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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 20 - Saturday, July 23: Saint-Etienne - Saint-Etienne ITT, 55 km
The showdown! All things being equal (and even with a few inequalitites) the individual time trial should provide a great spectacle at the end of a gruelling three weeks - Armstrong thrives in this race against the clock, and his dominance is well documented. But if we have a situation like 2003, this could be the clincher for the leader going into the stage, or it could provide the challenger with a whisker of hope. Here's hoping the weather stays fine and we get Ullrich out firing and witness Basso's improvement in time trialling, which has also been well-documented. The distance suits Armstrong, but the undulating terrain suits Ullrich's ability to push the big gears and power along. A surprise may be in the works, but chances are it'll come down to these two, regardless of where they are on GC - but it's also likely they'll both be at the pointy end of the field.
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Start order
10:55 Iker Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 10:57 Wim Vansevenant (Davitamon-Lotto) 10:59 Janek Tombak (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 11:01 Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) 11:03 Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner) 11:05 Daniel Becke (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 11:07 Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 11:09 Rafael Nuritdinov (Domina Vacanze) 11:11 Jose Vicente García Acosta (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 11:13 Michael Albasini (Liquigas-Bianchi) 11:15 Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) 11:17 Kjell Carlström (Liquigas-Bianchi) 11:19 Marc Wauters (Rabobank) 11:21 Mauro Facci (Fassa Bortolo) 11:23 Baden Cooke (Française Des Jeux) 11:25 Johan Vansummeren (Davitamon-Lotto) 11:27 Bernhard Eisel (Française Des Jeux) 11:29 Guido Trenti (Quick.Step) 11:31 Mauro Gerosa (Liquigas-Bianchi) 11:33 Nicolas Jalabert (Phonak Hearing Systems) 11:35 Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) 11:37 Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) 11:39 Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner) 11:41 Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) 11:43 Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) 11:45 Alessandro Vanotti (Domina Vacanze) 11:47 Manuel Quinziato (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 11:49 Frédéric Bessy (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 11:51 Thierry Marichal (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 11:53 Marcus Ljungqvist (Liquigas-Bianchi) 11:55 Simon Gerrans (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 11:57 Laszlo Bodrogi (Credit Agricole) 11:59 Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) 12:01 Stéphane Augé (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 12:03 Inaki Isasi (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 12:05 Matthew White (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 12:07 Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) 12:09 Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) 12:11 Giovanni Lombardi (Team CSC) 12:13 Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) 12:15 Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) 12:17 Samuel Dumoulin (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 12:19 Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) 12:21 Alessandro Bertolini (Domina Vacanze) 12:23 Luis León Sanchez (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 12:25 Erik Dekker (Rabobank) 12:27 Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) 12:29 Daniele Righi (Lampre-Caffita) 12:31 Benjamin Noval (Discovery Channel) 12:33 Luke Roberts (Team CSC) 12:35 Bradley McGee (Française Des Jeux) 12:37 Bert Grabsch (Phonak Hearing Systems) 12:39 Sébastien Joly (Credit Agricole) 12:41 Volodimir Gustov (Fassa Bortolo) 12:43 Alessandro Cortinovis (Domina Vacanze) 12:45 Pavel Padrnos (Discovery Channel) 12:47 Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) 12:49 David Loosli (Lampre-Caffita) 12:51 Salvatore Commesso (Lampre-Caffita) 12:53 Ludovic Turpin (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 12:55 Inigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 12:57 Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 12:59 Beat Zberg (Gerolsteiner) 13:01 Francis Mourey (Française Des Jeux) 13:03 Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) 13:05 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 13:07 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Team CSC) 13:09 Nicolas Portal (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 13:11 Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) 13:13 Denis Menchov (Rabobank) 13:15 Stephan Schreck (T-Mobile Team) 13:17 Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 13:19 Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile Team) 13:21 Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Caffita) 13:23 Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) 13:25 Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom) 13:27 Andrei Grivko (Domina Vacanze) 13:29 Massimo Giunti (Fassa Bortolo) 13:31 Joseba Beloki (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 13:33 Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 13:35 Carlos Da Cruz (Française Des Jeux) 13:37 Pieter Weening (Rabobank) 13:39 José Luis Arrieta (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 13:41 Iker Camano (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 13:43 Nicki Sörensen (Team CSC) 13:45 Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) 13:47 Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) 13:49 Juan Manuel Garate (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 13:51 Walter Bénéteau (Bouygues Telecom) 13:53 Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) 13:55 David Moncoutié (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 13:57 Thomas Lövkvist (Française Des Jeux) 13:59 Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 14:01 Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) 14:03 David Canada (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 14:05 Patrik Sinkewitz (Quick.Step) 14:07 Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 14:09 Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 14:11 Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile Team) 14:13 Dario Cioni (Liquigas-Bianchi) 14:15 Daniele Nardello (T-Mobile Team) 14:17 Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto) 14:19 David Arroyo (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 14:21 Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) 14:23 Santiago Botero (Phonak Hearing Systems) 14:25 Vladimir Karpets (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 14:27 Jose Enrique Gutierrez (Phonak Hearing Systems) 14:29 Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 14:31 Pierrick Fédrigo (Bouygues Telecom) 14:33 Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) 14:35 Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 14:37 Cédric Vasseur (Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 14:39 Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Telecom) 14:41 Michael Rogers (Quick.Step) 14:43 Alexandre Moos (Phonak Hearing Systems) 14:45 Marcos Serrano (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 14:47 Axel Merckx (Davitamon-Lotto) 14:49 Maxim Iglinski (Domina Vacanze) 14:51 Jörg Ludewig (Domina Vacanze) 14:53 Pietro Caucchioli (Credit Agricole) 14:55 Jose Luis Rubiera (Discovery Channel) 14:57 Chris Horner (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 14:59 Stéphane Goubert (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 15:01 Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) 15:03 Alberto Contador (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 15:05 Jose Azevedo (Discovery Channel) 15:07 Sandy Casar (Française Des Jeux) 15:09 Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) 15:11 Mikel Astarloza (Ag2r-Prevoyance) 15:13 Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) 15:15 Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) 15:17 Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) 15:19 Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) 15:21 Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 15:23 Giuseppe Guerini (T-Mobile Team) 15:25 Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir) 15:28 Andrei Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) 15:31 Bobby Julich (Team CSC) 15:34 George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) 15:37 Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros-Würth) 15:40 Oscar Sevilla (T-Mobile Team) 15:43 Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 15:46 Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) 15:49 Eddy Mazzoleni (Lampre-Caffita) 15:52 Christophe Moreau (Credit Agricole) 15:55 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Phonak Hearing Systems) 15:58 Floyd Landis (Phonak Hearing Systems) 16:01 Alexandre Vinokourov (T-Mobile Team) 16:04 Cadel Evans (Davitamon-Lotto) 16:07 Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) 16:10 Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne) 16:13 Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team) 16:16 Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) 16:19 Ivan Basso (Team CSC) 16:22 Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
