Tour de France Stage 20 LIVE

Submitted by admin on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 20:40

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2009 Tour de France, Stage 20: Chris Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank) on Mont Ventoux.
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2009 Tour de France: George Hincapie (Columbia-HTC) hugs teammate
Mark Cavendish after Cav's victory in Stage 19.
photo Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com

2009 Tour de France: Cavendish gets his 5th stage win of the race.
photo Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com

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- Sunday's Tour de France Stage 21 departs Montereau-Fault-Yonne at 13:20 CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Paris Champs-Élysées between 17:24 and 17:49 CET (11:24am and 11:49am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus TV is scheduled to begin at 7:30am U.S. Eastern (7:30am U.S. Eastern as well for the Versus live streaming).

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- On now: Tour de France pre-Ventoux coverage on Eurosport here and here.

- Stage is underway and tickers are live.

- Broadcaster Phil Liggett has reported the following via Twitter: "Oh Boy - the wind on top of Ventoux is gale force and the big trucks have had to go back down."

- Next update before live television coverage begins.

Tour de France Stage 20 Profile

- Tour de France Stage 20 departs Montélimar at 11:40 CET (5:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the top of Mont Ventoux between 16:01 and 16:28 CET (10:01am and 10:28am U.S. Eastern). Tour de France live coverage on Versus TV is scheduled to begin at 7:00am U.S. Eastern (7:40am U.S. Eastern for the Versus live streaming). Live coverage on Eurosport is scheduled to begin at 13:30 CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern).

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- Welcome to our live coverage guide for the 2009 Tour de France.