Tour de France: Levi Leipheimer wins stage 19
{{date|July 28, 2007}}__noTOC__
{{Tour de France 2007}}[[Image:Tour de france 2005 20th stage 06.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Levi Leipheimer at the [[w:2005 Tour de France|2005 Tour de France]]. {{Image source|Mishmosh}}]]
[[w:Levi Leipheimer|Levi Leipheimer]] of [[United States]] has won stage 19 of the [[w:2007 Tour de France|2007 Tour de France]] in a time of 1h 2' 44".

"I feel this is maybe the best day of my life," said Leipheimer. "It's my first Tour de France stage win and after this I think I deserve to stand on the podium in Paris."

[[w:Alberto Contador|Alberto Contador]] of [[Spain]] keeps the [[w:Yellow jersey|yellow jersey]]. He is now only 23 seconds ahead of [[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]], who took second place in this 55.5 [[w:Kilometre|km]] individual time trial stage.

Leipheimer is in third overall, only 31 seconds behind Contador and 8 seconds behind Evans. When were the top three this close heading into the final stage? As close as it is, there will probably be no change at the top tomorrow.

"I've done all I could," said Evans. "I lost 55 seconds in the ascent of the Col de Peyresourde - that is where I lost the Tour," he added, recalling stage 15.

"I'm not going to attack Cadel on Sunday. He's a better sprinter anyway." said Leipheimer, who seems to enjoy that his team [[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling]] has almost certainly won, not only the yellow jersey for Contador, but also the team classification where they hold a massive advantage. "We've won this Tour and have two stage wins," he said.

==Stage 19 result==

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|'''[[w:Levi Leipheimer|Levi Leipheimer]]'''
|'''[[w:Discovery Channel|Discovery Channel]]'''
|align=right|    '''1h 02' 44"'''
|-
|2
|[[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]]
|[[w:Predictor-Lotto|Predictor-Lotto]]
|align=right| +51"
|-
|3
|[[w:Vladimir Karpets|Vladimir Karpets]]
|[[w:Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne]]
|align=right| +1' 56"
|-
|4 
|[[w:Yaroslav Popovych|Yaroslav Popovych]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel|Discovery Channel]]
|align=right| +2' 01"
|-bgcolor=limegreen
|5
|[[w:Alberto Contador|Alberto Contador]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel|Discovery Channel]]
|align=right| +2' 18"
|-
|6
|[[w:José Ivan Gutierrez|José Ivan Gutierrez]]
|[[w:Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne]]
|align=right| +2' 27"
|-
|7
|[[w:George Hincapie|George Hincapie]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel|Discovery Channel]]
|align=right| +2' 33"
|-
|8 
|[[w:Oscar Pereiro Sio|Oscar Pereiro Sio]]
|[[w:Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne]]
|align=right| +2' 36"
|-
|9
|[[w:Leif Hoste|Leif Hoste]]
|[[w:Predictor-Lotto|Predictor-Lotto]]
|align=right| +2' 48"
|-
|10
|[[w:Mikel Astarloza|Mikel Astarloza]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +2' 50"
|}

==[[w:Yellow jersey|General classification]] after stage 19==

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time
|- bgcolor=yellow
|'''1'''
|'''[[w:Alberto Contador|Alberto Contador]]'''
|'''[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]'''
|align=right|    '''87h 09' 18"'''
|- 
|2
|[[w:Cadel Evans|Cadel Evans]]
|[[w:Predictor-Lotto|Predictor-Lotto]]
|align=right| +23"
|-
|3
|[[w:Levi Leipheimer|Levi Leipheimer]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +31"
|-
|4
|[[w:Carlos Sastre|Carlos Sastre]]
|[[w:Team CSC|Team CSC]]
|align=right| +7' 08"
|-
|5
|[[w:Haimar Zubeldia|Haimar Zubeldia]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +8' 17"
|-
|6
|[[w:Alejandro Valverde|Alejandro Valverde]]
|[[w:Caisse d'Epargne|Caisse d'Epargne]]
|align=right| +11' 37"
|-
|7
|[[w:Kim Kirchen|Kim Kirchen]]
|[[w:T-Mobile Team|T-Mobile Team]]
|align=right| +12' 18"
|-
|8
|[[w:Yaroslav Popovych|Yaroslav Popovych]]
|[[w:Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team|Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| +12' 30"
|-bgcolor=pink 
|9
|[[w:Mikel Astarloza|Mikel Astarloza]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +14' 14"
|-
|10
|[[w:Oscar Pereiro|Oscar Pereiro]]
|[[w:Euskaltel-Euskadi|Euskaltel-Euskadi]]
|align=right| +14' 25"
|}

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6920293.stm
|title=Contador keeps Tour rivals at bay 
|author=
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 28, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/6920152.stm
|title=Stage nineteen - as it happened
|author=John Sinnot
|pub=BBC Sport
|date=July 28, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://www.letour.fr/2007/TDF/LIVE/us/1900/index.html
|title=stage 19 - Cognac - Angoulême 55.5 km
|author=
|pub=Tour de France
|date=July 28, 2007}}

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2005 Tour de France. 
Levi Leipheimer of United States has won stage 19 of the 2007 Tour de France in a time of 1h 2' 44".

"I feel this is maybe the best day of my life," said Leipheimer. "It's my first Tour de France stage win and after this I think I deserve to stand on the podium in Paris."

Alberto Contador of Spain keeps the yellow jersey. He is now only 23 seconds ahead of Cadel Evans, who took second place in this 55.5 km individual time trial stage.

Leipheimer is in third overall, only 31 seconds behind Contador and 8 seconds behind Evans. When were the top three this close heading into the final stage? As close as it is, there will probably be no change at the top tomorrow.

"I've done all I could," said Evans. "I lost 55 seconds in the ascent of the Col de Peyresourde - that is where I lost the Tour," he added, recalling stage 15.

"I'm not going to attack Cadel on Sunday. He's a better sprinter anyway." said Leipheimer, who seems to enjoy that his team Discovery Channel Pro Cycling has almost certainly won, not only the yellow jersey for Contador, but also the team classification where they hold a massive advantage. "We've won this Tour and have two stage wins," he said.
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