Brent Bookwalter Top American in 53rd at 20th Stage of Tour de France

Brent Bookwalter was the top American for the first time at the 2016 Tour de France as he finished 53rd in the 20th stage on Saturday. Bookwalter was 17:25 back of the stage winner. Tejay Van Garderen was 59th, his best finish in the last four stages, while Peter Stetina was 86th, his third top 100 finish in the last four days. Van Garderen dopped to 29th overall, 1:12:06 back, while Stetina fell five places to 46th, 2:07:22 back. The Tour de France wraps up with a 70 mile flat stage on Sunday.

Also on Sunday will be La Course by Le Tour de France, a one day 55.3 mile UCI Women’s WorldTour race. Ten Americans are entered in the race though UCI Women’s WorldTour Leader Megan Guarnier is not among them. The top Americans include Brianna Walle, fifth in the Philadelphia International Cycling Classic, and three Americans who were in the top ten in the Amgen Tour of California, Katie Hall who was seventh, Coryn Rivera who was ninth, and Lauren Stephens who was tenth.

Previous Tour de France Coverage:
Preview
Stage One Update
Stage Two Update
Stage Three Update
Stage Four Update
Stage Five Update
Stage Six Update
Stage Seven Update
Stage Eight Update
Stage Nine Update
Stage Ten Update
Stage 11 Update
Stage 12 Update
Stage 13 Update
Stage 14 Update
Stage 15 Update
Stage 16 Update
Stage 17 Update
Stage 18 Update
Stage 19 Update

Previous UCI Women’s WorldTour Coverage:
Giro d’Italia Internazionale Femminile Recap

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