Stage 7

Tournus – Station des Rousses

Distance: 165.5 kilometers.

Throw in a couple of climbs and things change. Sylvain Chavanel won his second stage and the yellow jersey again. A lot of people who have been in the top 10 have slipped well back in the pack.

Robbie McEwen “was left nursing a sore back, which required a hospital visit, when he crashed just after the finish line after a television cameraman got in his way.” Robbie slipped from 23 to 98. Some would have been because of the climbs, but you can’t ride well with a sore back.

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra-QST-131) [Yellow]
2 Cadel Evans (Aus-BMC-121)
3 Ryder Hesjedal (Can-GRM-054)
4 Andy Schleck (Lux-SAX-011) [White]
5 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz-AST- 009 )
6 Alberto Contador (Esp-AST- 001 )
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel-SIL-101)
8 Nicolas Roche (Irl-ALM-081)
9 Johan Van Summeren (Bel-GRM-058)
10 Denis Menchov (Rus-RAB-191)
11 Bradley Wiggins (GBr-SKY-031)
12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze-LIQ-044)
13 Luis-Leon Sanchez (Esp-GCE-161)
14 Lance Armstrong (USA-RSH-021)
15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe-SKY-037)
16 Rafael Valls Ferri (Esp-FTS-219)
17 Levi Leipheimer (USA-RSH-025)
18 Juan Manuel Garate (Esp-RAB-194)
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo-RSH-022)
20 Michael Rogers (Aus-THR-118)

43 Jérôme Pineau (Fra-QST- 135 ) [Polka Dot – 44 points] [Red numbers]
94 Thor Hushovd (Nor-CTT-095) [Green -118 points]

31 Geraint Thomas (GBr-SKY-039)
58 Fabian Cancellara (Sui-SAX-013)
73 David Millar (GBr-GRM-057)
98 Robbie McEwen (Aus-KAT-075)

Astana ( 001-009 ) [Yellow numbers]

They’ve gone 1,380.4 kilometers [857.7 miles] at an average speed of 41.8 kph [26.0 mph].