▁Ger hard ▁Schön bach er , ▁second - to - last ▁in ▁the ▁general ▁classification , ▁would ▁take ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁place . ▁The ▁ 2 1 st ▁stage ▁was ▁run ▁as ▁an ▁individual ▁time ▁trial , ▁and ▁T es ni ère ▁rode ▁extra ▁slow ▁to ▁secure ▁his ▁last ▁place . ▁The ▁winner ▁of ▁the ▁time ▁trial , ▁Bernard ▁H ina ult , ▁took ▁ 1 ▁hour , ▁ 8 ▁minutes ▁and ▁ 5 3 ▁seconds ▁to ▁cover ▁the ▁ 4 8 . 8   km , ▁while ▁T es ni ere ▁rode ▁it ▁in ▁ 1 ▁hour , ▁ 2 3 ▁minutes ▁and ▁ 3 2 ▁seconds ; ▁slower ▁than ▁all ▁other ▁cycl ists . ▁T es ni ère ' s ▁time ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 % ▁slower ▁than ▁H ina ult ' s , ▁which ▁meant ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁missed ▁the ▁time ▁cut , ▁and ▁was ▁taken ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁race . ▁ ▁The ▁F iat ▁team ▁fol ded ▁at ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁and ▁T es ni ère ▁started ▁ 1 9 8 0 ▁without ▁a ▁contract , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁given ▁the ▁chance ▁to ▁ride ▁the ▁Tour ▁de ▁France ▁for ▁the ▁team ▁" les ▁am is ▁du ▁Tour ", ▁a ▁team ▁especially ▁made ▁for ▁cycl ists ▁without ▁a ▁spons or . ▁For ▁the ▁Tour , ▁this ▁team ▁was ▁combined ▁with ▁the ▁Boston ▁team , ▁and ▁the ▁team ▁leader ▁from ▁Boston ▁told ▁T es ni ère ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁sign ▁a ▁contract ▁if