Tour de France stage 15 results
Spaniard Alberto Contador has won stage 15 of the Tour de France and now wears the yellow jersey, one minute and 37 seconds ahead of Astana team mate Lance Armstrong in second.
The usual breakaway in the 207.5km stage 15 from Pontarlier to Verbier came in dribs and drabs, started by Frenchman David Moncoutié of the Cofidis team after 42km, joined by Italian Franco Pellizotti of Team Liquigas, then six others, then another four, then another three for a total of 15.
One of the three in that last mini-group was Spaniard Mikel Astarloza of Euskaltel, who was the virtual leader on the course when the breakaway’s time gap rose almost a minute above his three-minute deficit to yellow jersey wearer Rinaldo Nocentini.
Team Astana gradually drew the gap back and the breakaway was caught with six kilometres to go, which was the signal for Frank Schleck and then Contador to attack.
Surprisingly, Lance Armstrong did not respond to Contador, and was content to sit behind Andreas Kloden and eventually lose 94 seconds on his Astana team mate, possibly consigning him to second fiddle in Astana for the rest of the tour.
Stage 15 results
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 5:03:58
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:43 behind
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1:03
4 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 1:06
5 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream
6 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto 1:26
8 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 1:29
9 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1:35
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia – HTC 1:55
General classification
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 63:17:56
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1:37 behind
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin – Slipstream 1:46
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 2:17
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 2:26
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2:30
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2:51
8 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia – HTC 3:07
9 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 3:09
10 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 3:25
11 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo TestTeam 3:52
12 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin – Slipstream 3:59
13 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia – HTC 4:05
14 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence – Lotto 4:27
15 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia – HTC 4:38
16 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 4:40
17 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia – HTC 5:05
18 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5:27
19 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi 5:37
20 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 5:56
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Tour De France Stage 14 Results
The Tour de France Stage 14 was highly anticipated, as the Tour de France Stage 14 results would get the race closer to its final sprint. The Tour de France Stage 14 is the last stage before the push into the Alps, where the Tour de France champion is likely to emerge. But the Tour de France Stage 14 results were anticipated to finally change the overall standings, after a week of the same old results. Indeed, Tour de France Stage 14 finally put a new name near the top of the standings, though the leaders are still right on course
The Tour de France Stage 14 results were very favorable for George Hincapie, who entered Stage 14 in 28′th place. Hincapie was one of the sprinters who pulled away from the pack, while Russia’s Sergi Ivanov won the stage.
However, the Tour de France Stage 14 was centered around George Hincapie, and whether he could take over the overall lead from Rinaldo Nocentini. Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong had been looking to take the Tour de France lead for a week, but Hincapie came close after Stage 14.
In the end, Rinaldo Nocentini still maintained his lead after the Tour de France Stage 14, now leading George Hincapie by five seconds. Contador dropped to third, though he still remains six seconds back. Lance Armstrong also remains eight seconds back, though he is now in fourth.
The Tour de France Stage 14 results were a mild shakeup, but are merely a prelude to what is expected tomorrow. Nocentini narrowly held on to the lead today, but most everyone expects him to finally succumb tomorrow in Stage 15.
Tour de France experts have been waiting for Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador to finally take control in the Alps. Now, the Alps are finally on the horizon, with the Armstrong-Contador showdown for the yellow jersey nearly upon us. Whether Hincapie can put up any further challenges after today is unknown.
Despite the suspense around the Tour de France Stage 14 results, it was marred a bit by some bizarre, violent incidents recently. Yesterday, two teenagers shot at two riders with an air gun, briefly hurting both of them.
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