Jodie is the current Victorian Vets Criterium and Road champion in her age group. She has been racing for several years now and likes any event that involves sprinting and not too many hills. She initially used cycling as an important part of her rehabilitation from a mountaineering accident in New Zealand. She then got into racing as a replacement for martial arts in which she represented Australia and won Gold, Silver & Bronze medals in the Martial Arts World Games in 2000. 95th Tour de France
Location: France
UCI Classification: Grand Tour
Dates: 5-27 July, 2008
Starting field: 180 riders, 20 teams
Stage 20 - Saturday, July 26: Cérilly - Saint Amand Montrond (ITT), 53km
Carlos Sastre from Team CSC rode one of his best time trials to keep Cadel within the 94 sec gap with which they started the stage. Stefan Schumacher from Gerolsteiner won the time trial. Cadel finished in 7th place, 2'05 behind Schumacher and 0'29 ahead of Sastre in 12th place. Sastre will be wearing the yellow jersey on the ride to Paris tomorrow. Frank Schlek's time dropped him out of the top 5. Cadel finished better than Bernhard Kohl from Gerolsteiner to move up to second place overall. A full report is here.
Photo of Cadel:
Main results:
1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.03.50 (49.817 km/h)
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.21
3 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia 1.01
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 1.05
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6 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.55
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2.05
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9 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 2.21
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12 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.34
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(145 riders started and finished)
Main GC results after stage 20:
1 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 84.01.00
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1.05
3 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 1.20
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2.00
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30 3.12
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Next Stage
Stage 21: Étampes - Paris/Champs Élysées, 143km. The final stage into Paris is not likely to see any changes in the overall standings. Profile.
Reproduced with permission from Geoff Schmidt who is unashamedly biased towards following Cadel Evans.