Tour de France: Daryl Impey hails 'big day for African cycling' after taking yellow jersey

Daryl Impey hailed "a big day for African cycling" after becoming the first rider from the continent to claim the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.

Froome relieved

Meanwhile, Team Sky leader Chris Froome survived another potentially hazardous day in the peloton unscathed to keep his bid for overall victory on track. He told teamsky.com: "It has been a stressful week so far, but good at the same time. On the whole we have come through it really well as a team and we're sitting in a really good position now heading into the Pyrenees. "I am definitely looking forward to getting into the harder climbs now. It has been quite nerve-wracking on the flats. "Everyone is really close on the general classification and everyone is fighting for position, but hopefully once we hit the climbs it is going to open up a little bit more and the race will calm down a bit."