Subject: RE: Columbia - HTCRecap - Stage 20 – Montélimar to Mont Ventoux 167 km, July 25 Rabobank finally got a victory in the 2009 Tour de France as Juan Manuel Garate joined an early break on Saturday and stayed away to win the penultimate stage atop the forbidding summit of Mont Ventoux where more than 500,000 people lined the roads on the way to the summit. Tony Martin of Columbia-HTC finished a close second. Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck did all he could do to upset the top of the GC — his team powered the peloton much of the day and Schleck led the yellow jersey group for much of the climb, attacking alone and with his brother Frank but ultimately was unable to shake race leader Alberto Contador or third-placed Lance Armstrong. 
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