Stage: Saturday’s 20th stage was a 34.5-mile individual time trial raced against the clock around Saint-Etienne.

Winner: Lance Armstrong in 1 hour, 11 minutes, 46 seconds; Jan Ullrich was second, 23 seconds behind; Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan was third, 1 minute, 16 seconds behind.

Yellow Jersey: Armstrong is 4:40 ahead of Ivan Basso and 6:21 clear of Ullrich. Those two are nearly certain to take second and third place on the podium.

Today’s final Stage: An 89.8-mile trek starting in Corbeil-Essonnes and finishing on the Champs-ElysDees, the most famed avenue in Paris.


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