Published>Mon, Jul 19 10 10:37 PM
Champion Alberto Contador grabbed the Tour de France's yellow jersey on Monday after a chain malfunction slowed down Luxembourg's Andy Schleck in the last ascent of the 15th stage.
French champion Thomas Voeckler powered to a solo victory in the 187.5-km mountain trek from Pamiers.
Schleck started the day with the yellow jersey on his shoulders but crossed the line 39 seconds behind Spaniard Contador.
He now trails the twice Tour champion by eight seconds, according to provisional results.
Schleck attacked some three kilometres from the top but his chain came off and Contador went off along with Spain's Samuel Sanchez and Russian Denis Menchov, starting the descent with a 27-second advantage.
Last year's runner-up Schleck went flat out during the descent but could not stop Contador from overtaking him in the overall standings.
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