Spaniard Carlos Sastre was poised to win the Tour de France after surprisingly resisting Australia’s Cadel Evans in the 53km time-trial. Spaniard Carlos Sastre was poised to win the Tour de France after surprisingly resisting Australia’s Cadel Evans in the 53km time-trial. Stage 20 from Cerilly to Saint Amand Montrond was won by German Stefan Schumacher. Gerolsteiner’s Schumacher, who also won the first time-trial of the race, clocked a best time of one hour three minutes and 50 seconds to beat Swiss Fabian Cancellara by 21 seconds, with Luxembourg’s Kim Kirchen coming home third.

Lo spagnolo della Csc Sastre difende senza problemi la maglia gialla nella penultima tappa, 53 chilometri a cronometro, e domani sfilerà a Parigi da leader. Sul podio al momento pure l’australiano Cadel Evans e l’austriaco Bernie Kohl. Al tedesco Schumacher il successo di giornata davanti a Cancellara.