‘In the (Time) Zone'
David Olle, France, +33 66 16 909 87

Tour de France, July 3 - 25, 2010, Report Stage 19
Stage 19    Saturday, July 24    51 km     Bordeaux → Pauillac
Results
1      Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank      1:00:56      
2     Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia     0:00:17     
3     Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia     0:01:48

General classification after stage 19    
1      Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana      89:16:27      
2     Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank     0:00:39     
3     Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank     0:02:01     
4     Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi     0:03:40     

General report
AC bested AS in the ITT, while Fabian Cancellara took the win.  
For anyone interested in what would happen with two riders tied on the same winning time, at the end of a tour.....the fractions of seconds from the Individual time trials, including the prologue, are counted.  Don't ask what happens if they are still tied after that....!

Photos of this morning's ride here:  http://www.twitpic.com/2872kf, http://www.twitpic.com/2874vl, http://www.twitpic.com/2890e9, and this one from last week, on the way to Revel:  http://www.twitpic.com/2893vz,

Skippy report:  Cav dedicated yesterday's win to Mark Renshaw, good on him.  (and Robbie took another 4th)

Cuisine report:  Last night's entrée was a Smoked duck salad, with a fried quail egg on top....not bad, but did not equal the night we scored a half quail entrée followed by Magret de Canard.

Tomorrow:  Stage 20    Sunday, July 25    105 km     Longjumeau → Champs-Elysées
Only the final stage in Paris remains, and the tour circus rides France's high-speed rail system to the northern city.  The Tour follows tradition, and the final stage finishes with a circuit on the Champs Elysées, a tantalizing prize for the sprinters. With this year's mountainous course, the final sprint victory will not come easily.  (from steephill.tv)