Racing | Tour De France | Stage 7

We'll leave it there for now.. thanks for reading, this looks like it is going to be a pretty darn exciting Tour! Come back tomorrow for the 176.5 kilometre eighth stage, going from Andorra La Vieille to Saint Girons... Of course, results and a full report will be on this site shortly, along with all the news from the Tour and elsewhere...

That's a huge confidence booster for Contador, who was under mental pressure coming into the race.. He'll be feeling much more upbeat now. What will the mood be like in the team bus, we wonder?

Evans had a good go, as did his team-mate Van den Broeck...he went just before Contador had his big attack. Wiggins was very impressive....he's made great progress.

Contador looked very impressive on a climb that probably wasn't as steep as he would have liked. No yellow for Armstrong, who looked very 2003, it must be said. That's not a bad level, but his team-mate has shown that he deserves his chance to lead the Astana squad.

Situation
1 Brice Feillu (Agritubel)
2 Christophe Kern (Cofidis)
3 Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram)
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale)
Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana 3:26
Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto 3:48

GC

1 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
2 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
3 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin-Slipstream
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank
Tony Martin (Ger) Columbia-HTC
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank
Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
 

Nocentini is in yellow! He has a six second lead over Contador, with Armstrong now third, two seconds further back. Leipheimer and a very impressive Bradley Wiggins are fourth and fifth.

What a stage! Feillu takes a fine win for France, and Agritubel, justifying their place in the Tour.

Contador was approximately 22 ahead of the Evans/Armstrong group. He started the day 19" behind Armstrong...will he be in yellow? Bear with us while we get the figures...

Contador crosses the line....Evans next, then Andy Schleck. Wiggins was right up there! Looks like it might have been him and not Vande Velde who attacked. VDV was also in the group.

Situation
1 Brice Feillu (Agritubel)
2 Christophe Kern (Cofidis)
3 Johannes Fröhlinger (Milram)
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale)

Alberto Contador (Astana) at 3:26
Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) at 3:48
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