71.   Frenchman Laurent Jalabert held on to the overall lead .

72.   Fourth was Swiss Michael Von Gruenigen, who also went into the overall lead of the season standings ahead of Sykora.

73.   Frenchman Christopher Auguin has the overall lead aboard his boat Sceta Calberson after the first two stages.

74.   Gotti, who was behind Jalabert on the day by eight seconds, then went into the overall lead.

75.   Guidi also rose from fifth to second place in the overall lead, six seconds behind Wust.

76.   Hamburger took over the overall lead in the race on Bastille Day by two seconds over Hincapie, the American champion.

77.   He also went into the overall lead of the season standings.

78.   He built on his already huge overall lead over Schmitt, whose chances of being the World Cup champion for a third straight year now appear gone.

79.   He had lost the overall lead on Monday to fellow Italian Stefano Zanini, but moved back ahead with the eight-second bonus for finishing second on Wednesday.

80.   He is now within four seconds of the overall lead.