McGee scores win in Avranches

FDJeux.com's Bradley McGee won the seventh stage of the Tour de France Saturday, a 176km run from Bagnoles-de-l'Orne to Avranches, making him the second Australian to win a stage at this year's Tour.

ONCE's Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano retained the overall leader's yellow jersey. However, U.S. Postal's three-time champion Tour Lance Armstrong suffered a scare when he was caught in one of several pile-ups in the last few kilometers. The American quickly recovered and eventually finished 26 seconds in arrears slipping to eighth overall, some 34 secs adrift of Galdeano.
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