Annecy, France (GenevaLunch) - Alberto Cantador, who was already in the Yellow Jersey, underlined his dominance by winning the individual time trial around Lake Annecy, not far from Geneva. His Astana teammate Lance Armstrong could only manage 16th position, losing one minute 30 seconds. Cantador now heads the Tour by four minutes 11 seconds from Andy Schleck followed by Armstrong with Bradley Wiggins another 11 seconds back in fourth.
Swiss Olympic champion time trialist Fabian Cancellara was second in the stage, 3 seconds behind Cantador.
Soon after the end of the stage Armstrong announced he was leaving his Astana team to form a new team with consumer electronics firm RadioShack.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 24 July 2009.
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Tags: Alberto Cantador, Andy Schleck, Astana, bike racing, Bradley Wiggins, cycling, Fabian Cancellara, Lake Annecy, Lance Armstrong, RadioShack, Tour de France, yellow jersey























