Tejay Van Garderen was 24th on Friday as the Tour de France hit the week mark and finished 3:37 behind stage winner Stephen Cummings of Great Britain. Van Garderen slid a spot overall to 12th and dropped 40 seconds on the leader, now 5:57 back. Van Garderen was joined in the top 50 by Alex Howes who finished 41st and 4:09 back, his best finish of the race. Howes jumped up from 129th to 82nd in the overall standings with the good finish.

Lawson Craddock was outside the top 50 for the third straight stage as he finished 67th. Craddock moved up a spot to 49th overall and now trails the leader by 17:56. Peter Stetina made it four Americans in the top 100 as he finished 72nd and is now 58th overall.

Saturday is a 114-mile mountain stage as the Tour de France opens with nine straight days of racing followed by a day off and seven more days of racing. It is the first mountain stage of the race. After a second day of rest the races ends with five final days of racing. There are two time trials, one in stage 13 for 23 miles and one in the mountains in stage 18 for 11 miles.

Previous Tour de France Coverage:
Preview
Stage One Update
Stage Two Update
Stage Three Update
Stage Four Update
Stage Five Update
Stage Six Update