Of all days for us to skip some coverage (at least it’s because we were out riding all day!), yesterday’s Stage 15 of the Tour de France showed why Contador was initially designated as the team leader for Astana.  Upon hitting the final climb up Verbier in Switzerland for the mountain top finish, he simply put the hammer down and showed the peloton who’s boss.
At the end of the day, Contador jumped into Yellow by 1:37 over Armstrong.  Nocentini put forth a solid effort, but ended up more than 2 minutes down.  The Schleck brothers proved they’re a power duo, both finished the stage in the top 10 and both moving into the top 10 overall.
If you haven’t watched it, Versus is replaying it today…catch it if you can.  Hit ‘more’ to see the Stage Finish times…
2009 TOUR de FRANCE – FULL STAGE 15 RESULTS:
| 1 | CONTADOR, Alberto | AST | 00:00:00 |
| 2 | SCHLECK, Andy | SAX | 00:00:43 |
| 3 | NIBALI, Vincenzo | LIQ | 00:01:03 |
| 4 | SCHLECK, Frank | SAX | 00:01:06 |
| 5 | WIGGINS, Bradley | GRM | 00:01:06 |
| 6 | SASTRE, Carlos | CTT | 00:01:06 |
| 7 | EVANS, Cadel | SIL | 00:01:26 |
| 8 | KLÖDEN, Andréas | AST | 00:01:29 |
| 9 | ARMSTRONG, Lance | AST | 00:01:35 |
| 10 | KIRCHEN, Kim | THR | 00:01:55 |
| 11 | KREUZIGER, Roman | LIQ | 00:02:06 |
| 12 | MARTIN, Tony | THR | 00:02:13 |
| 13 | KARPETS, Vladimir | KAT | 00:02:13 |
| 14 | MONFORT, Maxime | THR | 00:02:23 |
| 15 | LE MEVEL, Christophe | FDJ | 00:02:32 |
| 16 | ANTON, Igor | EUS | 00:02:33 |
| 17 | VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen | SIL | 00:02:33 |
| 18 | VELITS, Peter | MRM | 00:02:36 |
| 19 | NOCENTINI, Rinaldo | ALM | 00:02:36 |
| 20 | GOMEZ MARCHANTE, Jose Angel | CTT | 00:02:36 |
| 21 | ASTARLOZA, Mikel | EUS | 00:02:41 |
| 22 | VANDE VELDE, Christian | GRM | 00:02:41 |
| 23 | CASAR, Sandy | FDJ | 00:02:41 |
| 24 | LLOYD, Matthew | SIL | 00:02:52 |
| 25 | FEILLU, Brice | AGR | 00:03:14 |
| 26 | KERN, Christophe | COF | 00:03:14 |
| 27 | GOUBERT, Stephane | ALM | 00:03:14 |
| 28 | SANCHEZ, Luis-Leon | GCE | 00:03:17 |
| 29 | ROLLAND, Pierre | BBO | 00:03:24 |
| 30 | BOUET, Maxime | AGR | 00:03:36 |
| 31 | TXURRUKA, Amets | EUS | 00:03:43 |
| 32 | BOTCHAROV, Alexandre | KAT | 00:03:43 |
| 33 | GUSTOV, Volodymir | CTT | 00:03:43 |
| 34 | TROFIMOV, Yury | BBO | 00:03:43 |
| 35 | DUPONT, Hubert | ALM | 00:03:54 |
| 36 | HINCAPIE, George | THR | 00:04:06 |
| 37 | SORENSEN, Chris | SAX | 00:04:06 |
| 38 | GERDEMANN, Linus | MRM | 00:04:06 |
| 39 | CHAVANEL, Sylvain | QST | 00:04:06 |
| 40 | SORENSEN, Nicki | SAX | 00:04:10 |
| 41 | KNEES, Christian | MRM | 00:04:10 |
| 42 | CANCELLARA, Fabian | SAX | 00:04:14 |
| 43 | MOREAU, Christophe | AGR | 00:04:20 |
| 44 | HESJEDAL, Ryder | GRM | 00:04:23 |
| 45 | FEDRIGO, Pierrick | BBO | 00:04:38 |
| 46 | CALZATI, Sylvain | AGR | 00:04:43 |
| 47 | WEGELIUS, Charles | SIL | 00:04:58 |
| 48 | TEN DAM, Laurens | RAB | 00:05:07 |
| 49 | LOOSLI, David | LAM | 00:05:21 |
| 50 | DUQUE, Leonardo | COF | 00:05:24 |
| 51 | HORRACH, Joan | KAT | 00:05:24 |
| 52 | PAURIOL, Rémi | COF | 00:05:30 |
| 53 | VOGONDY, Nicolas | AGR | 00:05:30 |
| 54 | LEFEVRE, Laurent | BBO | 00:05:30 |
| 55 | PASAMONTES, Luis | GCE | 00:05:49 |
| 56 | VANDENBERGH, Styn | KAT | 00:05:49 |
| 57 | BEPPU, Fumiyuki | SKS | 00:05:52 |
| 58 | ROCHE, Nicolas | ALM | 00:06:22 |
| 59 | ZUBELDIA, Haimar | AST | 00:06:22 |
| 60 | DESSEL, Cyril | ALM | 00:06:22 |
| 61 | NIERMANN, Grischa | RAB | 00:06:22 |
| 62 | MAASKANT, Martijn | GRM | 00:06:22 |
| 63 | ROY, Jérémy | FDJ | 00:06:22 |
| 64 | DELAGE, Mickaël | SIL | 00:06:22 |
| 65 | MENCHOV, Denis | RAB | 00:06:27 |
| 66 | PAULINHO, Sergio | AST | 00:06:53 |
| 67 | URAN, Rigoberto | GCE | 00:06:53 |
| 68 | DEVOLDER, Stijn | QST | 00:06:57 |
| 69 | TRUSSOV, Nicolaï | KAT | 00:07:26 |
| 70 | SPILAK, Simon | LAM | 00:07:26 |
| 71 | VERDUGO, Gorka | EUS | 00:07:41 |
| 72 | POPOVYCH, Yaroslav | AST | 00:07:56 |
| 73 | CUESTA, Inigo | CTT | 00:07:56 |
| 74 | DE KORT, Koen | SKS | 00:07:56 |
| 75 | LEQUATRE, Geoffroy | AGR | 00:07:56 |
| 76 | HAUSSLER, Heinrich | CTT | 00:07:56 |
| 77 | ROULSTON, Hayden | CTT | 00:07:56 |
| 78 | IVANOV, Serguei | KAT | 00:07:56 |
| 79 | VOIGT, Jens | SAX | 00:08:22 |
| 80 | LARSSON, Gustav | SAX | 00:08:39 |
| 81 | COYOT, Arnaud | GCE | 00:11:31 |
| 82 | POZZATO, Filippo | KAT | 00:12:11 |
| 83 | BANDIERA, Marco | LAM | 00:12:11 |
| 84 | ROJAS, Jose Joaquin | GCE | 00:12:11 |
| 85 | GARATE, Juan Manuel | RAB | 00:12:11 |
| 86 | HUPOND, Thierry | SKS | 00:12:11 |
| 87 | POSTHUMA, Joost | RAB | 00:12:11 |
| 88 | GRABSCH, Bert | THR | 00:12:11 |
| 89 | PEREZ LEZAUN, Alan | EUS | 00:12:11 |
| 90 | PEREZ MORENO, Ruben | EUS | 00:12:11 |
| 91 | GESCHKE, Simon | SKS | 00:12:11 |
| 92 | MOINARD, Amaël | COF | 00:12:11 |
| 93 | MARTINEZ, Egoi | EUS | 00:12:11 |
| 94 | BRUSEGHIN, Marzio | LAM | 00:12:11 |
| 95 | SCHEIRLINCKX, Staf | SIL | 00:12:11 |
| 96 | PICHOT, Alexandre | BBO | 00:12:11 |
| 97 | MONCOUTIE, David | COF | 00:12:11 |
| 98 | PELLIZOTTI, Franco | LIQ | 00:12:11 |
| 99 | LANG, Sebastian | SIL | 00:12:11 |
| 100 | ROGERS, Michael | THR | 00:12:11 |
| 101 | GUTIERREZ, José Ivan | GCE | 00:12:11 |
| 102 | FRÖHLINGER, Johannes | MRM | 00:12:11 |
| 103 | MILLAR, David | GRM | 00:12:11 |
| 104 | ZABRISKIE, David | GRM | 00:12:11 |
| 105 | VEIKKANEN, Jussi | FDJ | 00:12:11 |
| 106 | WEGMANN, Fabian | MRM | 00:12:11 |
| 107 | VAN SUMMEREN, Johan | SIL | 00:12:11 |
| 108 | VAN AVERMAET, Greg | SIL | 00:12:11 |
| 109 | BALLAN, Alessandro | LAM | 00:13:11 |
| 110 | SANTAMBROGIO, Mauro | LAM | 00:13:11 |
| 111 | TOSATTO, Matteo | QST | 00:13:11 |
| 112 | MINARD, Sébastien | COF | 00:13:15 |
| 113 | FERNANDEZ, Bingen | COF | 00:13:15 |
| 114 | O’GRADY, Stuart | SAX | 00:13:15 |
| 115 | PATE, Danny | GRM | 00:13:15 |
| 116 | ARROYO, David | GCE | 00:13:35 |
| 117 | CLEMENT, Stef | RAB | 00:14:13 |
| 118 | FLECHA, Juan Antonio | RAB | 00:14:13 |
| 119 | HIVERT, Jonathan | SKS | 00:14:15 |
| 120 | FOTHEN, Markus | MRM | 000:14:15 |
| 121 | TERPSTRA, Niki | MRM | 00:14:46 |
| 122 | RAST, Gregory | AST | 00:18:12 |
| 123 | HUSHOVD, Thor | CTT | 00:18:12 |
| 124 | SABATINI, Fabio | LIQ | 00:18:12 |
| 125 | EISEL, Bernhard | THR | 00:18:12 |
| 126 | KUSCHYNSKI, Aleksandr | LIQ | 00:18:12 |
| 127 | ROSSELER, Sébastien | QST | 00:18:12 |
| 128 | BONNET, William | BBO | 00:18:12 |
| 129 | RENSHAW, Mark | THR | 00:18:12 |
| 130 | CAVENDISH, Mark | THR | 00:18:12 |
| 131 | MURAVYEV, Dmitriy | AST | 00:18:12 |
| 132 | VOECKLER, Thomas | BBO | 00:18:12 |
| 133 | VANDBORG, Brian | LIQ | 00:18:12 |
| 134 | BARREDO, Carlos | QST | 00:18:12 |
| 135 | HADDOU, Saïd | BBO | 00:18:12 |
| 136 | FARRAR, Tyler | GRM | 00:18:12 |
| 137 | AUGE, Stéphane | COF | 00:18:12 |
| 138 | DUMOULIN, Samuel | COF | 00:18:12 |
| 139 | OROZ, Juan José | EUS | 00:18:12 |
| 140 | PINEAU, Jérôme | QST | 00:18:12 |
| 141 | LANCASTER, Brett Daniel | CTT | 00:18:12 |
| 142 | ARRIETA, Jose Luis | ALM | 00:18:12 |
| 143 | RIBLON, Christophe | ALM | 00:18:12 |
| 144 | GESLIN, Anthony | FDJ | 00:18:12 |
| 145 | IGNATIEV, Mikhail | KAT | 00:18:12 |
| 146 | VANOTTI, Alessandro | LIQ | 00:18:12 |
| 147 | ARASHIRO, Yukiya | BBO | 00:18:12 |
| 148 | DEAN, Julian | GRM | 00:18:12 |
| 149 | CIOLEK, Gerald | MRM | 00:18:12 |
| 150 | LEMOINE, Cyril/td> | SKS | 00:18:12 |
| 151 | SAPA, Marcin | LAM | 00:18:12 |
| 152 | FREIRE, Oscar | RAB | 00:18:12 |
| 153 | BENNATI, Daniele | LIQ | 0:18:12 |
| 154 | KLIER, Andreas | CTT | 00:18:12 |
| 155 | WILLEMS, Frederik | LIQ | 00:18:12 |
| 156 | TIMMER, Albert | SKS | 00:18:24 |
| 157 | RIGHI, Daniele | LAM | 00:18:24 |
| 158 | VAUGRENARD, Benoît | FDJ | 00:18:24 |
| 159 | MONDORY, Lloyd | ALM | 00:20:04 |
| 160 | DE JONGH, Steven | QST | 00:33:32 |
| 161 | HUTAROVICH, Yauheni | FDJ | 00:33:32 |
| 162 | VAN HUMMEL, Kenny Robert | SKS | 00:45:43 |
