Tour de France 2006/20. stage

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Result of the 20th stage
Stage winner Thor Hushovd 3:56:52 h
(39.135 km / h)
Second Robbie McEwen equal time
Third Stuart O'Grady equal time
Fourth Erik Zabel equal time
fifth Luca Paolini equal time
Sixth Samuel Dumoulin equal time
seventh Bernhard Eisel equal time
Eighth Anthony Geslin equal time
Ninth Alessandro Ballan equal time
Tenth Peter Wrolich equal time
Most combative driver Aitor Hernández
Final results after the 20th stage
Yellow jersey Floyd Landis 89:39:30 h
Second Óscar Pereiro + 0:57 min
Third Andreas Klöden + 1:29 min
Green jersey Robbie McEwen 288 P.
Second Erik Zabel 199 P.
Third Thor Hushovd 195 p.
Dotted jersey Michael Rasmussen 166 P.
Second Floyd Landis 131 P.
Third David de la Fuente 113 P.
White jersey Damiano Cunego 89:58:49 h
Second Markus Fothen + 0:38 min
Third Matthieu Sprick + 1:29:12 h
Team evaluation T-Mobile team 269: 08: 46 h
Second Team CSC + 17:04 min
Third Rabobank + 23:26 min
Most combative driver David de la Fuente

The 20th stage of the 2006 Tour de France was 154.5 km long and led the remaining 139 riders from the Parc de Sceaux in Antony to Paris on the Champs-Elysées . There the finish line was crossed eight times on the 6.5 km long final lap between the Tuileries , Place de la Concorde and Place Charles de Gaulle .

As in previous years, the first part of the stage was like a leisurely coffee trip. At the first mountain classification, Michael Rasmussen , the leader in the mountain classification, was given the right of way. On entering the Champs-Elysées, 40-year-old Vyacheslav Yekimov drove out of the field to say goodbye to the fans, as it was his 15th and final Tour de France.

Then the race started with a few attacks from the field, but the sprinter teams wouldn't let them go. Only on the fourth lap was a group of 12 able to pull away, which was about 30 seconds ahead of the peloton. But she was caught on the sixth lap. The field went closed on the eighth and final lap. Although some drivers tried to repeat Alexander Vinokourov's coup from the previous year, this time the stage was decided in the sprint. Thor Hushovd overtook powerfully after Robbie McEwen took the field and also won by some distance from Stuart O'Grady and Erik Zabel .

At the end of the tour, the one minute lead of the winner Floyd Landis over the second Óscar Pereiro and the 1:29 min over the third Andreas Klöden were the smallest lead that a winner had ever over the third placed.

At the end of the 3,657.1 km long tour , 139 of the 176 registered drivers who had started the prologue in Strasbourg reached the finish in Paris.

tasks

  • 93 Florent Brard - before the start of the stage, broken left hand after falling the day before.

Intermediate sprints

1st intermediate sprint in Boulogne-Billancourt (92 km)

First Wim Vansevenant 6 p. And 6 s
Second Robbie McEwen 4 p. And 4 s
Third Víctor Hugo Peña 2 P. and 2 s

2nd intermediate sprint in Haut des Champs-Elysées (116.5 km)

First Fabian Wegmann 6 p. And 6 s
Second Mikel Astarloza 4 p. And 4 s
Third Jens Voigt 2 P. and 2 s

Mountain ratings

Côte de Gif-sur-Yvette , category 4 (43.5 km)

First Michael Rasmussen 3 p.
Second Koos Moerenhout 2 p.
Third Bert Grabsch 1 P.

Mont-Valérien , category 4 (72 km)

First Víctor Hugo Peña 3 p.
Second Ronny Scholz 2 p.
Third David Arroyo 1 P.