Sastre takes yellow on Alpe d’Huez

Spaniard Caros Sastre grabbed the lead in the Tour de France after blowing away the opposition on the race's most famous climb. "A superb solo attack by Carlos Sastre on the Alpe d'Huez climb propelled the Spaniard into the yellow jersey yesterday – but the tradition that whoever leads the Tour after cycling's most mythical ascent goes on to win in Paris may yet be broken," writes Alasdair Fotheringham in the Independent. Sastre has a lead of just 1min 34secs over Australian rider Cadel Evans, who remains in the hunt as he is the best time trial rider of the leading pack. The penultimate stage on Saturday is a 53km time trial.