The first week of
the Tour de France came to a close today in Tarbes, at the foothills of
the Pyrénées mountains, and it was Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo of
BBox-Bouygues Telecom who offered his home country its third victory in
the race thus far. Fedrigo finished off Italian Franco Pellizotti
(Liquigas) after a prefectly executed two-man breakaway over the Col du
Tourmalet on stage 9, 160.5km between Saint Gaudens and Tarbes. Rinaldo
Nocentini (AG2R La Mondiale) had no trouble holding onto his yellow
jersey as the Tour takes a break for the first of two rest days on
Monday.