Tour de France Daily Blog - Stage Nineteen
Friday July 22, 2005
The tour is beginning to come to a close, with just two more stages after today. The day's racing begins in Issoire, a lovely village with the beautiful Saint-Austremoine Church and an intriguing clock tower. This is a picturesque and ideal destination for hikers, horseback riders, kayakers and mountain bikers. The day ends in Le Puy en Velay, situated in the Massif Central mountain range. The area is a popular starting point for the Santiago de Compostella pilgrims. It is well-known for its lentils, laces and liquors.
Results and standings
Christophe Moreau got bumped out of the top 10 in the general classification by Oscar Pereiro Sio of the Phonak team, who is now second overall in the climbing classification and 10th in the general classification. He started the day ranked 13th in general. Things are still looking great for a 7th win for Lance Armstrong, who remains at the top of the classification with just two stages remaining.
The top 10 for general classification:
Results and standings
Christophe Moreau got bumped out of the top 10 in the general classification by Oscar Pereiro Sio of the Phonak team, who is now second overall in the climbing classification and 10th in the general classification. He started the day ranked 13th in general. Things are still looking great for a 7th win for Lance Armstrong, who remains at the top of the classification with just two stages remaining.
The top 10 for general classification:
- 1. Lance Armstrong (USA) DSC - 3,408km in 81h22’19" (41.694km/h)
- 2. Ivan Basso (Italy) CSC - at 2’46"
- 3. Mickael Rasmussen (Denmark) RAB - at 3’46"
- 4. Jan Ullrich (Germany) TMO - at 5’58"
- 5. Francisco Mancebo (Spain) IBA - at 7’08"
- 6. Levi Leipheimer (USA) GST - at 8’12"
- 7. Cadel Evans (Australia) DVL - at 9’49"
- 8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakstahn) TMO at 10’11"
- 9. Floyd Landis (USA) PHO - at 10’42"
- 10. Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spain) PHO - at 12’39"
- 1. GUERINI Giuseppe (Team TMO, country ITA)
- 2. CASAR Sandy (FDJ, FRA) 00' 10"
- 3. PELLIZOTTI Franco (LIQ, ITA) 00' 10"
- 4. PEREIRO SIO Oscar (PHO, ESP) 00' 12"
- 5. COMMESSO Salvatore (LAM, ITA) 02' 43"
- 6. ARVESEN Kurt-Asle (CSC, NOR) 02' 48"
- 7. PORTAL Nicolas (A2R, FRA) 02' 48"
- 8. GRABSCH Bert (PHO, GER) 02' 48"
- 9. CHAVANEL Sylvain (COF, FRA) 02' 48"
- 10. WEENING Pieter (RAB, NED) 03' 50"
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