Petacchi takes stage but Nazon gets yellow

Alessandro Petacchi blasted to his second stage victory in three days today, but Jean-Patrick Nazon is sure to be the toast of France as the Tour moves into its fifth day.

After picking up 14 seconds of bonus time throughout the stage, Jean Delatour‘s Nazon did enough to snatch the yellow jersey away from Australian Bradley McGee to become the first French rider to lead the overall standings since Francois Simon in 2001.