Tour de France

* Tuesday’s stage: A 97-mile stage from Cuneo, Italy, to Jausiers, France, with two major climbs: the 13.3-mile Lombarde pass and the 15.8-mile Bonette-Restefond summit.

* Winner: Cyril Dessel of France won and led a four-man breakaway, clocking 4 hours 31 minutes 27 seconds, to beat France’s Sandy Casar in second and Spain’s David Arroyo in third. Each had the same time.

* Yellow jersey: Frank Schleck of Luxembourg retained the overall lead for a second day. He leads Bernhard Kohl of Germany by seven seconds and Cadel Evans of Australia by eight seconds.

* Quote of the day: “We’re going to try to make the other riders lose the Tour de France tomorrow.” -- Schleck

STAGE 16 RESULTS

1. Cyril Dessel, France

4:31:27

2. Sandy Casar, France

same time

3. David Arroyo, Spain

same time

4. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine

0:03 behind

5. George Hincapie, U.S.

0:24 behind

OVERALL STANDINGS

1. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg

68:30:16

2. Bernhard Kohl, Austria

0:07 behind

3. Cadel Evans, Australia

0:08 behind

4. Carlos Sastre, Spain

0:49 behind

5. Denis Menchov, Russia

1:13 behind