Stage 7 Results

Stage 7 was the individual time trial. This stage was 52km (32 miles) from Saint-Gregoire to Rennes. I was shocked how this stage ended. I thought the riders from the USA would have done much better. They just did not ride poorly (other than Floyd Landis) but CSC's Bobby Julich crashed. He got up from the crash, but was then taken away in an ambulance. He did some damage to his wrist. Levi Leipheimer had a really bad day. It looked like he was not feeling very well. T-Mobile's Sergei Honchar had a wonderful ride. He blew the field out of the water. This was Honchar first Tour stage win.

The top five for this stage
1. HONCHAR (UKR, TMO) 1h 01'43"600 (50.6km/h)
2. LANDIS (USA, PHO) 1'01"
3. LANG (GER, GST) 1'04"
4. ROGERS (AUS, TMO) 1'24"
5. LARSSON (SWE, FDJ) 1'33"

Overall standings (top 5)
1) Sergei Honchar
2) Floyd Landis, Phonak, at 1:00
3) Michael Rogers, T-Mobile, at 1:08
4) Patrik Sinkewitz, T-Mobile, at 1:45
5) Marcus Fothen, Gerolsteiner, at 1:50

Stage Map

(From www.olntv.com)

Stage Topography

(From www.olntv.com)