The 2011 Tour de France completed its first stage through the Pyrenees Mountains and Team Radio Shack's disastrous Tour has just about peaked (or valley'd as the case may be). Andreas Kloden was sitting in eighth place with a shot at a spot on the podium in Paris. However, Thursday's mountain trek ended in disaster as Kloden crashed on an early descent and now sits 10:19 back of the yellow jersey. His teammates Levi Leipheimer finished strong but still lost most time to Thomas Voeckler and is 7:51 back of the pack.
Aside from losing Kloden, the overall standings did not see too much of a shakeup after the first high mountain stage. Thomas Voeckler retained his yellow jersey and remains 1:49 ahead of second place. One change saw Frank Schleck climb into second place as he gained 40 seconds on Voeckler. Cadel Evans remains in third place, although he gained 20 seconds on Voeckler and is now 2:06 back of the yellow jersey. Samuel Sanchez won the stage and has taken over the polka dot climbing jersey.
Here is your current top ten:
| Stnd | Rider | Rider # | Team | Time | Gaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 VOECKLER Thomas |
181 | TEAM EUROPCAR | 51h 54' 44" | |
| 2. |
 SCHLECK Frank |
18 | TEAM LEOPARD-TREK | 51h 56' 33" | + 01' 49" |
| 3. |
 EVANS Cadel |
141 | BMC RACING TEAM | 51h 56' 50" | + 02' 06" |
| 4. |
SCHLECK Andy |
11 | TEAM LEOPARD-TREK | 51h 57' 01" | + 02' 17" |
| 5. |
 BASSO Ivan |
91 | LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE | 51h 58' 00" | + 03' 16" |
| 6. |
CUNEGO Damiano |
161 | LAMPRE - ISD | 51h 58' 06" | + 03' 22" |
| 7. |
 CONTADOR Alberto |
1 | SAXO BANK SUNGARD | 51h 58' 44" | + 04' 00" |
| 8. |
SANCHEZ Samuel |
21 | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | 51h 58' 55" | + 04' 11" |
| 9. |
 DANIELSON Tom |
52 | TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO | 51h 59' 19" | + 04' 35" |
| 10. |
 ROCHE Nicolas |
101 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 51h 59' 41" | + 04' 57" |
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