B esse , ▁and ▁the ▁yellow ▁j er sey ▁group , ▁still ▁being ▁pac ed ▁by ▁C ais se ▁d ' E par g ne , ▁let ▁them ▁all ▁go . ▁Even ▁when ▁Christian ▁V ande ▁Vel de , ▁sixth ▁overall ▁and ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁place ▁team ▁Gar min - Ch ip ot le , ▁launched ▁an ▁attack , ▁C ais se ▁d ' E par g ne ▁did ▁not ▁respond . ▁ ▁Finally , ▁at ▁the ▁ 1 ▁kilometer ▁to ▁go ▁mark , ▁the ▁pel ot on ▁came ▁forward ▁to ▁bring ▁back ▁those ▁who ▁had ▁broken ▁away . ▁V irt ually ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁GC ▁cont enders ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁front ▁of ▁the ▁main ▁group . ▁The ▁last ▁of ▁Val ver de ' s ▁team m ates ▁pe e led ▁off ▁to ▁open ▁the ▁s print ▁to ▁the ▁line , ▁won ▁by ▁Ric c ardo ▁Ric c ò . ▁In ▁seeking ▁a ▁position ▁for ▁the ▁final ▁s print , ▁the ▁yellow ▁j er sey ▁wear er ▁Stefan ▁Sch um acher ▁caught ▁the ▁wheel ▁of ▁Kim ▁Kirchen ▁with ▁ 3 0 0 m ▁remaining , ▁and ▁fell . ▁Since ▁the ▁finish ▁was ▁on ▁an ▁u ph ill ▁clim b , ▁the ▁rule ▁giving ▁anyone ▁who ▁crashes ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁ 3 ▁kilom eters ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁as ▁the ▁group ▁they ▁were ▁in ▁upon ▁crash ing ▁was ▁not ▁invoked , ▁and ▁he ▁lost ▁ 3 2 '' ▁on ▁the ▁stage , ▁and ▁Kirchen ▁took ▁the ▁overall ▁lead . ▁ ▁Stage ▁ 7