Tour de France 2010/20. stage

20th stage

Result of the 20th stage
Stage winner	Mark Cavendish	2:42:21 h
Second	Alessandro Petacchi	equal time
Third	Julian Dean	equal time
Fourth	Jürgen Roelandts	equal time
fifth	Óscar Freire	equal time
Sixth	Gerald Ciolek	equal time
seventh	Thor Hushovd	equal time
Eighth	Matti Breschel	equal time
Ninth	Robbie McEwen	equal time
Tenth	Daniel Oss	equal time
Most combative driver	not forgiven
Final result after the 20th stage
Overall rating	Alberto Contador	91:58:48 h
Second	Andy Schleck	+ 0:39 min
Third	Denis Menshov	+ 2:01 min
Scoring	Alessandro Petacchi	243 pts.
Second	Mark Cavendish	232 pts.
Third	Thor Hushovd	222 pts.
Mountain scoring	Anthony Charteau	143 P.
Second	Christophe Moreau	128 P.
Third	Andy Schleck	116 P.
Young talent evaluation	Andy Schleck	91:59:27 h
Second	Robert Gesink	+ 08:52 min
Third	Roman Kreuziger	+ 11:15 min
Team evaluation	Team RadioShack	276: 02: 03 h
Second	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 09:15 min
Third	Rabobank	+ 27:49 min

The 20th stage of the Tour de France 2010 on July 25th led over 102.5 km from Longjumeau to Paris on the circuit of the Champs-Élysées . The last part of the day ended with nine laps on the circuit. During these laps, two sprint classifications were carried out. As on the previous day, 170 of the 198 participants registered for the start of the tour started.

Race course

The RadioShack team appeared at the stage in a black jersey with the number 28 to indicate the number of cancer patients in millions. However, this special jersey was not approved by the UCI . At first, the RadioShack drivers only put on their normal team jackets. However, that was not enough, as the start numbers must also be clearly visible. So the team stopped to change jerseys and pin the start numbers. Even Stephane Auge and Thomas Voeckler exchanged briefly their jerseys. Only Lance Armstrong still rode the team jacket. After discussions, he also changed his jersey and had his starting number pinned on, albeit only briefly at first. The other drivers waited with the officials at kilometer zero. Finally, the race started at 2:58 p.m., more than a quarter of an hour late. With Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck as well as a few drivers from the Astana team in the lead, the field set off at a slow pace and some photo shoots began. Armstrong's start number has now also been judged.

After the riders had reached the finish line and the turning point on the Champs-Élysées for the first time , a group of six, consisting of Aljaksandr Kuschynski , Aleksandr Pliuşkin , Christophe Riblon , Rubén Pérez , Maarten Tjallingii and Stéphane Augé broke up. Of the attackers, Kuschynski won the first sprint classification as a soloist after crossing the finish line twice before the field led by Marcus Burghardt caught up with him again. After that, a group of penalties made up of Anthony Roux , Nicki Sørensen , Sandy Casar , Christophe Riblon, Tony Martin , Karsten Kroon , Christian Knees , Rémi Pauriol , Alan Pérez , Danilo Hondo and Aitor Pérez broke up . These drivers were able to pull out a lead of up to 25 seconds. Kroon won the second sprint classification, which was driven out after the fifth finish. The field led by the teams HTC-Columbia and Sky and later also Lampre caught up again afterwards. Knees tried to break away from the group, followed by Kroon and Sørensen. While the eight other drivers were caught up again, the three in the lead were able to briefly increase their lead again before they too were caught up with 5.5 km from the finish. Thor Hushovd put on the sprint, which was again won by Mark Cavendish by a clear margin. Second came Alessandro Petacchi , who was able to defend his green jersey.

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint Haut des Champs-Élysées (kilometer 58) ( 60  m )

First	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	6 pts.
Second	Marcus Burghardt	4 pts.
Third	Rubén Pérez	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint Haut des Champs-Élysées (km 77.5) ( 60  m )

First	Karsten Kroon	6 pts.
Second	Sandy Casar	4 pts.
Third	Christian Knees	2 pts.

• Destination in Paris, Champs-Élysées (kilometer 102.5) ( 45  m )

First	Mark Cavendish	35 pts.
Second	Alessandro Petacchi	30 pts.
Third	Julian Dean	26 pts.
Fourth	Jürgen Roelandts	24 pts.
fifth	Óscar Freire	22 pts.
Sixth	Gerald Ciolek	20 pts.
seventh	Thor Hushovd	19 pts.
Eighth	Matti Breschel	18 pts.
Ninth	Robbie McEwen	17 pts.
Tenth	Daniel Oss	16 pts.
11.	Martijn Maaskant	15 pts.
12.	Lloyd Mondory	14 pts.
13.	Sébastien Turgot	13 pts.
14th	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	12 pts.
15th	Rubén Pérez	11 pts.
16.	Yukiya Arashiro	10 pts.
17th	Edvald Boasson Hagen	9 pts.
18th	Lars Boom	8 pts.
19th	Alessandro Ballan	7 pts.
20th	Danilo Hondo	6 pts.
21st	Sebastian Lang	5 pts.
22nd	Kristijan Koren	4 pts.
23.	Luke Roberts	3 pts.
24.	Cyril Gautier	2 pts.
25th	Daniel Moreno	1 point

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