Carlos Sastre and Menchov spider seconds and is fourth in the Tour

The Spanish Carlos Sastre has moved it into fourth place overall in the Tour de France by Denis Menchov lost 34 seconds on the group of favorites.

Today's stage was the second to be rolled between the alpine peaks, with two special ports and arriving in the fall in the second. Nothing plain at the end to allow the squad to draw on a climber or escaped.

At 40 km stage formed a leak which contained, among others, Schumacher, there seems to be one in each sport. Then, as extended into the first top, a large group of 24 cyclists were organized to try to hunt down the escapees. Already in the fall, Schumacher broke his companions and went solo, looking for the alpine glory.

He began the second port of special category, where a few German pursuers gave chase and then began a steep decline. Behind, the group remained a favorite as is "without much attack and all the runners there, less Vandevelde also lowered positions overall. Any rider fell down the embankment and tried to go back up, but was difficult due to the slope. At the end of the climb, Valverde was a little behind, but they were the last few yards and into the fall with no problems.

Already in the long descent, Denis Menchov flinch (I like to see me any of us down at that speed) and lost 34 seconds to the library. The stage was won by Frenchman Dessel ahead of David Arroyo, Sandy Cassar and Popovich.

Tomorrow, the queen stage of the Tour with three ports and the special category as the culmination Alpe D'Huez.

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