TOSATTO WINS STAGE 19

Matteo Tosatto wins stage 19 2006 Tour de France

published 21 July 2006

Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) won the 19th stage of the Tour from Morzine to Macon on Friday, out sprinting fellow Italian Cristian Moreni (Cofidis) and Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner) after they jumped away from the remains of the decisive 15-rider break of the day 15km from Macon.

Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) finished safely in the peloton and so retained the overall race lead before Saturday's decisive 57km time trial. He still leads Carlos Sastre (CSC) by 12 seconds, with Floyd Landis (Phonak) third at 30 seconds.

As expected the stage was chracterised by breakaway attempts as the overal contenders saved their energy for Saturday's time trial. David Millar (Sauner Duval) was part of a move after four kilometre with Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) and Benoit Vaugrenard (Francaise des Jeux). They got a 1-20 gap and made it to the first sprint but were then quickly pulled them back. The 15 rider-move went 12km later and this time the bunch let them go. Leipheimer an attack but he was pulled back with 20km to go and then Tosatto, Moreni and Scholz shot clear.

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TOSATTO WINS STAGE 19

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