Tour de France 2009 Stage 11 results | Armstrong in Stage 11?

We’re halfway there but the Tour de France 2009 drama is yet to unfold. Stage 11 may change that. A flat course of 192 kilometers from Vatan to Saint-Fargeau, this part of the race is where the best of the best and those with an eye for the championship start making their move. This may be the best stage to mount a challenge for the lead as the next few legs of Tour de France 2009 will be be climbing runs again.

Will we see Lance Armstrong making his bid for the lead this time? He and teammate Alberto Contador are merely separated by two seconds
and with a rivalry brewing, this may spur the two to push it further in this stage. Let’s wait for the results and see.

For now, here are a few tidbits about the start and finish venues of Tour de France 2009’s Stage 11. Vatan is a small town with a little over 2 000 inhabitants, situated in the Champagne Berry region, in between Vierzon and Châteauroux, is part of the Indre Department. Saint-Fargeau, on the other hand, is a historical town with its 12th century castle, home to numerous famous historical figures: Jacques Cœur, the Duchess of Montpensier, also known as La Grande Mademoiselle, first cousin of Louis the Fourteenth, Louis Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, a famous member of the Conventional National Assembly assassinated in 1793 for having voted the death of Louis the Sixteenth, and the contemporary novelist Jean d’Ormesson.

Please check back later to find out who has won Stage 11 of the 2009 Tour de France, and if there has been a shake up in the overall standings. See you then.

Update: The results are in and winning Stage 11 is Mark Cavendish of Great Britain (again!). He finished with a time of 4h 46′ 43″ while Tyler Farrar of the United States and Yauheni Hutarovich of Belarus took second and third, respectively.

The overall standings remain unchanged with Rinaldo Nocentini, Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong still in the first, second and third spots overall, respectively.

Rank	Dossard	Name	Country	Team	Time	Gap
1	071	Mark CAVENDISH		THR	4h17′55”	00”
2	053	Tyler FARRAR		GRM	4h17′55”	00”
3	104	Yauheni HUTAROVICH		FDJ	4h17′55”	00”
4	044	Oscar FREIRE		RAB	4h17′55”	00”
5	006	Thor HUSHOVD		CTT	4h17′55”	00”
6	124	Leonardo DUQUE		COF	4h17′55”	00”
7	182	Gerald CIOLEK		MRM	4h17′55”	00”
8	086	Lloyd MONDORY		ALM	4h17′55”	00”
9	143	William BONNET		BBO	4h17′55”	00”
10	168	Nicolaï TRUSSOV		KAT	4h17′55”	00”
11	132	Marco BANDIERA		LAM	4h17′55”	00”
12	165	Serguei IVANOV		KAT	4h17′55”	00”
13	117	Jose Joaquin ROJAS		GCE	4h17′55”	00”
14	092	Daniele BENNATI		LIQ	4h17′55”	00”
15	199	Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL		SKS	4h17′55”	00”
16	153	Tom BOONEN		QST	4h17′55”	00”
17	023	Andréas KLÖDEN		AST	4h17′55”	00”
18	191	Cyril LEMOINE		SKS	4h17′55”	00”
19	167	Filippo POZZATO		KAT	4h17′55”	00”
20	134	Angelo FURLAN		LAM	4h17′55”	00”
21	107	Jérémy ROY		FDJ	4h17′55”	00”
22	067	Ruben PEREZ MORENO		EUS	4h17′55”	00”
23	137	Mauro SANTAMBROGIO		LAM	4h17′55”	00”
24	175	Romain FEILLU		AGR	4h17′55”	00”
25	131	Alessandro BALLAN		LAM	4h17′55”	00”
26	114	Arnaud COYOT		GCE	4h17′55”	00”
27	192	Fumiyuki BEPPU		SKS	4h17′55”	00”
28	193	Koen DE KORT		SKS	4h17′55”	00”
29	174	Brice FEILLU		AGR	4h17′55”	00”
30	162	Alexandre BOTCHAROV		KAT	4h17′55”	00”
31	095	Vincenzo NIBALI		LIQ	4h17′55”	00”
32	142	Yukiya ARASHIRO		BBO	4h17′55”	00”
33	161	Vladimir KARPETS		KAT	4h17′55”	00”
34	087	Rinaldo NOCENTINI		ALM	4h17′55”	00”
35	013	Sebastian LANG		SIL	4h17′55”	00”
36	008	Brett Daniel LANCASTER		CTT	4h17′55”	00”
37	154	Steven DE JONGH	idth="16" height="11" />	QST	4h17′55”	00”
38	058	Bradley WIGGINS		GRM	4h17′55”	00”
39	061	Mikel ASTARLOZA		EUS	4h17′55”	00”
40	016	Greg VAN AVERMAET		SIL	4h17′55”	00”

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