Tour de France Stage Sixteen
Date: Wednesday, July 23 @ 05:44:07 CDT
Topic: Talkin Sport
Cyril Dessel Takes Alpine Stage while Frank Schleck Retains Yellow Jersey
Cyril Dessel captured his first stage victory at the Tour de France on Tuesday as the Frenchman outsprinted a small group of riders to take the 97.6-mile Stage 16 trek from Cueno, Italy to Jausiers in 4 hours, 31 minutes, 27 seconds.
While Dessel captured the day the Tour de France overall leader remains Frank Schleck who finished 1 minute, 28 seconds behind the Frenchman to retain his Yellow Jersey. Schleck is holding seven second advantage over Bernhard Kohl and an 8 second lead over Cadel Evans.
On Wednesday the Tour de France will feature a 130.8-mile journey that includes climbs through Galibier, Croix de Fer and L’Alpe d’Huez.
Tour de France Overall Leaderboard
1.Frank Schleck (Lux/CSC) 68hrs 30min 16sec
2. Bernhard Kohl (Aut/GST) +7sec
3. Cadel Evans (Aus/SIL) +8sec
4. Carlos Sastre (Spa/CSC) +49sec
5. Denis Menchov (Rus/RAB) +1min 13sec
6. Christian Vandevelde (US/GAR) +3min 15sec
7. Kim Kirchen (Lux/COL) + 3min 23sec
8. Alejandro Valverde (Spa/GCE) + 4min 11sec
9. Samuel Sanchez (Spa/EUS) + 4mins 38sec
10. Tadej Valjavec (Slovenia/AG2R) +5min 23sec
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