Tejay Van Garderen moved back into the top ten at the Tour de France on Wednesday as he finished six seconds behind the stage winner in 24th. Van Garderen did drop some time to race leader Christopher Froome of Great Britain but is only 1:13 behind, certainly in striking range. No other Americans finished in the top 120 but Peter Stetina did stay in the top 50 overall, now 46:01 back in 50th. Lawson Craddock was the last finisher in 175th but still sits in the top 100 overall in 88th.

Thursday is a 111-mile mountain stage as the Tour de France features seven straight days of racing. After a day of rest the race 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.

In the Tour de Pologne on Wednesday Larry Warbasse and Alexey Vermeulen finished in a large peloton at the front. Warbasse was 66th and Vermeulen was 102nd. Warbasse is now 77th overall, 25 seconds back overall while Vermeulen is the same time back in 108th. Thursday will be a 149-mile intermediate stage in the week long race that ends Monday.

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