He finished 1 16 behind Evans in the Tour's first time trial, in the fourth stage.
"When I woke up and saw it was 19 degrees and raining, I was much happier than when it was 40 degrees at the first time trial".
Sastre lost more than a minute in the first time trial, which was only about half as long as the 33-mile second time trial.
The 20th stage was won by Stefan Schumacher, the Gerolsteiner rider who also won the first time trial and who wore the yellow jersey for two days.
"The first time trial has never been this late in the Tour for a long time, and it will shake up the overall standings".
Racing in his first time trial since returning from a three-year retirement, Armstrong had an outfit that included black socks to match his black bicycle.
Honchar, like he did in a first time trial in Stage 7, dominated the field over the 35.4-mile course from Le Creusot to Montceau-les-Mines, finishing in 1 hour, 7 minutes, 46 seconds.
Last year in the first time trial of the Tour, Armstrong had beaten his closest rival, German Jan Ulrich, by a minute but this year's was a much tighter call, with less than a minute separating the first seven riders.
Froome, who has also won two mountain stages, made up for missing out last week when he was edged by Tony Martin in the first time trial on Stage 11. "This is incredible for me," Froome said.
What's Lance going to do?" And it got to the point towards the end of those seven Tours where everyone knew how it was going to happen: his team, US Postal, were basically going to control the race, he was going to do well in the first time trial, he was going to smash everyone in the first mountain stage and then defend.
