Tour de France 2005/20. stage
| Result of the 20th stage | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stage winner | Lance Armstrong 1:11:46 h | |
| Second | Jan Ullrich +0: 23 min | |
| Third | Alexander Vinokurov +1: 16 min | |
| Fourth | Bobby Julich +1: 33 min | |
| fifth | Ivan Basso + 1:54 min | |
| Intermediate results after the 20th stage | ||
| Yellow jersey | Lance Armstrong 82:34:05 h | |
| Second | Ivan Basso +4: 40 min | |
| Third | Jan Ullrich +6: 21 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 | Lance Armstrong , 96 p. | |
| White jersey | Yaroslav Popovych 82:53:07 h | |
| Second | Andrei Kashechkin +9:02 min | |
| Third | Alberto Contador +44: 23 min | |
The 20th stage of the Tour de France 2005 consisted of a 55.5 km long and demanding time trial with start and finish in Saint-Étienne .
Ivan Basso had a lightning start and in the first split after 17 kilometers he had a lead of seven seconds over Lance Armstrong . After that, however, he fell behind because he didn't take any risks on the winding descents and drove very carefully. The only one who could keep up with Armstrong to some extent was Jan Ullrich , who finished second in the stage and, thanks to Rasmussen's bad luck, moved up to third place in the overall classification. Thanks to a good performance, the T-Mobile team was able to keep the top spot in the team ranking.
The unlucky person of the day was Michael Rasmussen , who only finished 77th in the stage classification. Shortly after take-off, he brushed the curb and fell. After that, he had to change his bike no less than three times due to a defect and have two defective bikes replaced. Finally, on the descent from Col de la Gachet, he fell a second time and landed in the ditch. As a result, he lost a lot of time and slipped from third to seventh place in the overall classification.
Mountain scoring
Col de la Gachet Category 3 (40.2 km)
| First | Lance Armstrong , 4 p. |
| Second | Alexander Vinokurov , 3 P. |
| Third | Jan Ullrich , 2 P. |
| Fourth | Cadel Evans , 1 P. |
Ivan Basso
Split times
| rank | driver |
1. Intermediate time at Saint-Héand (17.0 km) |
2.Saint-Romain-en-Jarez intermediate time (35.0 km) |
3. Intermediate time Col de la Gachet (40.2 km) |
4.La Talaudière intermediate time (49.7 km) |
Final time Saint-Étienne (55.5 km) |
| 1 | Lance Armstrong | 25:48 min (2.) | 46:38 min (1.) | 56:23 min (1.) | 1:05:52 h (1st) | 1:11:46 h |
| 2 | Jan Ullrich | 25:58 min (3rd) | 46:57 min (2.) | 56:55 min (2.) | 1:06:27 h (2nd) | 1:12:09 h |
| 3 | Alexander Vinokurov | 26:10 min (4.) | 47:38 min (5.) | 57:33 min (3.) | 1:07:13 h (3rd) | 1:13:03 h |
| 4th | Bobby Julich | 26:21 min (6.) | 47:37 min (4.) | 57:41 min (4.) | 1:07:29 h (4th) | 1:13:19 h |
| 5 | Ivan Basso | 25:41 min (1.) | 47:31 min (3rd) | 57:50 min (5.) | 1:07:52 h (5th) | 1:13:40 h |
| 6th | Floyd Landis | 26:27 min (7.) | 47:43 min (6.) | 58:24 min (7.) | 1:08:01 h (6.) | 1:13:48 h |
| 7th | Cadel Evans | 26:10 min (5.) | 47:52 min (7.) | 57:56 min (6.) | 1:07:52 h (7th) | 1:13:52 h |
| 8th | George Hincapie | 26:41 min (8.) | 48:05 min (8.) | 58:29 min (8.) | 1:08:17 h (8.) | 1:14:12 h |
| 9 | Francisco Mancebo | 26:50 min (10.) | 48:19 min (9.) | 58:33 min (9.) | 1:08:34 h (9.) | 1:14:37 h |
| 10 | Vladimir Karpez | 26:58 min (14.) | 48:23 min (11.) | 59:01 min (11.) | 1:08:51 h (11th) | 1:14:51 h |
| 77 | Michael Rasmussen | 27:56 min (42nd) | 52:05 min (106.) | 1:02:49 h (84th) | 1:13:10 h (81st) | 1:19:33 h |