Carlos Sastre crown Alpe D'Huez and dressed in yellow

Carlos Sastre donned the yellow jersey at the end of the queen stage of this Tour de France and has a minute and a half in front to defend in the trial on Saturday.

The stage of the day began like many others, some which escaped to see if they entered the annals of Alpe D'Huez and others who stayed in the pack. Three special ports that were selected riders one after another. As expected, the gift at the general never reached the last port, which is being repeated for many years in these careers.

But if all the ports will last if so, to remain that way. Two escapees were a minute and half ahead of the pack, diminished by the two ports before and formed only by the strongest men, the favorites when they reached the foot of Alpe D'Huez. 15 kilometer climb that began with a rompepiernas ramp. Carlos Sastre was to attack from afar if I wanted to take time to face trial on Saturday, which finally decantaría who would win the Tour de France 2008. And what if he did.

According to the port began, pulling the CSC, Carlos Sastre himself from his team and went ahead and went on his wheel Menchov. We neutralized the favorites again. But then attacked again and favorites could not stop him. Denis Menchov went into crisis and fell far behind, although much later get hunting. Carlos was 15 miles of climbing ahead scratching second by second. Before arriving in the middle of the harbor and was placed the yellow jersey of overall leader.

Further back, Cadel Evans let other thrown by him in his critical style. Do they want, he is not the best of the mountain and if others will do the work, the better for it. Then she had to pull a little when people become tired of their gregarious. Andy and Frank Schleck launched attacks to nothing to the disbelief of the public who saw themselves as companions of CSC's Carlos Sastre started the fishing to him. At the end came to their senses and stopped making others. Vandevelde and Bernhard Kohl tried to do something, but could do little. Cadel Evans and Menchov could not walked in no man's land trying to get back to the favorite group. He lost all chance of winning the Tour de France.

Alejandro Valverde, always with the best least in the Hautacam stage, her ordeal in this Tour, was keen to do something great, he was seen with strength, but perhaps his inability to close in the standings and the fact that ahead were a fellow made him see that this was not their fight.

Carlos Sastre came more than two minutes ahead on the leader Frank Schleck and Cadel Evans, and now leads the Tour de France. The general is well and will remain so until the trial, nothing happens if bizarre:

1. Carlos Sastre
2 º. Frank Schleck, at 1:24
3 º. Bernhard Kohl, at 1:33
4 º. Cadel Evans, at 1:34