A brief look at the 95th Tour de France yesterday: Stage: A 139.2-mile trek through the Pyrenees from Toulouse to Bagneres-de-Bigorre that included two category 1 climbs: the Peyresourde pass and the Aspin pass. Winner: Riccardo Ricco of Italy won his second Tour stage with a spectacular solo breakaway that left his rivals behind when he started his attack up the Aspin. Vladimir Efimkin of Russia finished second and Cyril Dessell was third. Both were more than 1 minute behind Ricco. Yellow jersey: Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg -- the Team Columbia leader -- retained the overall lead ahead of Cadel Evans of Australia, who recovered from a crash and did not lose any time. Christian Vande Velde of United States rose from fourth to third. Quote of the day: "It was totally improvised. I went all out to the finish. . . . I was really fast today." -- Ricco Next stage: Today's 96.9-mile ride from Pau to Hautacam features famed Tour ascents up the Tourmalet and Hautacam, among the most difficult in the Pyrenees, and so hard that they do not have a classification in cycling's ranking system. -- The Associated Press