Schumacher upsets big guns to take lead

German Stefan Schumacher caught the favourites out to snatch the Tour de France overall leader's yellow jersey with victory in the fourth stage, a 29.5-km time trial around Cholet. The Gerolsteiner rider clocked a best time of 35 minutes and 44 seconds on a windswept course at an average speed of 49.534k/h to beat Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen of Team Columbia by 18 seconds. Briton David Millar of the Garmin-Chipotle team, who has two time trial victories on the Tour to his name, came home third, also 18 seconds behind Schumacher. The trio occupies the three first places in the overall standings, with Schumacher leading Kirchen and Millar by 12 seconds. "It is incredible, winning the stage and taking the yellow jersey at the same time is a dream coming true," said the 26-year-old Schumacher. Australian Cadel Evans, one of the... [read full story]