Tour de France at a Glance
Published 5:00 am Monday, July 26, 2010
- Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, right, and Andy Schleck stand on the podium.
PARIS — A brief look at Sunday’s 20th stage of the Tour de France:
Stage: The 20th stage was a largely ceremonial 63.7-mile ride from Longjumeau to the Champs-Elysees in Paris
Winner: Mark Cavendish of Britain easily gained his fifth stage win of this year’s race — the 15th in his career — in a sprint ahead of Alessandro Petacchi of Italy and Julian Dean of New Zealand.
Yellow Jersey: Alberto Contador of Spain won his third Tour by keeping the yellow jersey. He finished ahead of Andy Schleck of Luxembourg for the second straight year. Schleck trailed the Spaniard by 39 seconds while Denis Menchov of Russia finished third overall, 2:01 back.
Horner watch: Bend’s Chris Horner finished the stage in 45th place, in the same time as the leaders. He finished in 10th overall.
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— The Associated Press