Stage 7 - Bourg-en-Bresse - Le Grand-Bornand

George Hincapie chases down Linus Gerdemann
An elated Linus Gerdemann of T-Mobile celebrates his win.

A mountain stage today that saw German rider Linus Gerdemann took the overall race lead and the stage into Le Grand-Bornand. With tomorrow being a high-mountain stage look for the overall to become a little more sorted out and the favorites to hit the front.

Stage 7

1. Linus Gerdemann (G), T-Mobile, 4:53:13

2. Inigo Landaluze (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 0:40

3. David De La Fuente (Sp), Saunier Duval-Prodir, at 1:39

4. Juan Mauricio Hernandez Soler (Col), Barloworld, at 2:14

5. Laurent Lefevre (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 2:21

Overall

1. Linus Gerdemann (G), T-Mobile, 10:43:40

2. Inigo Landaluze (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:24

3. David De La Fuente (Sp), Saunier Duval-Prodir, at 2:45

4. Laurent Lefevre (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 2:55

5. Juan Hernandez Mauricio Soler (Col), Barloworld, at 3:05