<p> <br />The Saxo Bank rider attacked twice in the finale to beat France's Laurent Lefevre and Italian Franco Pellizotti, who were second and third respectively 48 seconds behind. <br /><br />Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader's yellow jersey ahead of Spaniard Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, second and third respectively. <br /><br />Sorensen featured in a seven-man breakaway at the 64-km mark that quickly built a gap of over four minutes -- and he proved the strongest of the group. <br /><br />"I am extremely happy, it is something than I hardly thought of. I was lucky to win this one," said the 34-year-old Sorensen, one of Andy Schleck's domestiques on the Tour. <br /><br />Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans also tried their luck early in the stage but they were swiftly reined in by the bunch.</p>
<p> <br />The Saxo Bank rider attacked twice in the finale to beat France's Laurent Lefevre and Italian Franco Pellizotti, who were second and third respectively 48 seconds behind. <br /><br />Italy's Rinaldo Nocentini retained the overall leader's yellow jersey ahead of Spaniard Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong, second and third respectively. <br /><br />Sorensen featured in a seven-man breakaway at the 64-km mark that quickly built a gap of over four minutes -- and he proved the strongest of the group. <br /><br />"I am extremely happy, it is something than I hardly thought of. I was lucky to win this one," said the 34-year-old Sorensen, one of Andy Schleck's domestiques on the Tour. <br /><br />Andy Schleck and Cadel Evans also tried their luck early in the stage but they were swiftly reined in by the bunch.</p>