The 2011 Tour de France has one final stage remaining on Sunday, but all was likely settled after Saturday’s Stage 20 individual time trial. Tony Martin won the stage, but Cadel Evans finished in second to take a healthy lead over Andy Schleck for the yellow jersey.
2011 Tour de France Standings Update, Stage 20
Barring any extraordinary events on the ride into Paris on Sunday, Evans will become the first Australian cyclists to win the general classification portion of the race. The Schleck Bros. provided a tough challenger, but they will ultimately come up just behind Evans. Thomas Voeckler wore the yellow jersey for several days, but the last few mountains stages saw him lose that. Alberto Contador, the winner of the previous two races, jumped near the top of the leaderboard and will likely finish in fifth.
EVANS Cadel
SCHLECK Andy
VOECKLER Thomas
CONTADOR AlbertoMark Cavendish retained the green jersey following Saturday’s stage, but there are still points to be won on Sunday. Cavendish will not want any slip ups as he enters Paris.
CAVENDISH Mark
GILBERT Philippe
HUSHOVD ThorThe King of the Mountains, the red polka dot jersey, is already settled as there are no more climbs. Samuel Sanchez is the King of the Mountains.
Pierre Rolland is in place to win the best youth rider, but he has just a 46 second lead over Rein Taaramae. Team Garmin-Cervelo holds the overall team lead and will likely retain that as well:
| 1. | TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO | 250h 57' 43" | |
| 2. | TEAM LEOPARD-TREK | 251h 08' 47" | + 11' 04" |
| 3. | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 251h 09' 03" | + 11' 20" |
| 4. | TEAM EUROPCAR | 251h 39' 36" | + 41' 53" |
| 5. | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | 251h 49' 43" | + 52' 00" |
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