Australia’s Cadel Evans has has grabbed the race leader’s yellow jersey at the Tour de France.
The 189km eighth stage in the French Alps was won by Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, the Saxo Bank rider who finished second in last year’s Tour.
He out-sprinted Euskaltel’s Samuel Sanchez for the stage win after the duo broke 1km from the summit finish line.World champion Evans and reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador finished in a group of nine riders 10sec later.
