TOUR DE FRANCE (5-27 July)
BBC coverage: Daily text commentary, reports and gallery on the BBC Sport website and live audio commentary from BBC Radio 5 Live
Italian Riccardo Ricco won stage six of the Tour de France as Kim Kirchen snatched the yellow jersey in the first significant climb Interpol backs ...
France to relaunch efforts to free Betancourt ... of the race.
Kirchen finished the 195.5km stage in fifth place, usurping Stefan Schumacher at the top of the overall standings.
Schumacher's hopes of retaining the leader's jersey were wrecked after a crash inside the final kilometre.
Kirchen has an overall six-second lead over Cadel Evans, who finished third, while David Millar drops to fifth.
More soon.
Stage six results:
1. Riccardo Ricco
2. Alejandro Valverde
3. Cadel Evans
4. Frank Schleck
5. Kim Kirchen
Overall standings (after six stages):
1. Kim Kirchen (Luxembourg/Team Columbia)
2. Cadel Evans (Australia/Silence-Lotto) + 6 seconds
3. Stefan Schumacher (Germany/Gerolsteiner) + 16
4. Christian Vandevelde (USA/Garmin Chipotle) + 44
5. David Millar (Britain/Garmin Chipotle) same time + 47
(BBC)
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