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Gerdemann scores one for the new breed

By Cycling News

published 20 July 2007

The vocally antidoping young T-Mobile rider Linus Gerdemann gave fresh hope to fans looking for an...

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Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fans hold up signs (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Christophe Moreau is happy (Image credit: Sirotti)

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

French village along the route (Image credit: Gregor Brown)

Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) (Image credit: Gregor Brown)

Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) chased (Image credit: Sirotti)

Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) before the start of what will be hard day in the saddle. (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) is one of many weapons the team has along with Pereiro, Valverde and Karpets. (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Cofidis is trying to defend Chavanel's jersey. (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

French village along the route on stage 6 (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Marc Sergeant The directeur sportif of Predictor-Lotto (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) has no pressure after already winning a stage (Image credit: Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com)

Oscar Pereiro and Vladimir Karpets (Caisse d'Epargne) chase back on after Karpets had an incident (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Cadel Evans (Predictor-Lotto) is quietly confident in his chances (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Bram Tankink (Quickstep) stayed with the break until Gerdemann rode them all off his wheel (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabonank) couldn't hold the on to the front of the break on the final climb (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) wins the seventh stage of the Tour in Le Grand Bornard (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) douses himself with water on the long, hot ride to Le Grand Bornard (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Gerdemann basks in the glory on the overall leader's podium (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) takes over yellow on stage seven (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Gerdemann was elated to win a Tour de France stage (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Gerdemann cherishes the yellow (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Linus Gerdeman took risks on the final descent into Le Grand Bornard (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Predictor-Lotto and CSC chase as the race heads toward the first category 1 climb (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Fans hold up signs "no to doping" (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Andreas Klöden (Astana) in the main group of GC contenders, ahead of Discovery's Alberto Contador (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Caisse d'Epargne leads the chase up the final climb of stage seven (Image credit: AFP Photo)

Wim Vansevenant Hallo? Yes, I'll be on the front all day again… yes, it's fine, I'll roll in with the grupetto (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

French champion Christophe Moreau always has time for young fans (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Predictor-Lotto gets ready for the long haul (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Credit Agricole relaxes in the village depart (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Axel Merckx reads the paper (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Vladimir Karpets' bike gets a quick adjustment (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Tom Boonen in green getting ready for the first big mountains (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Benjamin Noval is mighty bandaged up but still riding (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Boonen signs autographs (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Mark Cavendish at the start (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Former Swiss champ Martin Elmiger at the village depart (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Sunflowers! Imagine that in the Tour de France? (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The field passes sunflowers (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Linus Gerdemann on his heroic descent (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Barloworld's Mauricio Soler attacked on the final climb (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom) descends to the finish (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval) gets low and aero for the plummet to the finish (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Gerdemann hammers into town (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The citizens of Capponex were out in force to cheer on the Tour (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Yellow jersey Fabian Cancellara descends (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

Boonen leads the autobus (Image credit: Cyclingnews.com)

The field is coming up the Colombière. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Linus Gerdemann (T-Mobile) is solo in the front (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The German is cheered on by many spectators as he is approaching the summit. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) chases the German in vain. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Martin Elmiger (Ag2r Prévoyance) was in the break all day before settling into his own rhythm. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) had a good day in the mountains and stayed with all the overall contenders. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) was in the main break as well. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Wegmann got caught but attacked again to finish sixth. Chapeau. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

All the favourites stayed together and Vino and Klöden were able to hold the tempo. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Erik Zabel (Milram) knows a thing or two about descending fast. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) looking good on the final downhill of the day. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) worked all day for his team, but then did the last climb easy. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The peloton coming down the final descent. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) has Gerdemann in sight, but can't close the gap. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) struggles up the hill to catch the two guys in front. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Valverde leads Contador and Evans. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Evans looks good and has Moreau on his wheel. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Christophe Moreau is happy that on Bastille day he can stay with all the favourites on this first real climb of the Tour. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) stayed in the group also. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Levi Leipheimer (Discovery Channel) on the right (111) (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Andreas Klöden (Astana) suffers from his injury, but was able to hold the pace. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) crashed earlier in the Tour and is bandaged up. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) lost the White Jersey to the stage winner. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) grits his teeth. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) chased in vain for several kilometres. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

He came close a couple of kilometres from the top, but then bonked and lost a few seconds on the remaining uphill. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The Spaniard couldn't match the German on the descent. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Prodir) is not unknown to good mountain showings. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

De La Fuente got third today, the same place he finished in the overall mountains classification in the last Tour (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Christophe Moreau finishes in the group with all the GC favourites. Good Bastille Day for him. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was also looking good for the day. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Fränk Schleck (Team CSC) looks exhausted after a hard day in the mountains. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Denis Menchov (Rabobank) could count on team and he and Rasmussen finished in the top group. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

Linus Gerdemann (Ger) T-Mobile wins the stage to Le Grand Bornand. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

The German gets his first Tour stage win. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

He can't quite believe it yet himself. (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)