Vasseur Leads, Riders Hit Hills
The Tour de France moved to the mountains Monday, and the favorites moved closer to the top.
On Bastille Day, Laurent Brochard of France won the first mountain stage of a race that had been dominated by sprinters during the first week on relatively flat terrain.
Cedric Vasseur of France stayed in the overall lead, with Germany’s Jan Ullrich in second, 13 seconds behind. Ullrich finished second last year.
Ullrich’s teammate, Bjarne Riis, won the title last year. He moved to within 1 minute 43 seconds of the lead and was in fourth, but he lost 27 seconds to Ullrich.
“To win it [on Bastille Day] is the cherry on the cake,” Brochard said.
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