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Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 7: Tournus - Station des Rousses, 165.5km

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Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step) soloing the 14km final climb, Cote de Lamoura, the final of six categorized climbs on a very hot dayshare this photo

In fact, it was so hot, the road became unglued which obviously made the cat 2 climb more difficultshare this photo

Janez Brajkovic (Slo) of Team Radioshack leading the group of GC contendersshare this photo

Unlike Stage 2, there will be no asterisk beside Sylvain Chavanel's second impressive solo win of this year's Tourshare this photo

Unknown Footon-Servetto rider, Rafael Valls Ferri, crossed 2nd (+ 0:57)share this photo

Alberto Contador, Lance Armstrong and the rest of the GC contenders were content to wait until tomorrow's big mountain stage. This group of 35 riders crossed 7th (+ 1:57).share this photo

Although Jerome Pineau suffered on the last climb, the KOM leader had a good day in the main break crossing first over five of the six categorized climbs and was thrilled his Quick Step teammate won the stageshare this photo

Post race, Sylvain Chavanel attributed his forced rest in May to his successful start to the Tourshare this photo

Just like stage 2, his impressive solo stage win gives him the Yellow Jerseyshare this photo

Because Sky's Geraint Thomas had a bad day, Saxo Bank's Andy Schleck is the new Young Rider leader. But, he's not too excited about it and says he's hoping to exchange it for Yellow in the coming weeks. Only three riders have ever won both.share this photo

Tour de France 2010 Photos; Stage 7: Tournus - Station des Rousses, 165.5km

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