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Schleck takes yellow jersey after Stage 9
By Jamey Keaten
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 14 - 07 - 2010

JEAN-DE-MAURIENNE, France - Andy Schleck of Luxembourg captured the overall lead at the Tour de France at the end of a mountainous ninth stage won by French rider Sandy Casar Tuesday.
Schleck took the yellow jersey from Australia's Cadel Evans, who wore it for only one day, after finishing seventh in the stage, two seconds behind Casar and alongside two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador.
Evans was dropped on the fabled Madeleine pass and lost more than 8 minutes on Schleck and Contador. Casar led a sprint among seven breakaway riders at the finish of the 204.5-km trek from Morzine to Saint-Jean-La-Maurienne - the second and final day in the Alps containing three tough climbs.
The Francaise des Jeux rider collected his third career stage win at the Tour, blazing ahead of Luis-Leon Sanchez in second and Damiano Cunego in third - all three riders clocking 5 hours, 38 minutes, 10 seconds.
“It's pure happiness,” the 31-year-old Casar said. “I wanted it so much it couldn't have happened any other way.”
Contador and Schleck trailed two seconds back, setting the stage for a two-man fight for the title. Schleck leads his Spanish rival by 41 seconds, while Spain's Samuel Sanchez - who finished 8th, 52 seconds back - jumped to third and trails the leader by 2:45.
For a while, it looked like Luis Leon Sanchez, who entered the day in 20th place - 5:03 back of Evans - might take the yellow jersey. The Caisse d'Epargne leader was among 12 cyclists who broke away and had a lead of roughly 6-½ minutes on the pack about two-thirds of the way through the stage - but before the Madeleine.
That was when Schleck and Contador engaged in a dramatic duel about midway through the punishing climb, with the Luxembourg rider attacking on several occasions - but unable to shake the Spaniard.
At the top of the Madeleine, with a long descent ahead, Contador, Schleck and Samuel Sanchez trailed about 2:10 back of a small group of breakaway riders. By the foot, they trailed by only about 1:40, and continued to gain on the escapees in the 13-kilometer flat to the finish.
Evans finished 8 minutes, 9 seconds back from Casar, in 42nd place. The two-time Tour runner-up broke down after the finish, burying his head in the hug of a BMC Racing teammate and sobbing.
After the stage, team doctor Max Testa said Evans was riding with a “small but very painful” fracture on his elbow after crashing early in the eighth stage Sunday - when he captured the coveted yellow shirt.
Seven-time champion Lance Armstrong fared relatively well as many other riders dropped off the title contenders. The US rider finished 18th, 2:50 behind Casar.
Armstrong rose in the standings to 31st, from 39th.


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