Stage 18 | Montluçon / Saint-Amand-Montrond

This was the final time trial and really the final chance to change the overall placing at the top and changes there were. Again, Lance put time on everyone winning by 1 min 23 sec and beating Ullrich, who was third, by 1 min 38 sec. His last two Tour wins had periods in the race where he faltered after taking the yellow jersey by hung on to win. This year he didn't miss a beat.

Ullrich cemented his position second place overall, Beloki move into third, and Simon dropped to sixth. Two more days for the sprinters but these will be the final positions at the top.

1 001 ARMSTRONG Lance USA at 79h 07' 33"
2 011 ULLRICH Jan GER 06' 44"
3 021 BELOKI Joseba ESP 09' 05"
4 074 KIVILEV Andrei KAZ 09' 53"
5 024 GONZALEZ GALDEANO Igor ESP 13' 28"
6 169 SIMON François FRA 17' 22"

Busy day so this will probably be it for entries today.