2011 Tour de France Standings, Results And News After Stage 20

With a strong performance in Saturday’s time trial, Cadel Evans assumed the yellow jersey ahead of the ride into Paris and, barring something spectacularly unprecedented, will win the 2011 Tour de France. Evans made up nearly a minute in the overall classification and then some, taking a 1:34 lead over Andy Schleck and 2:30 over his brother Frank Schleck. Heading into the time trial, Andy Schleck had 57 second lead over Evans, but saw it all evaporate with a poor performance.

Alberto Contador gave it a go on Saturday in an effort to climb onto the podium, but fell just short. He’ll ride into Paris in fifth place in the general classification. Thomas Voeckler’s surprising resilience, and lengthy time in yellow, nearly paid off with a podium, as well, though he will finish in fourth-place this year. Voeckler faded late, as expected, but is just 3:20 behind Evans.

Here is the top-5 in the general classification ahead of Sunday’s final stage.

In the sprint standings, Mark Cavendish holds a 15 point lead over Jose Joaquin Rojas ahead of Sunday’s ride through the streets of Paris.

And in the team standings, Garmin-Cervelo has put together quite the ride, leading the field by some 11 minutes in the standings.

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