The first real climbing stage in the Tour shook up the standings, as another Frenchman won a stage, and the first Italian in 9 years pulled on the yellow jersey. Rinaldo Nocentini of AG2R is not a climber, so his scant six second lead over Alberto Contador and eight second lead over Lance Armstrong doesn't mean much for the overall picture.
Nocentini has a Pasadena connection, as he won Stage 7 in the 2009 Tour of California in a breakaway sprint at the finish of the circuits around the Rose Bowl.
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