Jörg Jaksche up to 11th overall

Jörg Jaksche and his Liberty Seguros team manager Manolo Saiz both reported themselves as being content with the German's performance on the first Pyrenean stage today.

Jaksche fought back from being in difficulty on the Port de Pailhères, regaining contact with the Maillot Jaune group on the descent and then finishing thirteenth at the summit finish of Ax-3 Domaines. He crossed the line just ahead of Australian Cadel Evans (Davitamon Lotto), 4'03 after stage winner Georg Totschnig (Gerolsteiner) but, importantly, moved one place to 11th overall. He is now getting close to his aim of a top ten place in GC.

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