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91st Tour de France - July 3-25, 2004
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Stage 19 - Saturday July 24: Besancon - Besancon ITT, 55 km
This 55 km TT is a long and difficult test over undulating terrain with only 5km of flat. One of the longest in recent memory, Stage 19 is harder than last year's TT in Gaillac. Unless a huge defaillance hits Armstrong on the backroads around Besançon, this stage should be a battle between him and Jan Ullrich. Two podium spots are still up for grabs, as CSC's Ivan Basso hopes to keep his second place spot safe from T-Mobile's onslaught of Andreas Klöden (at 1'02 behind Basso) and Jan Ullrich (at 3'59). The big question for the classy Italian, whose weak spot is long TT's, is if he can hold off Ullrich, who will have to ride the TT course 4.4 seconds faster per kilometre than Basso to steal the final podium spot and sew up Team GC for T-Mobile in Paris.
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Start Times
11:26 Jimmy Casper (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 11:28 Sébastien Joly (Crédit Agricole) 11:30 Frédéric Finot (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 11:32 Matthew Wilson (Fdjeux.com) 11:34 Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 11:36 Francesco Secchiari (Domina Vacanze) 11:38 Wim Vansevenant (Lotto-Domo) 11:40 Servais Knaven (Quick Step-Davitamon) 11:42 Baden Cooke (Fdjeux.com) 11:44 Jimmy Engoulvent (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 11:46 Guillaume Auger (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 11:48 Erik Dekker (Rabobank) 11:50 Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R Prévoyance) 11:52 Marcus Ljungqvist (Alessio-Bianchi) 11:54 Christophe Laurent (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 11:56 Fabio Baldato (Alessio-Bianchi) 11:58 Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) 12:00 Bernhard Eisel (Fdjeux.com) 12:02 Stefano Zanini (Quick Step-Davitamon) 12:04 Gilles Bouvard (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 12:06 Frédéric Guesdon (Fdjeux.com) 12:08 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) 12:10 Pierre Bourquenoud (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 12:12 Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) 12:14 Jan Hruska (Liberty Seguros) 12:16 Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) 12:18 Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Davitamon) 12:20 Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) 12:22 Massimiliano Mori (Domina Vacanze) 12:24 Ludovic Martin (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 12:26 Filippo Pozzato (Fassa Bortolo) 12:28 Marc Wauters (Rabobank) 12:30 Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) 12:32 Filippo Simeoni (Domina Vacanze) 12:34 Bram de Groot (Rabobank) 12:36 Franck Renier (Brioches La Boulangère) 12:38 Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) 12:40 Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) 12:42 Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) 12:44 Martin Elmiger (Phonak Hearing Systems) 12:46 Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo) 12:48 Peter Farazijn (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 12:50 Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) 12:52 David Loosli (Saeco) 12:54 Anthony Charteau (Brioches La Boulangère) 12:56 Thierry Marichal (Lotto-Domo) 12:58 Koos Moerenhout (Lotto-Domo) 13:00 Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R Prévoyance) 13:02 Walter Bénéteau (Brioches La Boulangère) 13:04 Andrea Noè (Alessio-Bianchi) 13:06 Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) 13:08 Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears - Banesto) 13:10 Dariusz Baranowski (Liberty Seguros) 13:12 Scott Sunderland (Alessio-Bianchi) 13:14 Christophe Rinero (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 13:16 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Fassa Bortolo) 13:18 Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 13:20 Nicki Sørensen (Team CSC) 13:22 Mark Scanlon (AG2R Prévoyance) 13:24 Marc Lotz (Rabobank) 13:26 Carlos Dacruz (Fdjeux.com) 13:28 José V. Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears - Banesto) 13:30 Dmitri Fofonov (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 13:32 Christophe Mengin (Fdjeux.com) 13:34 Viatcheslav Ekimov (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 13:36 Benoît Salmon (Crédit Agricole) 13:38 Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak Hearing Systems) 13:40 Bert Grabsch (Phonak Hearing Systems) 13:42 Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) 13:44 Pavel Padrnos (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 13:46 Pierrick Fedrigo (Crédit Agricole) 13:48 Santiago Botero (T-Mobile Team) 13:50 David Etxebarria (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 13:52 Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) 13:54 Isidro Nozal Vega (Liberty Seguros) 13:56 Nicolas Portal (AG2R Prévoyance) 13:58 Sylvain Calzati (R.A.G.T. Semences - MG Rover) 14:00 Rolf Aldag (T-Mobile Team) 14:02 Claus Michael Møller (Alessio-Bianchi) 14:04 Marzio Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) 14:06 Benjamin Noval (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 14:08 Andrea Peron (Team CSC) 14:10 Grischa Niermann (Rabobank) 14:12 Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) 14:14 Laurent Dufaux (Quick Step-Davitamon) 14:16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (AG2R Prévoyance) 14:18 Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 14:20 Erik Zabel (T-Mobile Team) 14:22 Christian Vandevelde (Liberty Seguros) 14:24 Sergei Ivanov (T-Mobile Team) 14:26 Iker Flores (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 14:28 Paolo Bettini (Quick Step-Davitamon) 14:30 Marcos Serrano Rodriguez (Liberty Seguros) 14:32 Jörg Ludewig (Saeco) 14:34 Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) 14:36 José I.Gutierrez Palacios (Illes Balears - Banesto) 14:38 Aitor Osa Eizaguirre (Illes Balears - Banesto) 14:40 Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 14:42 Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile Team) 14:44 Santiago Perez (Phonak Hearing Systems) 14:46 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fdjeux.com) 14:48 Manuel Beltran (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 14:50 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Fassa Bortolo) 14:52 Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano (Liberty Seguros) 14:54 Bobby Julich (Team CSC) 14:56 Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo) 14:58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Saeco) 15:00 Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 15:02 Evgueni Petrov (Saeco) 15:04 Jens Voigt (Team CSC) 15:06 Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) 15:08 Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) 15:10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Quick Step-Davitamon) 15:12 George Hincapie (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 15:14 David Moncoutié (Cofidis - Le Crédit Par Téléphone) 15:16 Santos Gonzalez (Phonak Hearing Systems) 15:18 Michele Scarponi (Domina Vacanze) 15:20 Sylvain Chavanel (Brioches La Boulangère) 15:22 José Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak Hearing Systems) 15:24 Laurent Brochard (AG2R Prévoyance) 15:26 Floyd Landis (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 15:28 Iker Camaño (Euskaltel - Euskadi) 15:30 Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile Team) 15:32 Jérôme Pineau (Brioches La Boulangère) 15:34 Oscar Sevilla (Phonak Hearing Systems) 15:36 Michael Rogers (Quick Step-Davitamon) 15:38 Axel Merckx (Lotto-Domo) 15:41 Stéphane Goubert (AG2R Prévoyance) 15:44 Jose Luis Rubiera (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 15:47 Sandy Casar (Fdjeux.com) 15:50 Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears - Banesto) 15:53 Richard Virenque (Quick Step-Davitamon) 15:56 Thomas Voeckler (Brioches La Boulangère) 15:59 Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) 16:02 Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) 16:05 Christophe Moreau (Crédit Agricole) 16:08 Oscar Pereiro (Phonak Hearing Systems) 16:11 Pietro Caucchioli (Alessio-Bianchi) 16:14 Levi Leipheimer (Rabobank) 16:17 Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) 16:20 Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) 16:23 Francisco Mancebo Pérez (Illes Balears - Banesto) 16:26 Jose Azevedo (US Postal p/b Berry Floor) 16:29 Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) 16:32 Andreas Klöden (T-Mobile Team) 16:35 Ivan Basso (Team CSC) 16:38 Lance Armstrong (US Postal p/b Berry Floor)
