stage 4The 2009 Tour de France Stage 4 results are in and our American readers will be very happy with this news. Lance Armstrong has moved to second place overall by virtue of his team, Astana’s, great performance in this stage.

It was team time trial around Montpellier with the cyclists pedalling their way around a 39 kilometer course. Emerging victorious at this Stage was Team Astana. Second place went to Team Garmin-Slipstream while Fabian Cancellara’s Team Saxo Bank came in third.

In the overall Tour de France 2009 standings after four stages, Fabian Cancellara is still leading the pack with a combined time of 10:38:07. Now in second place is Lance Armstrong while teammate Alberto Contador is is third. Watch out for the next stage as the race heats up. Will Lance be in first place after Stage 5?

Tour de France 2009 overall standings
Tour de France 2009 TV schedule / TV coverage
Tour de France 2009 route map, stages and schedule

Rank Dossard Name Country Team Time Gap
1 033 Fabian CANCELLARA SUI SAX 10h38′07” 00”
2 022 Lance ARMSTRONG USA AST 10h38′07” 00”
3 021 Alberto CONTADOR ESP AST 10h38′26” 19”
4 023 Andréas KLÖDEN GER AST 10h38′30” 23”
5 024 Levi LEIPHEIMER USA AST 10h38′38” 31”
6 058 Bradley WIGGINS GBR GRM 10h38′45” 38”
7 029 Haimar ZUBELDIA ESP AST 10h38′58” 51”
8 076 Tony MARTIN GER THR 10h38′59” 52”
9 059 David ZABRISKIE USA GRM 10h39′13” 1′06”
10 056 David MILLAR GBR GRM 10h39′14” 1′07”
11 026 Sergio PAULINHO POR AST 10h39′23” 1′16”
12 051 Christian VANDE VELDE USA GRM 10h39′23” 1′16”
13 034 Gustav LARSSON SWE SAX 10h39′29” 1′22”
14 077 Maxime MONFORT BEL THR 10h39′36” 1′29”
15 093 Roman KREUZIGER CZE LIQ 10h39′38” 1′31”
16 079 Michael ROGERS AUS THR 10h39′39” 1′32”
17 074 George HINCAPIE USA THR 10h39′43” 1′36”
18 027 Yaroslav POPOVYCH UKR AST 10h39′43” 1′36”
19 095 Vincenzo NIBALI ITA LIQ 10h39′43” 1′36”
20 031 Andy SCHLECK LUX SAX 10h39′48” 1′41”
21 054 Ryder HESJEDAL CAN GRM 10h39′53” 1′46”
22 039 Jens VOIGT GER SAX 10h40′10” 2′03”
23 032 Kurt-Asle ARVESEN NOR SAX 10h40′12” 2′05”
24 075 Kim KIRCHEN LUX THR 10h40′23” 2′16”

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