Tour De France Standings

The Tour de France bicycle race had a rest day on Tuesday, so all of the standings remained the same. The Tour goes back into the mountains on Wednesday, so there could easily be another shake-up in the overall standings.

The picture above is of Tejay Van Garderen. Tejay is the highest-ranking American in the Tour right now. He rides for the BMC Racing team and currently sits in 8th place overall. He is the leader right now for the White Jersey -- given to the best young rider (riders under 25 years old). He may well be America's future bike racing star.

YELLOW JERSEY (Overall Race Leaders)
1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) Sky Procycling
2. Cadel Evans (Australia) BMC Racing..........01' 53"
3. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........02' 07"
4. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Liquigas-Cannondale..........02' 23"
5. Denis Menchov (Russia) Katusha..........03' 02"
6. Haimar Zubeldia (Spain) Radio Shack-Nissan..........03' 19"
7. Maxime Montfort (Belgium) Radio Shack-Nissan..........04' 23"
8. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing..........05' 14"
9. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium) Lotto-Belisol..........05' 20"
10. Nicolas Roche (Ireland) AG2R La Mondiale..........05' 29"


GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinters)

1. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale..........217

2. Matthew Harley Goss (Australia) Orica Greenedge..........185

3. Andre Greipel (Germany) Lotto-Belisol..........172

4. Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........129

5. Alessandro Petacchi (Italy) Lampre ISD..........109

POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climbers)
1. Fredrik Kessiakoff (Sweden) Astana..........21
2. Christopher Froome (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........20
3. Cadel Evans (Australia) BMC Racing..........18
4. Thibaut Pinot (France) FDJ-Bigmat..........16
5. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain) Sky Procycling..........12


WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Riders)
1. Tejay Van Garderen (United States) BMC Racing
2. Rein Taaramae (Estonia) Cofidis Le Credit En Ligne..........00' 42"
3. Tony Gallopin (France) Radio Shack-Nissan..........00' 45"
4. Thibaut Pinot (France) FDJ-Bigmat..........03' 39"
5. Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi..........05' 11"


TEAM STANDINGS
1. Radio Shack-Nissan (Luxembourg)
2. Sky Procycling (Great Britain)..........01' 25"
3. Omega Pharma-Quick Step (Belgium)..........13' 25"
4. Liquigas-Cannondale (Italy)..........16' 06"
5. Katusha (Russia)..........16' 23"
6. BMC Racing (United States)..........17' 32"