Friday, July 10, 2009

TDF Stage 7 Spoilers

Don't read this if you want to watch the race on Versus later today.

Team Astana did very well today, placing 3 riders in the top 5 overall after Stage 7! Fabian Cancellara did not do so well at all, and dropped off the leaderboard as a result.

Stage 7, from Barcelona to Andorra, Spain finished with a mountaintop sprint. A breakaway of 9 riders pulled it off this time, allowing Brice Feillu (France) to capture the stage win. Second place went to Chistophe Kern (France), 3rd to Johannes Frohlinger (Germany) and 4th to Rinaldo Nocentini (Italy). Alberto Contador sprinted ahead of Lance Armstrong and Cadel Evans to capture 9th place.

The overall standings after Stage 7 are: 1. Rinaldo Nocentini 2. Alberto Contador (+ 6 seconds) 3. Lance Armstrong (+ 8 seconds) 4. Levi Leipheimer (+ 39 seconds) 5. Badley Wiggens (+ 46 sec.)

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