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German Linus Gerdemann took the yellow jersey of the Tour de France from Fabian Cancellara by winning the first mountain stage of this year's race. Gerdemann was part of a 15-man break for much of the 197.5km stage from Bourg-enBresse to Le Grand-Bornand. But the T-Mobile man went it alone over the Col de la Colombiere, finishing 40 seconds clear of Inigo Landaluze.
Injured race favourites Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Kloeden "nished in a group 3'38" behind.
Fellow big names Cadel Evans, Alejandro Valverde and Levi Leipheimer were in the same group.
Swiss Cancellara, who gave a wave to the television camera as he was dropped from the group on the early stages of the final climb, was 148th on the stage, a massive 22'47" behind the winner.
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