Stage 20 TDF : Saint-Etienne ITT : Spoiler

thebluetrain

I think its safe to say that Rasmussen was not very familiar with the course.

musette

At 40.2 check:

9 Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) 2.10 slower than LA
Rasmussen 6'26" down on LA

That means Mancebo gained 4'16" on Rasmussen

JU has best time at the finish so far, of course

Lonnie Utah

Jan comes in a provisional 1st at 1:12:09. Only Lance has a Chance. I wouldn't be upset if the big man in pink won it...

EDIT: LA has 35 seconds with 5 km to go, I think he has it in the bag...

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musette

Evans 6'03" behind Rasmussen at begining of stage. At 40.2 check, Evans at 1'33" to LA. Ras at 6'26". That means Ras almost lost 5' to Evans.

musette

LA is out of saddle; he is working. LA at 49.7km is 35" faster than JU.

limerickman

Covering the same distance on the same course in 1997 : Jan Ullrich won the ITT at St Etienne in a time of 1hr 16min 24secs.

nonameboy

wasnt it raining that day.

musette

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team) 1.13.02
2 Bobby Julich (Team CSC) 0.17
3 Floyd Landis (Phonak) 0.46
4 Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) 0.50
5 George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) 1.09
6 Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears) 1.49
7 Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) 1.53
8 Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) 1.54
9 Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) 1.55
10 Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 1.56

Before stage:

6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 8.12
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49
8 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team 10.11
9 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.42

That means sequence of these four after stage is:

Leipheimer
Vino (a few seconds behind)
Evans
Landis

musette

LA wins the stage of course! 1.11'46"

limerickman

T'was indeed.

nonameboy

ullrich lost more time in 19 km in the first ITT then he lost today in 55 km.

musette

Ras comes in at 76th with 7'47" loss to LA.

limerickman

Rasmussen loses 5th place on GC to Leipheimer.
Tragic.

limerickman

You're correct.