The team of Thomas Voeckler Europcar has won the big stage in the Pyrenees through the work of Pierre Rolland, who accompanied his leader all the way to the finish at Plateau de Beille while keeping the white jersey in the back of his mind. Anthony Charteau, present in the escape of the start of the race, also hung to be the third man from the team at the mountain-top arrival. Europcar was 1’14” ahead of Leopard-Trek in the stage but the team from Luxembourg logically took over the the overall lead from Garmin-Cervélo. Still, the team of the Schleck brothers has only a six second lead over Europcar in the general classification with AG2R-La Mondiale next (at 2’32”) then Garmin-Cervélo (at 3’43”), while there’s now a significant gap to fifth place which is held by Katusha (at 8’31”).
Interview
July 16
th
2011
- 18:48
Team Classification Review
