Two category 1 climbs and a descent into Bourg-Saint-Maurice...

Two category 1 climbs and a descent into Bourg-Saint-Maurice on a humid day in the Alps.
Mikel Astarloza wins stage 16, Top 5 in GC remains the same. Contador in Yellow, Lance Armstrong 1:37 back. Will there be a shakeup or is this years GC winner already decided?

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Full Results
1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4:14:20
2 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:00:06
3 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom
4 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0:00:11
8 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 0:00:59
10 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana

General classification after stage 16
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 67:33:15
2 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0:01:37
3 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0:01:46
4 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:02:17
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:26
6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0:02:51
7 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0:03:09
8 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:03:25
9 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:03:52
10 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0:03:59

Added: July 21, 2009
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