The 6th stage was won by Cavendish in front of Freire.The stage was characterised by a long solo breakaway made by the brave rider Reto Hollenstein,a Swiss neo-pro.
"It was easy to win here today," said Cavendish after the stage. "Hincapie brought me good into position and I moved around Hushovd."
Second in the stage was Freire,while Francesco Gavazzi came in 3rd.
Stage 7th wasn't a easy one and,on the last climb towards Juracaparc,Kreuziger attacked.He was then joined by Kim Kirchen,who passed him with just 175 m to go and won.
"I'm not here to train for results, I'm here for results,"he said after the victory."It's also a great boost to my morale after what happened to me earlier in the season.Kreuziger attacked with three kilometres to go, but I waited to see what would happen and then went for it with less than a kilometre to the finish.My form's in really good shape now,in time for the Tour de France."
Cancellara made a very good race and at the end of that stage was 2° with 9 seconds to recuperate on Valjavec.Also Gustav Larsson and Chris-Anker Sorensen did a great race,helping Cancellara all day and arriving in the first group of riders.
Instead Frank and Andy Schleck,the other Luxembourgian riders of the peloton,didn't have a good day.Andy arrived 1 minute after the winner,while Frank arrived 5 minutes after Kirchen.He's having problems with his right knee,that has been hurting since the Ardenne's classics.In a little article that appeared on the Dutch website "Sportweek",Frank said he was worried for his partecipation in the tour (!!!!). Of course I'm worried as well,since he's one of my 2 favourite riders,and I really do hope he can get back in form in time for Le Tour.Talking again about the 7th stage,
Yesterday stage instead saw the riders climbing up to Crans-Montana.Marcel Wyss (Cervélo TestTeam),Pavel Brutt (Katusha),Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) formed a breakaway,but they were caught on the last climb.Andy,Larsson and C.A.Sorensen did a great work in the first part of the climb,while Frank (who yesterday rode very well and arrived i the first group of riders) helped Cancellara in the second part.Fab Fab won 2 bonus sprints and now is 2nd in the GC,with just 4" seconds of delay from Valjavec.
On the climb towards Crans-Montana there were some attacks.Kloden,Zaugg and Veikkanen tried to gain time on the other riders,but didn't manage to.
With 1 km to go,Tony Martin attacked.He was followed by Cunego,who tried to outsprint him in the last meters but didn't manage to.And so the victory went,for the 5th time in 7 days,to a Columbia rider.This team is simply impressing.
Andy Schleck arrived almost 4 minutes behind the winner,but perhaps he was simply tired because he had to work all day for Cancellara.The weather wasn't very good,so this ight have influenced Andy's performance.
Today's stage is a TT of 39 kms inside the city of Bern.The favourite of the stage (and also of the final GC of the race) is Cancellara.
(Photos Reuters).
Stage 7th wasn't a easy one and,on the last climb towards Juracaparc,Kreuziger attacked.He was then joined by Kim Kirchen,who passed him with just 175 m to go and won.
"I'm not here to train for results, I'm here for results,"he said after the victory."It's also a great boost to my morale after what happened to me earlier in the season.Kreuziger attacked with three kilometres to go, but I waited to see what would happen and then went for it with less than a kilometre to the finish.My form's in really good shape now,in time for the Tour de France."
Cancellara made a very good race and at the end of that stage was 2° with 9 seconds to recuperate on Valjavec.Also Gustav Larsson and Chris-Anker Sorensen did a great race,helping Cancellara all day and arriving in the first group of riders.Instead Frank and Andy Schleck,the other Luxembourgian riders of the peloton,didn't have a good day.Andy arrived 1 minute after the winner,while Frank arrived 5 minutes after Kirchen.He's having problems with his right knee,that has been hurting since the Ardenne's classics.In a little article that appeared on the Dutch website "Sportweek",Frank said he was worried for his partecipation in the tour (!!!!). Of course I'm worried as well,since he's one of my 2 favourite riders,and I really do hope he can get back in form in time for Le Tour.Talking again about the 7th stage,
Yesterday stage instead saw the riders climbing up to Crans-Montana.Marcel Wyss (Cervélo TestTeam),Pavel Brutt (Katusha),Lars Boom (Rabobank) and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) formed a breakaway,but they were caught on the last climb.Andy,Larsson and C.A.Sorensen did a great work in the first part of the climb,while Frank (who yesterday rode very well and arrived i the first group of riders) helped Cancellara in the second part.Fab Fab won 2 bonus sprints and now is 2nd in the GC,with just 4" seconds of delay from Valjavec.
On the climb towards Crans-Montana there were some attacks.Kloden,Zaugg and Veikkanen tried to gain time on the other riders,but didn't manage to.
With 1 km to go,Tony Martin attacked.He was followed by Cunego,who tried to outsprint him in the last meters but didn't manage to.And so the victory went,for the 5th time in 7 days,to a Columbia rider.This team is simply impressing.
Andy Schleck arrived almost 4 minutes behind the winner,but perhaps he was simply tired because he had to work all day for Cancellara.The weather wasn't very good,so this ight have influenced Andy's performance.
Today's stage is a TT of 39 kms inside the city of Bern.The favourite of the stage (and also of the final GC of the race) is Cancellara.(Photos Reuters).
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