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<blockquote data-quote="mhku" data-source="post: 621599" data-attributes="member: 190842">Stage 18 in ANNECY (40.5 km) - time trial40km riding around a lake as quick as you can- sounds easy. Cancellara gave another great time trial performance to set the time beat and held 1st place until the last rider crossed the line. That rider was Alberto Contador and he beat Cancellara's time by 3 seconds, showing he can perform in the mountains and in time trials- perhaps the yellow jersey gave him some added impetus to do well.As predicted there has been a change to the GC standings although Bradley Wiggins did not do as well as predicted, finishing in 6th and Armstrong finished in 16th place 1'30&quot; behind Contador. It's looking very likely that Contador will keep the yellow jersey all the way to Paris although Mont Ventoux on Saturday will have to be completed first.Stage 18 results:1.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; CONTADOR Alberto&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 21&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ASTANA&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 00:48:31&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 2.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; CANCELLARA Fabian&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 33&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TEAM SAXO BANK&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:48:34&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:033.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; IGNATIEV Mikhail&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 164&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TEAM KATUSHA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:48:46&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:154.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; LARSSON Gustav&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 34&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; TEAM SAXO BANK&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:03&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:335.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; MILLAR David&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 56&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:11&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:416.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; WIGGINS Bradley&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 58&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:13&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:437.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; SANCHEZ Luis-Leon&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 118&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; CAISSE D’EPARGNE&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:14&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:448.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; MOREAU Christophe&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 171&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AGRITUBEL&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:16&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:459.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; KLÖDEN Andréas&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 23&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ASTANA&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:24&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:00:5410.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; ZABRISKIE David&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 59&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:49:32&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 00:01:02All of today's results can be viewed at letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/us/1800/classement/index.htmlOverall Standings:# 1.CONTADOR A. AST 73h 15' 39&quot;# 2.SCHLECK A. SAX 04' 11&quot;# 3.ARMSTRONG L. AST 05' 25&quot;# 4.WIGGINS B. GRM 05' 36&quot;# 5.KLÖDEN A. AST 05' 38&quot;# 6.SCHLECK F. SAX 05' 59&quot;# 7.NIBALI V. LIQ 07' 15&quot;# 8.VANDE VELDE C. GRM 10' 08&quot;# 9.ASTARLOZA M. EUS 12' 38&quot;# 10.LE MEVEL C. FDJ 12' 41Tomorrow is stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu&nbsp; Aubenas 178 km and has a category climb towards the end of the stage followed by a downhill finish into Aubenas. The big guns will probably be saving their energy for Saturday's stage so breakaways from riders lower down the classement are very likely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mhku, post: 621599, member: 190842"] [B]Stage 18 in ANNECY (40.5 km) - time trial[/B] 40km riding around a lake as quick as you can- sounds easy. Cancellara gave another great time trial performance to set the time beat and held 1st place until the last rider crossed the line. That rider was Alberto Contador and he beat Cancellara's time by 3 seconds, showing he can perform in the mountains and in time trials- perhaps the yellow jersey gave him some added impetus to do well. As predicted there has been a change to the GC standings although Bradley Wiggins did not do as well as predicted, finishing in 6th and Armstrong finished in 16th place 1'30" behind Contador. It's looking very likely that Contador will keep the yellow jersey all the way to Paris although Mont Ventoux on Saturday will have to be completed first. [B]Stage 18 results:[/B] 1. CONTADOR Alberto 21 ASTANA 00:48:31 2. CANCELLARA Fabian 33 TEAM SAXO BANK 00:48:34 00:00:03 3. IGNATIEV Mikhail 164 TEAM KATUSHA 00:48:46 00:00:15 4. LARSSON Gustav 34 TEAM SAXO BANK 00:49:03 00:00:33 5. MILLAR David 56 GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 00:49:11 00:00:41 6. WIGGINS Bradley 58 GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 00:49:13 00:00:43 7. SANCHEZ Luis-Leon 118 CAISSE D’EPARGNE 00:49:14 00:00:44 8. MOREAU Christophe 171 AGRITUBEL 00:49:16 00:00:45 9. KLÖDEN Andréas 23 ASTANA 00:49:24 00:00:54 10. ZABRISKIE David 59 GARMIN - SLIPSTREAM 00:49:32 00:01:02 All of today's results can be viewed at letour.fr/2009/TDF/LIVE/us/1800/classement/index.html [B]Overall Standings:[/B] # 1.CONTADOR A. AST 73h 15' 39" # 2.SCHLECK A. SAX 04' 11" # 3.ARMSTRONG L. AST 05' 25" # 4.WIGGINS B. GRM 05' 36" # 5.KLÖDEN A. AST 05' 38" # 6.SCHLECK F. SAX 05' 59" # 7.NIBALI V. LIQ 07' 15" # 8.VANDE VELDE C. GRM 10' 08" # 9.ASTARLOZA M. EUS 12' 38" # 10.LE MEVEL C. FDJ 12' 41 Tomorrow is stage 19 - Bourgoin-Jallieu Aubenas 178 km and has a category climb towards the end of the stage followed by a downhill finish into Aubenas. The big guns will probably be saving their energy for Saturday's stage so breakaways from riders lower down the classement are very likely. [/QUOTE]

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