In the main pack, 2006 champion Oscar Pereiro of Spain also made a break but was swiftly swallowed back.

Arvesen and two other riders jumped away three km from the finish with the Norwegian outsprinting Switzerland's Martin Elmiger and Italian Alessandro Ballan, second and third, respectively.

"I've been waiting for this since my first Tour in 2004. In 2005, I was only second (in a stage)," said Arvesen. "Today is a bit of a revenge for me."

"It's a wonderful victory for Kurt," said CSC team manager Bjarne Riis. "We are all happy because he has done a lot of work for the team."

Barloworld suffered a nightmare. On top of Duenas Nevado's exclusion, two other riders from the team exited the race after falling - Italian Longo Borghini and Spain's Felix Cardenas.

Meanwhile, police found banned substances in the hotel room of Duenas Nevado yesterday, his team manager said.

Barloworld's Claudio Corti said the substances were discovered when the room was searched by officers before the start of the 11th stage. The 27-year-old was immediately withdrawn from the race and was taken in custody by police.

"It has emerged that some banned medicines that were absolutely not supplied or prescribed by the team doctor were found in Moises Duenas's room", Barloworld said on its Website (www.teambarloworld.com). "I've asked the French police to fully investigate the case so that we can fully understand the seriousness of what Moises Duenas has done," Corti said. "He seems to have secretly used banned substances, hiding everything from everybody else in the team."

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