July 24, 2009 (Aubenas, France) – Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia – HTC was back on top of the podium on Friday for his 5th stage win at the Tour de France taking Stage 19 from Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas, 178km with Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team in second and Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram in third. Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) placed 54th and is now 53rd overall. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana is firmly in yellow with two stages to go as the Tour wraps up on Sunday.

Results

1. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia-HTC 3:50:35
2. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
3. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
4. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto
5. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
6. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
7. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
8. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
9. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux
10. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
11. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
12. Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
13. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 4
14. Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Garmin-Slipstream
15. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
16. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
17. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC
18. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
19. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
20. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana
21. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto
22. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
23. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto
24. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
25. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
26. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
27. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
28. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux
29. Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
30. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas
31. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
32. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
33. Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
34. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
35. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
36. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
37. Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
38. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne
39. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto
40. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0:12
41. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram
42. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
43. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-HTC 0:32
44. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:45
45. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 1:10
46. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:15
47. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
48. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel
49. William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
50. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team
51. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 2:01
52. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha
53. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
54. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
55. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
56. Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto
57. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
58. Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
59. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
60. Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream
61. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
62. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana
63. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
64. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
65. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC
66. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Silence-Lotto
67. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC
68. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
69. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
70. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
71. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
72. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
73. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
74. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana
75. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team
76. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
77. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
78. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
79. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 2:10
80. Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 4:44
81. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team
82. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
83. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5:05
84. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5:17
85. Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 6:31
86. Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
87. Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
88. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 7:12
89. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 9:31
90. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
91. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto
92. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step
93. Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano
94. Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
95. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano
96. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha
97. Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha
98. Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank
99. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
100. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
101. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC
102. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC
103. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
104. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9:50
105. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
106. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 0:14:27
107. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
108. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
109. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
110. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
111. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
112. Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
114. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC
115. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
116. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC
117. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto
118. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
119. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
120. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux
121. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
122. Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
123. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0:18:37
124. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC
125. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
126. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC
127. Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank
128. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
129. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
130. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
131. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step
132. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step
133. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
134. David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
135. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
136. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
137. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
138. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
139. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
140. Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia-HTC
141. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC
142. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
143. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
144. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha
145. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
146. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
147. Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
148. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano
149. Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
150. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank
151. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
152. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
153. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
154. Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
155. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
156. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Slipstream
HD Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
HD Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

GC after Stage 19

1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 77:06:18
2. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4:11
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 5:21
4. Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) Garmin-Slipstream 5:36
5. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 5:38
6. Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 5:59
7. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7:15
8. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 0:18
9. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:12:37
10. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:12:38
11. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:13:36
12. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:14:08
13. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:14:37
14. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:15:27
15. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:17:23
16. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:19:47
17. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:19:49
18. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:24:26
19. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:27:51
20. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC 0:28:20
21. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:29:02
22. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:31:08
23. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:31:45
24. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:31:54
25. Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0:32:25
26. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-HTC 0:35:53
27. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 0:36:07
28. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 0:37:06
29. Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:38:50
30. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:40:17
31. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:41:30
32. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:42:16
33. Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0:42:50
34. Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:44:43
35. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 0:46:46
36. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:48:40
37. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0:48:44
38. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:50:20
39. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:51:55
40. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:52:54
41. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:53:04
42. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 0:55:09
43. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0:55:15
44. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC 0:55:39
45. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:56:22
46. Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:57:20
47. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:57:48
48. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 0:59:17
49. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:59:49
50. Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia-HTC 1:01:07
51. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1:03:26
52. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:03:59
53. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 1:08:34
54. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC 1:12:31
55. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1:13:19
56. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1:14:32
57. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:18:40
58. Charles Wegelius (Gbr) Silence-Lotto 1:21:40
59. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:21:52
60. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:22:59
61. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 1:23:10
62. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1:25:59
63. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:27:58
64. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1:32:42
65. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:36:47
66. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 1:36:55
67. Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 1:37:57
68. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1:38:03
69. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 1:39:42
70. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:40:40
71. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 1:43:31
72. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1:46:18
73. David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1:46:40
74. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1:48:28
75. David Millar (Gbr) Garmin-Slipstream 1:49:11
76. Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:49:24
77. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 1:49:54
78. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1:51:00
79. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel
80. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1:51:06
81. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 1:51:57
82. Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:52:11
83. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1:57:07
84. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1:57:38
85. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1:58:08
86. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 1:58:44
87. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:01:11
88. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2:02:42
89. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 2:03:24
90. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team 2:03:29
91. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 2:04:20
92. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2:04:33
93. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:09:12
94. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:11:34
95. Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2:14:03
96. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2:14:14
97. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 2:14:28
98. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 2:15:41
99. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2:17:34
100. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2:18:11
101. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step
102. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2:18:31
103. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 2:20:56
104. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:21:06
105. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2:21:19
106. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:28:50
107. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 2:29:29
108. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC 2:30:21
109. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2:33:17
110. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2:34:46
111. Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 2:36:32
112. Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 2:39:30
113. Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha 2:39:59
114. Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2:40:22
115. Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 2:40:26
116. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 2:40:52
117. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2:41:57
118. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2:43:16
119. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2:43:57
120. Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2:47:34
121. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 2:47:53
122. Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 2:49:28
123. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 2:49:49
124. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:50:19
125. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 2:50:22
126. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 2:51:33
127. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2:54:20
128. Mark Cavendish (Gbr) Team Columbia-HTC 2:56:50
129. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 2:56:55
130. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:58:18
131. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:00:28
132. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC 3:01:33
133. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3:02:03
134. William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:03:30
135. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 3:04:07
136. Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 3:04:56
137. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3:06:31
138. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3:06:44
139. Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3:09:24
140. Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:09:44
141. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3:10:11
142. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3:13:32
143. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC 3:14:03
144. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 3:16:13
145. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 3:17:00
146. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3:17:42
147. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 3:21:09
148. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3:21:15
149. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC 3:21:24
150. Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3:22:42
151. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3:23:02
152. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3:23:27
153. Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3:24:10
154. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3:24:16
155. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 3:28:45
156. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 3:51:16