July 25, 2009 (Mont Ventoux, France) – Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank has won the fabled Stage 20 from Montélimar to Mont Ventoux, 167km, with Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia – HTC, leader of the Young Rider Classification, in second and Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank, who is second overall, in 3rd. The yellow jersey, Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana, placed 4th and Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana finished in 5th holding on to 3rd overall. Canada’s Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Slipstream) moved up to 49th overall after placing 35th on today’s stage.

Results

1. Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 4:39:21
2. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC 0:03
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
11. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1:39
12. Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1:42
13. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1:47
14. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1:56
15. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2:26
16. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 2:34
17. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 2:42
18. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:44
19. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 3:03
20. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 3:15
21. Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
22. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 3:20
23. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
24. Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 4:23
25. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4:37
26. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team 5:07
27. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 5:11
28. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 5:36
29. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 5:40
30. Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5:42
31. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
32. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 5:45
33. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC
34. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
35. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
36. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha
37. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step
38. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 5:47
39. David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5:50
40. Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5:56
41. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
42. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6:05
43. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 6:09
44. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 6:18
45. Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 6:26
46. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6:28
47. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
48. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 6:47
49. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 7:13
50. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 7:20
51. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 7:35
52. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 7:52
53. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 8:05
54. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel
55. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana
56. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-HTC
57. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
58. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
59. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
60. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
61. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto
62. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
63. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto
64. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
65. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8:35
66. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 9:14
67. Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 9:27
68. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 9:33
69. Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano
70. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 9:36
71. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
72. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC
73. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha
74. Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:10:12
75. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
76. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux
77. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:11:29
78. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 0:11:31
79. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0:11:52
80. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0:12:09
81. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0:13:02
82. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 0:13:17
83. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel
84. Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 0:13:21
85. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:13:28
86. William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:13:37
87. Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0:13:41
88. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
89. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:14:10
90. Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano
91. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:14:24
92. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 0:14:40
93. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:17:16
94. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
95. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:17:18
96. Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 0:17:20
97. Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0:18:40
98. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0:19:18
99. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
100. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:19:58
101. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 0:22:41
102. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC
103. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:22:44
104. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC 0:25:42
105. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team
106. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0:25:49
107. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha
108. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC
109. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale
110. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
111. Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
112. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step
113. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC
114. Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
115. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC
116. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas
117. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC
118. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas
119. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram
120. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
121. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC
122. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux
123. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step
124. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana
125. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream
126. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC
127. Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha
128. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
129. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team
130. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
131. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha
132. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux
133. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
134. Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia-HTC
135. Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux
136. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
137. Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram
138. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne
139. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
140. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
141. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank
142. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
143. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas
144. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
145. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
146. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC
147. Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream
148. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC
149. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
150. Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
151. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
152. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 0:26:01
153. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
154. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team
155. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream
156. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano

GC after Stage 20

1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 81:46:17
2. Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4:11
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 0:12:04
9. Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:14:16
10. Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:14:25
11. Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:14:44
12. Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:17:19
13. Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:18:34
14. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:20:45
15. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:20:50
16. Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:22:29
17. Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:26:21
18. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:29:33
19. George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-HTC 0:33:27
20. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:34:09
21. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 0:34:48
22. Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 0:37:44
23. Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale 0:38:20
24. Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram 0:38:35
25. Brice Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0:41:14
26. Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:41:27
27. Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia-HTC 0:43:20
28. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Astana 0:43:34
29. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 0:44:33
30. Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 0:45:24
31. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:46:34
32. Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0:46:35
33. Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:49:43
34. Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 0:49:47
35. Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 0:54:00
36. Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC 0:55:04
37. Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0:55:33
38. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 0:57:37
39. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 0:57:47
40. Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 1:00:21
41. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1:01:08
42. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:01:29
43. Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:03:04
44. Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:07:20
45. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1:08:15
46. Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence-Lotto 1:08:35
47. Yury Trofimov (Rus) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:09:01
48. Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 1:09:23
49. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 1:13:41
50. Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 1:15:22
51. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1:16:28
52. Rigoberto Uran (Col) Caisse d’Epargne 1:20:20
53. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-NGC 1:21:29
54. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1:21:59
55. Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Agritubel 1:25:47
56. Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:26:07
57. Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia-HTC 1:26:18
58. David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:28:01
59. Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 1:29:07
60. Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 1:34:35
61. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:35:49
62. Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank 1:37:19
63. Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 1:38:30
64. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel 1:49
65. Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:41:54
66. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:44:39
67. Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 1:47:18
68. Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel 1:50:42
69. David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1:51:52
70. Maxime Bouet (Fra) Agritubel 1:53:04
71. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 1:54:08
72. Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:57:29
73. Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1:58:25
74. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Team Katusha 1:58:52
75. Christophe Kern (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 1:58:58
76. Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 2:00:52
77. David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 2:02:06
78. Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram 2:04:53
79. Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cervelo Test Team 2:07:58
80. Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:08:42
81. José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 2:11:29
82. Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2:12:43
83. Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2:13:56
84. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 2:14:16
85. David Millar (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream 2:14:34
86. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2:16:11
87. Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2:16:17
88. Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step 2:17:36
89. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2:20:14
90. Thierry Huppond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2:22:58
91. Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 2:23:55
92. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2:23:58
93. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2:25:38
94. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:25:52
95. Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:26:22
96. Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 2:26:34
97. Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 2:28:35
98. Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 2:29:31
99. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 2:39:25
100. Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 2:39:39
101. Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 2:42:08
102. Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 2:42:20
103. Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2:42:45
104. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 2:43:22
105. Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 2:45:28
106. Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervelo Test Team 2:46:00
107. Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2:46:17
108. Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 2:46:30
109. Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-NGC 2:52:24
110. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 2:52:44
111. Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2:53:25
112. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 2:54:54
113. Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2:55:28
114. Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d’Epargne 2:57:08
115. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2:58:28
116. Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 2:59:57
117. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:01:25
118. Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 3:02:11
119. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 3:02:26
120. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3:04:00
121. Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 3:04:41
122. Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha 3:05:10
123. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3:05:11
124. Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3:08:39
125. Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3:12:45
126. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 3:15:12
127. Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 3:15:33
128. Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3:16:01
129. William Bonnet (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:16:29
130. Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:16:44
131. Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-HTC 3:21:54
132. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-NGC 3:23:29
133. Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3:25:39
134. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-HTC 3:26:44
135. Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 3:27:14
136. Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3:27:18
137. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 3:29:12
138. Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Team Milram 3:29:18
139. Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 3:37
140. Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3:31:42
141. Danny Pate (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3:31:55
142. Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 3:34:35
143. Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 3:34:55
144. Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3:36:14
145. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre-NGC 3:39:14
146. Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 3:41:24
147. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 3:42:11
148. Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3:42:53
149. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-HTC 3:46:20
150. Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-HTC 3:46:35
151. Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3:48:13
152. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3:48:38
153. Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3:49:21
154. Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3:49:39
155. Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 3:54:08
156. Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4:16:27