Tour de France 2008/20. stage

00000 Result of the 20th stage 00000
		Stefan Schumacher (GST)	1:03:50 h
2.		Fabian Cancellara (TNK)	+ 0:21 min
3.		Kim Kirchen (THR)	+ 1:01 min
4th		Christian Vande Velde (CPT)	+ 1:05 min
5.		David Millar (CPT)	+ 1:37 min
6th		Denis Menshov (TLJ)	+ 1:55 min
7th		Cadel Evans (OLO)	+ 2:05 min
8th.		Sebastian Lang (GST)	+ 2:19 min
9.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	+ 2:21 min
10.		George Hincapie (THR)	+ 2:28 min
	not forgiven
Intermediate results after the 20th stage
		Carlos Sastre (TNK)	84:01:00 h
2.		Cadel Evans (OLO)	+ 1:05 min
3.		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	+ 1:20 min
		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	244 pts.
2.		Erik Zabel (MRM)	202 pts.
3.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	198 pts.
		Bernhard Kohl (GST)	125 pts.
2.		Carlos Sastre (TNK)	80 pts.
3.		Frank Schleck (TNK)	80 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	84:12:32 min
2.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+ 1:17 min
3.		Vincenzo Nibali (CAN)	+ 17:01 min
		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	251: 54: 35 h
2.		Ag2r	+ 15:49 min
3.		Rabobank	+ 1:05:33 h

The 20th stage of the Tour de France 2008 on July 26th was a 53-kilometer individual time trial and ran from Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond through the departments of Allier and Cher .

The profile of the stage was largely flat with a small incline and an easy descent at the end. The last placed Bernhard Eisel opened the race. Leif Hoste achieved the first time, which lasted a little longer, before it was undercut by Sébastien Rosseler and immediately afterwards by Danny Pate . Sebastian Lang took the lead next , shortly afterwards David Millar and finally the favorite Fabian Cancellara . Stefan Schumacher undercut this time, which was not reached afterwards, and thus also won the second time trial of the 2008 Tour. Then the fight for the yellow jersey began. Cadel Evans initially tried to leave Bernhard Kohl behind in the overall standings, but he was only able to take away a few seconds at the finish. In the interim times and at the finish, Christian Vande Velde , Denis Menschow and Kim Kirchen achieved better times than Evans. He also did not manage to catch up with the strong driving Carlos Sastre and was only able to take 29 seconds away from him. As a result, Sastre was still more than a minute ahead of Evans in the overall standings at the finish, which enabled him to secure his yellow jersey. Kohl was able to defend his third place in the overall standings behind Evans. Fränk Schleck dropped from second to sixth place. The goal in St-Amand-Montrond was reached on a 470 meter long and 6.5 meter wide home straight.

Split times

• 1. Intermediate time measuring point in Rond-Bernard (km 18) (280 m above sea level)

First	Fabian Cancellara	21:30 min
First	Stefan Schumacher	21:30 min
Third	Denis Menshov	+ 0:22 min
Fourth	Kim churches	+ 0:24 min
fifth	Christian Vande Velde	+ 0:28 min
Sixth	Bernhard Kohl	+ 0:34 min
seventh	Cadel Evans	+ 0:38 min
seventh	Sylvain Chavanel	+ 0:41 min
Ninth	David Millar	+ 0:43 min
Tenth	Carlos Sastre	+ 0:46 min

• 2nd intermediate time measurement point in Charenton-du-Cher (kilometer 36) (174 m above sea level)

First	Fabian Cancellara	42:38 min
Second	Stefan Schumacher	+ 0:12 min
Third	Kim churches	+ 0:57 min
Third	Christian Vande Velde	+ 0:57 min
fifth	David Millar	+ 1:03 min
Sixth	Denis Menshov	+ 1:08 min
seventh	Cadel Evans	+ 1:30 min
Eighth	Bernhard Kohl	+ 1:33 min
Ninth	Sebastian Lang	+ 1:34 min
Tenth	Thomas Lövkvist	+ 1:38 min

• 3. Intermediate time measuring point in Les Piots Doux (km 47.5) (m above sea level)

First	Stefan Schumacher	58:12 min
Second	Fabian Cancellara	+ 0:14 min
Third	Kim churches	+ 0:56 min
Fourth	Christian Vande Velde	+ 1:06 min
fifth	David Millar	+ 1:24 min
Sixth	Denis Menshov	+ 1:38 min
seventh	Cadel Evans	+ 1:52 min
Eighth	Sebastian Lang	+ 2:00 min
Ninth	Bernhard Kohl	+ 2:07 min
Tenth	George Hincapie	+ 2:08 min

Sprint scoring

• Destination in Saint-Amand-Montrond (kilometer 53) (159 m above sea level)

First	Stefan Schumacher	15 pts.
Second	Fabian Cancellara	12 pts.
Third	Kim churches	10 pts.
Fourth	Christian Vande Velde	8 pts.
fifth	David Millar	6 pts.
Sixth	Denis Menshov	5 pts.
seventh	Cadel Evans	4 pts.
Eighth	Sebastian Lang	3 pts.
Ninth	Bernhard Kohl	2 pts.
Tenth	George Hincapie	1 point