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Stefan Schumacher wins the Time Trial and takes Yellow!
posted by id* at 09:54 PM on July 09, 2008
Racing with motivation and urgency unexpected by his competitors Germany's Stefan Schumacher took over the lead of the Tour de France today with a command performance in the stage four Individual Time Trial.
The Gerolsteiner rider posted the fastest time at each of the checkpoints en route to a 35:44 time in the 29.5km individual TT. He finished 18 seconds up on surprising second place finisher Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia and David Millar of Garmin-Chipotle.
When asked about his ambitions to keep the jersey Schumacher says:
"I will give all to defend the jersey," he said. "When I was up there on the podium to receive the maillot jaune, my hair was standing on end. I felt good on the bike today and because the distance wasn’t so long, I was able to maintain a good rhythm throughout the course. Tomorrow is a stage for the sprinters, so I will try to defend the jersey at Super-Besse. I’m not climber, but that climb to Super-Besse is one that suits my characteristics."
Congratulations to Stefan for a fantastic finish and we'll look for him tomorrow in yellow on his Specialized Tarmac SL2!
Stage 4 Results
1. Stefan Schumacher GEROLSTEINER in 35:44
2. Kim Kirchen TEAM COLUMBIA in 36:02 + 00' 18"
3. David Millar GARMIN CHIPOTLE in 36:02 + 00' 18"
4. Cadel Evans SILENCE - LOTTO in 36:11 at 00:27
5. Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC SAXO BANK in 36:17 at 00:33
6. Denis Menchov RABOBANK in 36:18 at 00:34
7. Jens Voigt TEAM CSC SAXO BANK in 36:19 at 00:35
8. Christian Vandevelde GARMIN CHIPOTLE in 36:21 at 00:37
9. George Hincapie TEAM COLUMBIA in 36:25 at 00:41
10. Vincenzo Nibali LIQUIGAS in 36:31 at 00:47
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