Thursday's Tour de France summary

July 8, 2011 at 9:07PM

RACE DAY

Thursday's stage: A 140.75-mile trek from Dinan to the pilgrimage city of Lisieux. It was the longest stage of this year's race and featured a 1.86-mile climb to the finish.

Winner: Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway, who held off a late charge from Matt Goss of Australia to claim his first Tour victory.

Yellow jersey: Thor Hushovd kept the overall lead, 1 second ahead of Australia's Cadel Evans.

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