggins had faltered. A very good Tour for Sky as it looks as if there will be a Briton atop the podium in Paris for the first time.

Yellow Jersey Bradley Wiggins ( GB – SKY – 101 ) [Yellow]
Green Jersey Peter Sagan ( Svk – LIQ – 057 ) [Green] 386 points
Polka Dot Jersey Thomas Voeckler ( Fra – EUC – 021 ) [Polka Dot] 134 points
White Jersey Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 009 ) 5 [White]

Team: RadioShack-Nissan ( 011-019 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Bradley Wiggins ( GB – SKY – 101 )
Combative: No award for time trials

Top Ten:

1 Bradley Wiggins ( GB – SKY – 101 )
2 Christopher Froome ( GB – SKY – 105 ) + 03′ 21”
3 Vincenzo Nibali ( Ita – LIQ – 051 ) + 06′ 19”
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( Bel – LTB – 111 ) + 10′ 15”
5 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 009 ) + 11′ 04”
6 Haimar Zubeldia ( Esp – RNT – 019 ) + 15′ 43”
7 Cadel Evans ( Aus – BMC – 001 ) + 15′ 51”
8 Pierre Rolland ( Fra – EUC – 029 ) + 16′ 31”
9 Janez Brajkovic ( Slo – AST – 181 ) + 16′ 38”
10 Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – FDJ – 146 ) + 17′ 17”

The Rest of the Top 50:

11 Andréas Klöden ( Ger – RNT – 015 ) + 17′ 54”
12 Nicolas Roche ( Irl – ALM – 079 ) + 19′ 33”
13 Christopher Horner ( USA – RNT – 014 ) + 19′ 55”
14 Chris Anker Sorensen ( Den – STB – 178 ) + 25′ 27”
15 Denis Menchov ( Rus – KAT – 131 ) + 27′ 22”
16 Maxime Monfort ( Bel – RNT – 016 ) + 28′ 30”
17 Egoi Martinez ( Esp – EUS – 035 ) + 31′ 46”
18 Rui Alberto Costa ( Por – MOV – 163 ) + 37′ 03”
19 Eduard Vorganov ( Rus – KAT – 139 ) + 38′ 16”
20 Alejandro Valverde ( Esp – MOV – 161 ) + 42′ 26”
21 Jérôme Coppel ( Fra – SAU – 091 ) + 45′ 43”
22 Sandy Casar ( Fra – FDJ – 141 ) + 46′ 52”
23 Michael Rogers ( Aus – SKY – 108 ) + 54′ 52”
24 Michele Scarponi ( Ita – LAM – 041 ) + 58′ 37”
25 Ivan Basso ( Ita – LIQ – 052 ) + 59′ 44”
26 Thomas Voeckler ( Fra – EUC – 021 ) + 01h 04′ 41”
27 Peter Velits ( Svk – OPQ – 199 ) + 01h 05′ 10”
28 Laurens Ten Dam ( Ned – RAB – 157 ) + 01h 05′ 39”
29 Jelle Vanendert ( Bel – LTB – 119 ) + 01h 06′ 33”
30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo ( Esp – MOV – 162 ) + 01h 09′ 19”
31 Alexandre Vinokourov ( Kaz – AST – 189 ) + 01h 14′ 33”
32 Levi Leipheimer ( USA – OPQ – 191 ) + 01h 16′ 29”
33 Steven Kruijswijk ( Ned – RAB – 152 ) + 01h 16′ 52”
34 Richie Porte ( Aus – SKY – 107 ) + 01h 20′ 49”
35 Daniel Martin ( Irl – GRS – 065 ) + 01h 25′ 23”
36 Rein Taaramae ( Est – COF – 081 ) + 01h 27′ 36”
37 Gianpaolo Caruso ( Ita – KAT – 132 ) + 01h 28′ 32”
38 George Hincapie ( USA – BMC – 005 ) + 01h 30′ 38”
39 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti ( Esp – EUS – 034 ) + 01h 31′ 44”
40 Fredrik Kessiakoff ( Swe – AST – 187 ) + 01h 34′ 33”
41 Rafael Valls Ferri ( Esp – VCD – 128 ) + 01h 37′ 41”
42 Andriy Grivko ( Ukr – AST – 184 ) + 01h 38′ 41”
43 Peter Sagan ( Svk – LIQ – 057 ) + 01h 38′ 46”
44 Jean-Christophe Peraud ( Fra – ALM – 071 ) + 01h 40′ 44”
45 Amaël Moinard ( Fra – BMC – 006 ) + 01h 41′ 00”
46 Philippe Gilbert ( Bel – BMC – 004 ) + 01h 41′ 40”
47 Dominik Nerz ( Ger – LIQ – 055 ) + 01h 42′ 12”
48 Pierrick Fedrigo ( Fra – FDJ – 142 ) + 01h 42′ 39”
49 Michael Schär ( Sui – BMC – 008 ) + 01h 43′ 55”
50 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho ( Por – STB – 177 ) + 01h 47′ 14”

Out of the race: Everyone Finished

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4 comments

1 jamsodonnell { 07.21.12 at 2:01 pm }

Typical you wait 99 years for a British podium place and two look like they will come along at once

Chapeau Wiggins and Chapeau Froome

2 Bryan { 07.21.12 at 5:00 pm }

Froome definitely looks like the next Briton in Yellow. and if there is more climbing next year, I expect Sky will give him the lead, because he had to wait for Wiggins on a couple of mountains.

Next year a few of those who were missing will be back, so it will be a tougher Tour. Wiggins, like Cadel Evans last year, has been on the verge several times, so this wasn’t a fluke. Sky has a great team assembled if they can keep it together.

3 jamsodonnell { 07.22.12 at 5:25 am }

People have been moaning that Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador weren’t there. Scheck in injured (that’s the breaks – literally) but Contador is a cheat.I wonder how well he will perform without his chemical helpers.

Britain has had amazing success on the track in recent years but Wiggins is the first olympic track champion to be on the verge of Tour glory. I can see other British track cyclists making the switch in the coming years

4 Bryan { 07.22.12 at 9:04 am }

Cadel Evans was on the verge of winning the Tour for years before finally taking last year. His biggest problem was injuries. He won last year with Andy Schleck and Contador racing, and he is racing this year.

Schleck may never regain his form after a broken pelvis. and Contador was never an easy fit in a team. Sky didn’t exactly kill themselves this year, and are quite capable of a faster race, so people should realize that Wiggins won with a margin of over 6 minutes against the real competition and it could have easily been much more.