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    Tour de France 2010: Contador Pulls Ahead
    Alberto Contador will be wearing the yellow jersey for the first time when the Tour de France resumes on Tuesday with the punishing 16th stage from Bagneres-de-Luchon to Pau after the defending champion finished 39 seconds ahead of erstwhile leader Andy Schleck in Monday’s stage 15. Schleck was trying to attack in the final climb of stage 15 when his bike lost its...
    by Joannes at July 20th, 2010 at 03:07 am
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    Tour de France 2010: Schleck Holds on to Yellow Jersey
    Defending champion Alberto Contador failed to use his vaunted climbing power to the hilt on the Tour de France‘s first stage in the Pyrenees on Sunday, allowing Andy Schleck of Luxembourg to hold on to the yellow jersey going into Monday’s 15th stage. Schleck still leads Contador by 31 seconds with five more stages to go, as the two top contenders for the overall...
    by Joannes at July 18th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
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    Tour de France 2010: Renshaw Kicked Out; Cavendish Wins 11th Stage
    HTC Columbia saw its top sprinter, Mark Cavendish, win another Tour de France stage, but the victory came at a price as the team’s lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, was given the boot after a mad scramble towards the end of Thursday’s 11th stage. Tour officials expelled Renshaw after he head-butted Garmin-Transitions lead-out man Julian Dean, who was leading the...
    by Joannes at July 16th, 2010 at 11:07 am
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    2010 Tour de France: Petacchi Wins 1st Stage
    Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi heralded his return to the Tour de France with a victory in the crash-marred Stage 1 from Rotterdam to Brussels on Sunday. Petacchi, who is making his Tour return after several years of absence, edged Australia’s Mark Renshaw and Norway’s Thor Hushovd in the sprint to the finish after most of the favorites were blocked by...
    by Joannes at July 4th, 2010 at 01:07 pm