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Piepoli Climbs To Victory, Evans Into The Yellow Jersey

Triumph for the Saunier Duval team in the Pyrenees: The Spanish team celebrated by Leonardo Piepoli and Juan Jose Cobo a double victory on Hautacam. New sources of the Yellow jersey is the Australian Cadel Evans - with just one second ahead.

Hamburg - The Italian Piepoli by the Spanish team Saunier Duval decided at the French National Day, the first Hochgebirgsankunft the 95th France-trips for himself and picked up at his sixth tour start since 1996, the first day victory. The 36-year-old Giro Mountain King from 2007 continued in the finals of the tenth stage to 156 kilometres from Pau to ski arena Hautacam in the target in the 1520-metre pass the final in front of his Spanish teammate Juan Jose Cobo.

"I have already stages in the Giro and the Vuelta won and I am very happy with this success, now for all three major tours once been the front," said Piepoli, the dominance of his team in the two days of heavy Pyrenees not exaggerate wanted "We were on these two stages the best team, but in the overall standings everything is still very closely together."
Third, the Luxembourg Fränk Schleck (CSC), the yellow jersey by one second missed. New Leaders Evans is the Australian team of Silence-Lotto. Fourth, 46 seconds back, is now the Austrians Bernhard Kohl of Team Gerolsteiner. "It was a dream. The fact that it goes well, I would have never thought," said Kohl. "On the Tour de France victory, I can not talk. My goal is to continue the Top Ten."

Present was again Bergass Riccardo Riccň the victory of his teammates after his Piepoli
Coup on Sunday
it belonged to the previously disappointing Markus Fothen of Gerolsteiner team, in the time trial and the previous mountain stages so much already accumulated residue that for him in the final no longer a place among the top ten are expected. At the foot of the first major Kletterpartie Fothen and Co. had almost seven minutes ahead of the peloton.
When half the increase was ahead 64 kilometers from the finish even more than nine minutes increased, so that Fothen already in the virtual yellow jersey went. But the almost carefree days, it was for him, world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, the triple world champion Oscar Freire and the other four escapees ended shortly thereafter. The field forced on the initiative of Riccňs Saunier Duval team had the momentum and the lead melt. In the 2115 meter high summit of the tour was classic Tourmalet Fothen, now with Cancellara isolated, there are approximately five minutes before the first chasers. "That was a tough day, today I have left many grains. For me, in general not much there. My legs are not good. In the first week I drove for Schumacher, this week I drive for Bernhard and I hope next week, "said Fothen.

The 15-kilometer-long increase in the final ski Hautacam had the decision. In the back of the now fragmented Ausreißergruppe from which the Frenchman Remy di Gregorio alone sold had formed thanks to the pace of work of the CSC team led by Jens Voigt the ultimate formation of 16 drivers. An celebrities missing only Valverde, who had to leave early tear. Di Gregorio was 11.5 kilometers from the finish swallowed - and the large excretion Hochkaräter the race began.
On Tuesday in Pau is the first day of rest for your pedal to the program. The tour will take place on Wednesday with a section through the foothills of the Pyrenees. The eleventh piece begins and ends in Lannemezan to 167.5 kilometers in Foix.