Stage 19 - Adam Hansen

Analysis by Hunter Allen
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Stage 19 - Friday, July 25: Roanne - Montlu.on, 165.5km

The Tour heads back into the centre of the country almost to where it was two weeks ago as the peloton makes its weary way towards Paris. The profile is almost as rolling as yesterday's, beginning with a third and a fourth category climb inside the first 42 kilometres. The mid-section is fairly flat, but then the final 50 kilometres become much lumpier, although there are no classified climbs in this part.

Today is more suited to the sprinters than yesterday, but with a potentially decisive time trial tomorrow the overall contenders may not want a hard day and so a breakaway might succeed.

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Cr.dit par T.l.phone 3.37.09 (45.73 km/h)

2 J.r.my Roy (Fra) Fran.aise des Jeux

3 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia 1.13

4 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram

5 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner

62 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia 1:13

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