Cervélo TestTeam concluded a successful 2010 Tour de France with a mass sprint down the Champs-Élysées. Norwegian national champion Thor Hushovd (NOR) kicked to seventh place today and finished third in the green points jersey competition. Mark Cavendish (GBR) won the stage and Alberto Contador (ESP) won the overall title. “My tactic and the team’s was go to the lead and do the lead out on the last corner. I just wanted to stay focused on Lancaster’s wheel and you know what happens behind me, happens behind me,” said Thor Hushovd, after today’s final stage. “Again today I didn’t have good legs in the sprint. (When asked about his injury leading up to the Tour.) I broke my collar bone, it’s been less then two months and unfortunately it was hard to sprint and that’s what I needed to do.” The 2010 Tour was highlighted by Hushovd’s victory in stage 3, where he won over the cobblestones in northern Spain. Hushovd later battled bravely to the end for the green points jersey. Carlos Sastre (ESP) overcame debilitating injuries from two crashes at the Giro d’Italia to arrive in Paris in the top 20 and Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) finished off his first Tour with an impressive fourth place in the final individual time trial. “The tour is always good for something special. We were second in the points when we started this morning. We know this course and we knew there was a really small chance to go for a breakaway so we put all our energy and motivation into the last kilometer and the finish,” commented Jean Paul van Poppel, Sports Director. “The boys had lots of energy left and were motivated to do everything and we were determined to go all out in the last kilometer. We did a good lead out, we knew we didn’t have the speed, but maybe with a little help we could get quite far with Thor. You never know what’s happening behind because you have no control over that. All in all everything went as planned, a good leadout all the boys did an excellent job. I have nothing but good words for the team. We had some problems, we missed Heinrich and some other people but we had a good stage win and all in all, it was a good tour.” Here’s how Cervélo’s riders fared during the 2010 Tour: Carlos Sastre (ESP), 20th overall at 26:37: The 2008 Tour champion bounced back from two serious crashes at the Giro d’Italia to start the Tour in Rotterdam with cautious, but optimistic expectations. The Spanish climber went on the attack in stage 14 and stage 17. Sastre rode an excellent final time trial at Bordeaux to slot into the top-20. Volodimir Gustov (UKR), 35th at 1h09:51: The hard-working Gustov was the last man to help Sastre in the decisive climbing stages at the Alps and Pyrénées. Gustov helped spring Sastre clear of the main pack in stage 14 en route to Ax-3-Domaines, setting a high tempo across the big climbs to distance the chasing rivals. Thor Hushovd (NOR), 111th at 3h12:57: The Norwegian national champion won perhaps the most prestigious stage in this year’s Tour in stage 3. Hushovd worked into the lead group across the torturous cobblestones and then finished off with a fine sprint to claim victory. Hampered by a broken collarbone in May, Hushovd fought until the end for the green jersey despite not having his best speed in the finish-line sprints. Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU), 127th at 3h24:17: The all-rounder made it to Paris as a Tour rookie after finishing off the race with a flourish with fourth in the 52km individual time trial to Pauillac. Konovalovas did a lot of work in the first week for Hushovd and endured a cold during the second week to finish his first Tour de France on a promising note for the future. Brett Lancaster (AUS), 159th at 3h57:00: The tall Aussie was excellent as Hushovd’s pilot in the bunch sprints, helping him to steer through the chaotic, fast-charging peloton to place him in the best possible position for the final sprint. Lancaster delivered a textbook perfect set-up for Hushovd in stage 18. Jeremy Hunt (GBR), 163rd at 4h02:21: The veteran classics rider had to wait until he was 36 to finally make his Tour de France debut. Hunt was key in the important first week of the Tour to help Hushovd win stage 3 and then worked with Lancaster to help launch Hushovd in the bunch sprints. He shook off a spate of crashes to arrive in Paris. Daniel Lloyd (GBR), 164th at 4h02:59: Lloyd was a last-minute replacement for the injured Heinrich Haussler (GER) and proved he has the mettle to race the challenging Tour. A solid all-rounder, Lloyd helped in the flat stages and over the medium climbs to set the pace for the team captains. Andreas Klier (GER), 168th at 4h17:16: The veteran Klier was another part of the team’s important base, especially in the first week of the Tour that suited the classics-style racing. Most of his work would come before the television cameras turned on, working to help protect the team captains from the wind and staying out of trouble. Tour de France Stage 20 Results: Longjumeau > Paris Champs-Élysées 102.5 km

1st	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	2:42:21	37.88 km/h (23.54 mph)
2nd	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	s.t.
3rd	Julian Dean (NZL)	s.t.
4th	Jurgen Roelandts (BEL)	s.t.
5th	Oscar Freire Gomez (ESP)	s.t.
7th	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	s.t.
30th	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	s.t.
84th	Daniel Lloyd (GBR)	s.t.
93th	Volodimir Gustov (UKR)	s.t.
95th	Andreas Klier (GER)	s.t.
118th	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	s.t.
132th	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	s.t.
161st	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 20:

1st	Alberto Contador Velasco (ESP)	91:58:48	39.59 km/h (24.60 mph)
2nd	Andy Schleck (LUX)	+0.39
3rd	Denis Menchov (RUS)	+2.01
20th	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	+26.37
34th	Volodimir Gustov (UKR)	+1.09.51
111st	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	+3.12.57
127th	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	+3.23.36
159th	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	+3.57.00
163th	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	+4.02.21
164th	Daniel Lloyd (GBR)	+4.02.59
168th	Andreas Klier (GER)	+4.17.16

Points Classification after Stage 20:

1st	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	243
2nd	Mark Cavendish (GBR)	232
3rd	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	222
81st	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	16
97th	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	12
105th	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	8
109th	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	8
128th	Daniel Lloyd (GBR)	4
132th	Volodimir Gustov (UKR)	2