The CSC-Saxo Bank team had been warning for a week that its riders would attack Cadel Evans in the Alps. But on a steep mountain climb at the finish of a long stage, even knowing what is coming sometimes cannot help. A group of 10 riders, including three from CSC, took turns attacking Evans for most of the 11.4-kilometer climb, about 7 miles, to this Italian ski resort. In the final kilometer, Frank Schleck, who started the day just one second behind Evans in the overall standings, rode away and into the yellow jersey for the first time in his career. Schleck and the others in the group of top riders finished the stage roughly four minutes behind the stage winner, Simon Gerrans, an Australian rider for Crédit Agricole, who was part of a four-man breakaway that led by as much as 17 minutes midway through the 183-kilometer...
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