Chris Froome (Sky) has taken Stage 7 of the Dauphine Libere. The Briton jumped away from Tejay van Garderen (BMC) on the climb to the finish to take the mountainous, 155-km ride from Montmelian to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc in 4:24:17. Van Garderen finished second at 0:17, and Louis Meintjes (MTN-Qhubeka) outsprinted Benat Intxausti (Movistar) for third at 0:41. Van Garderen’s finish has given him the maillot jaune with one stage remaining.

BMC has won Stage 3 of the Dauphine Libere. The world team time trial champion powered over the mostly flat, 24.5-km course from Roanne to Montagny in 29:54. Astana took second place at 0:04, and Movistar finished third at 0:05. Rohan Dennis (BMC), who took the yellow jersey in this race two years ago, has moved back into the overall lead.