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17:46 - Carlos Sastre: The Seventh Spanish Champion! |
It’s the last kilometer of the Tour and the Quickstep team is in control of the peloton. |
Gert Steegmans has won his second stage of the Tour de France. He held off a late charge from Gerald Ciolek and Oscar Freire. |
Jens Voigt has broken his saddle off his bike. He appears prepared to ride to the finish without a seat. |
17:43 - Chavanel Caught |
17:41 - Gilbert Caught |
True to his work, Chavanel has attacked again. He said he’d do so in the final kilometer but he’s gone with 3.5km to go. |
17:40 - Gilbert Holding On |
Gerard has been caught but that’s only acted as a catalyst for Gilbert to launch an attack. |
There are just 6.5km to go in the Tour de France for 2008. The bell has sounded to signal the beginning of the final lap. |
Arnaud Gerard (FDJ) has attacked in the lead-up to the final lap. He has an advantage of 5". |
17:36 - Sylvain, Where Are You!? |
17:35 - Escape Over |
17:34 - Botcharov Leads By Four Seconds |
17:32 - Escapees On Cobbles.. |
The peloton was about to catch the three escapees but now Alexandre Botcharov has gone on alone. He has 10.5km to go. |
Robbie Hunter of the Barloworld team has just punctured his rear tire. |
With just 13km to go in the Tour, the three escapees have a lead on the peloton of about eight seconds. |
There are three riders now with a slight advantage over the peloton. The instigator of the escape was Siutsou of the Columbia team. |
Siutsou, Botcharov and Auge are the three riders in the lead of the stage. |
