Tour Takes A Day Off Before Stage 10

The rider in the Yellow Jersey is Christopher Froome from Great Britain. He seized more than a minute's lead in the high mountains in the last couple of days. On Monday (July 8th) the Tour had its first rest day. Tuesday will see a much flatter stage, and that should make it easy for Froome's teammates on Sky Procycling to protect his lead -- at least for now. It is likely he is not really challenged for that race lead until a return to the mountains. Because of the day off, the standings all stay the same. Here are the current standings:
YELLOW JERSEY (Best Overall Time)
1. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar..........1' 25"
3. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) Belkin Pro Cycling..........1' 44"
4. Laurens Ten Dam (Netherlands) Belkin Pro Cycling..........1' 50"
5. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) Saxo-Tinkoff..........1' 51"
6. Alberto Contador (Spain) Saxo-Tinkoff..........1' 51"
7. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar..........2' 02"
8. Daniel Martin (Ireland) Garmin-Sharp..........2' 28"
9. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spain) Katusha..........2' 31"
10. Rui Alberto Costa (Portugal) Movistar..........2' 45"
11. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi..........2' 55"
12. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark) Astana..........3' 07"
13. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........3' 25"
14 Jean-Christophe Peraud (France) AG2R La Mondiale..........3' 29"
15. Andy Schleck (Luxembourg) Radioshack Leopard..........4' 00"
22. Andrew Talansky (United States) Garmin-Sharp..........9' 35"

GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinter)

1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Cannondale..........234 pts
2. Andre Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol..........141 pts
3. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........128 pts
4. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) Katusha..........111 pts
5. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........90 pts
6. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) Sky Procycling..........88 pts
7. Marcel Kittel (Germany) Argos-Shaimano..........87 pts

POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climber)

1. Pierre Rolland (France) Europcar..........49 pts
2. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........33 pts
3. Richie Porte (Australia) Sky Procycling..........28 pts
4. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar..........26 pts
5. Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi..........21 pts
6. Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar..........20 pts
7. Simon Clarke (Australia) Orica Greenedge..........15 pts

WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Rider)

1. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Columbia) Movistar
2. Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Omega Pharma-Quick Step..........1' 23"
3. Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale..........5' 07"
4. Andrew Talansky (United States) Garmin-Sharp..........7' 33"
5. Thibaut Pinot (France) FDJ.FR..........29' 29"

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Movistar (Spain)
2. Saxo-Tinkoff (Denmark)..........4' 11"
3. Belkin Pro Cycling (Netherlands)..........5' 22"
4. AG2R La Mondiale (France)..........8' 07"
5. Radioshack Leopard (Luxembourg)..........14' 07"
6. Euskaltel-Euskadi (Spain)..........14' 42"
7. Katusha (Russia)..........20' 37"
8. BMC Racing (United States)..........31' 12"
9. Garmin-Sharp (United States)..........32' 10"
10. Europcar (France)..........44' 15"