Tour de France 2012/19. stage

◄ 18.00000 Result of the 19th stage 20. ►00000
		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	1:04:13 h (50.0 km / h)
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 1:16 min
3.		Luis León Sánchez (RAB)	+ 1:50 min
4th		Peter Velits (OPQ)	+ 2:02 min
5.		Richie Porte (SKY)	+ 2:25 min
6th		Patrick Gretsch (ARG)	+ 2:28 min
7th		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	+ 2:34 min
8th.		Wassil Kiryenka (MOV)	+ 2:46 min
9.		Pure Taaramäe (COF)	+ 2:50 min
10.		Jérémy Roy (FDJ)	+ 3:05 min
Intermediate results after the 19th stage
		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	84:26:31 h
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 3:21 min
3.		Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ)	+ 6:19 min
		Peter Sagan (LIQ)	386 pts.
2.		André Greipel (LTB)	264 pts.
3.		Matthew Goss (OGE)	238 pts.
		Thomas Voeckler (EUC)	134 pts.
2.		Fredrik Kessiakoff (AST)	123 pts.
3.		Chris Anker Sørensen (STB)	77 pts.
		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	84:37:35 h
2.		Thibaut Pinot (FDJ)	+ 6:13 min
3.		Steven Kruijswijk (RAB)	+ 1:05:48 h
		RadioShack Nissan	253: 47: 28 h
2.		Sky ProCycling	+ 06:02 min
3.		BMC Racing Team	+ 36:36 min

The 19th stage of the Tour de France 2012 took place on July 21, 2012. It was held as an individual time trial and was 53.5 km long. The start was in Bonneval , the finish in Chartres .

Participating teams

• BMC Racing Team (BMC)
• RadioShack Nissan (RNT)
• Team Europcar (EUC)
• Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS)
• Lampre ISD (LAM)
• Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ)
• Garmin-Sharp (GRS)
• Ag2r (ALM)
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne (COF)
• Saur Soy Sun (SAU)
• Sky ProCycling (SKY)
• Lotto Belisol Team (LTS)
• Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)
• Katusha Team (KAT)
• FDJ-Big Mat (FDJ)
• Rabobank Cycling Team (TLJ)
• Movistar (MOV)
• Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (STB)
• Astana Pro Team (AST)
• Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ)
• Orica GreenEdge (OGE)
• Team Argos-Shimano (TGA)

route

The route led in a northwest and northeast direction through the Eure-et-Loir . The profile was almost completely flat and had no topographical difficulties. The intermediate times were measured in Mézières-au-Perche and Bailleau-le-Pin .

Race course

The race was opened shortly after noon by Frenchman Jimmy Engoulvent , who finished 153rd and last in the overall standings, 3:49:09 hours behind. The first time to be taken seriously was set by the German Patrick Gretsch , who finished with a time of 1:06:41 h. This record lasted almost three hours until the Spaniard Luis León Sánchez drove, who was 38 seconds less on the road. The Slovak Peter Velits was only one second behind Sánchez in the first split and lost another eleven seconds to the finish. A little later, the Australian Richie Porte slipped between Velits and Gretsch.

Last year's tour winner, Cadel Evans , had no chance of winning. He was far behind the best in both intermediate times and finally only finished 52nd. The American Tejay van Garderen was three seconds ahead of the still leading Sánchez in the first split, but lost more than half a minute the rest of the way (although he had overtaken Evans, who started three minutes before him). The Briton Chris Froome started the race second from bottom . He was only four seconds ahead of Sánchez in the second split, but was able to distance the Spaniard by more than half a minute on the last section. As in the first time trial of the 2012 Tour in Besançon , Bradley Wiggins started last and clearly undercut Froome's times again. At the finish he finally had a lead of 76 seconds.

Split times

Mézières-au-Perche meanwhile 1 after 14 km at 150  m 1. Bradley Wiggins (SKY) 16:49 min 2. Chris Froome (SKY) + 0:12 min 3. Tejay van Garderen (BMC) + 0:35 min 4th Luis León Sánchez (RAB) + 0:38 min 5. Peter Velits (OPQ) + 0:39 min 6th Patrick Gretsch (ARG) + 0:41 min 7th Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ) + 0:41 min 8th. Andreas Klöden (RNT) + 0:51 min 9. David Zabriskie (GRM) + 0:53 min 10. Wassil Kiryenka (MOV) + 0:55 min

Bailleau-le-Pin intermediate time 2 after 30.5 km at 171  m 1. Bradley Wiggins (SKY) 36:41 min 2. Chris Froome (SKY) + 0:54 min 3. Luis León Sánchez (RAB) + 0:58 min 4th Patrick Gretsch (ARG) + 1:14 min 5. Peter Velits (OPQ) + 1:16 min 6th Tejay van Garderen (BMC) + 1:22 min 7th Wassil Kiryenka (MOV) + 1:29 min 8th. Richie Porte (SKY) + 1:41 min 9. Matthieu Sprick (ARG) + 1:47 min 10. Pure Taaramäe (COF) + 1:49 min

Scoring

Destination in Chartres after 53.5 km at 151  m
1.		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	20 pts.
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	17 pts.
3.		Luis León Sánchez (RAB)	15 pts.
4th		Peter Velits (OPQ)	13 pts.
5.		Richie Porte (SKY)	11 pts.
6th		Patrick Gretsch (ARG)	10 pts.
7th		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	9 pts.
8th.		Wassil Kiryenka (MOV)	8 pts.
9.		Pure Taaramäe (COF)	7 pts.
10.		Jérémy Roy (FDJ)	6 pts.
11.		David Zabriskie (GRM)	5 pts.
12.		Matthieu Sprick (ARG)	4 pts.
13.		Rubén Plaza (MOV)	3 pts.
14th		Daniel Oss (LIQ)	2 pts.
15th		Anthony Roux (FDJ)	1 point

Web links

Commons : 19th stage of the 2012 Tour de France  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results and ratings of the 19th stage (Tour de France website)
• Race course (see dispatches)