Tour de France 2005/19. stage

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Result of the 19th stage
Stage winner Giuseppe Guerini 3:33:04 h
Second Sandy Casar +0: ​​10 min
Third Franco Pellizotti +0: ​​10 min
Fourth Óscar Pereiro +0: ​​12 min
fifth Salvatore Commesso + 2:43 min
Intermediate results after the 19th stage
Yellow jersey Lance Armstrong 81:22:19 h
Second Ivan Basso +2: 46 min
Third Michael Rasmussen +3: 46 min
Green jersey Thor Hushovd 175 P.
Second Stuart O'Grady 160 P.
Third Robbie McEwen 154 P.
Dotted jersey Michael Rasmussen , 185 P.
Second Óscar Pereiro , 155 P.
Third Christophe Moreau , 92 P.
White jersey Yaroslav Popovych 81:38:12 h
Second Andrei Kaschetschkin +7: 47 min
Third Alberto Contador +41: 20 min

The 19th stage of the Tour de France 2005 was 153.5 kilometers long and led from Issoire to Le Puy-en-Velay through the south-eastern part of the Massif Central . 30 kilometers after the start, Giuseppe Guerini , Óscar Pereiro and Sandy Casar pulled away from the field. Ten kilometers later, Franco Pellizotti caught up with them.

A chasing group with ten drivers formed behind the leading group. At times, the field was back at 8:45 minutes and then fell continuously. The field didn't want to lose too much time on Pereiro, who was 13th overall at the time. In the chasing group, Salvatore Commesso tried almost a dozen times to launch an attack, but was always caught up again.

In the top group, Pereiro did the most leadership work. But on the last kilometer he was unable to counter the attack by Guerini. Guerini left his companions behind and won the 250th Italian stage victory in the Tour de France. The chasing group had disbanded over the last few kilometers and the drivers arrived at the finish line after two and a half to four minutes.

The field crossed the finish line after 4:30 minutes, Robbie McEwen prevailed in the sprint against Thor Hushovd and reduced his deficit in the points classification. Michael Rasmussen was already the winner of the mountain classification at this point.

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Ambert (55.5 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 6 p. And 6 s
Second Franco Pellizotti , 4 p. And 4 s
Third Giuseppe Guerini , 2 p. And 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Bellevue-La Montagne (123.5 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 6 p. And 6 s
Second Giuseppe Guerini , 4 p. And 4 s
Third Franco Pellizotti , 2 p. And 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte des Gerbaudias Category 4 (23 km)

First Christophe Moreau , 3 P.
Second Ronny Scholz , 2 P.
Third Bradley McGee , 2 P.

Côte de Saint-Eloy-la-Glacière Category 3 (38.5 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 4 p.
Second Giuseppe Guerini , 3 P.
Third Sandy Casar , 2 p.
Fourth Franco Pellizotti , 1 P.

Col des Pradeaux Category 2 (68 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 10 p.
Second Franco Pellizotti , 9 p.
Third Giuseppe Guerini , 8 P.
Fourth Sandy Casar , 7 p.
fifth Pieter Weening , 6 P.
Sixth Bert Grabsch , 5 p.

Côte des Terrasses Category 4 (96 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 3 p.
Second Giuseppe Guerini , 2 P.
Third Franco Pellizotti , 1 P.

Côte de Malaveille Category 4 (107.5 km)

First Óscar Pereiro , 3 p.
Second Sandy Casar , 2 p.
Third Giuseppe Guerini , 1 P.