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Description: Alpe d'Huez, 22 July 2011. While the stages in the Pyrenees did not produce anything spectacular, Andy Schleck attacked from afar in the alpine stage towards the Col du Galibier. The masterstroke of the younger Schleck began at the Col d'Izoard. The peloton failed to react. The Luxembourg rider achieved a maximum lead of four minutes. Finally, Cadel Evans saw the danger of this breakaway and narrowed the gap. At the end of the following day, the yellow jersey was hanging around Schleck's shoulders. The young Luxembourger claimed the jersey in Alpe d'Huez, at the very same spot where his older brother, Fränk, had lost it in 2008. However, he did not manage to get farther ahead of Evans, who followed him 57 seconds behind in the general classification. In the final time trial, the inevitable occurred: Schleck lost first place to time trial specialist Cadel Evans.
Title: Yellow jersey, Andy Schleck, Tour de France, 2011
Credit: KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport
Author: Nike
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