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Cycling's leading member of the Armstrong clan has hit the front today and seized the Tartan Jersey.
He actually finished third in today's stage which was another 219km of mountain terrain from Sallanches to L'Alpe d'Huez and said that he found it tougher than expected. This may give some hope to the other riders who have been fixated on Lance's posterior for the last 5 years.
Richard Virenque is still sporting his fashionable polka dot number despite finishing well down the field in today's stage. It seems that Virenque is one of the few hundred cyclists who have been suspected of using drugs. No wonder he keeps seeing all those polka dots.
The Basques Euskaltel-Euskadi are currently leading in the team event. The team names are quite amusing. It looks like they may be commercial sponsors as opposed to sporting teams but I have to say I have hardly heard of any on them. Another sign that this is a continental event not widely followed in Britain. I mean how can they have a cycling event without a Raleigh team.
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| As sponsorship reaches new levels in the Tour de France, riders for new team Brioches la Boulangere have hit on the winning idea of distributing breakfast to spectators as they go. |
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Apart from the US Postal Service team (I wonder what the market for US stamps is like in France), the only team I recognise is CSC. Now this could actually be the name of a frogs legs manufacturer for all I know but it is also the name of a large IT company which brings it into my sad world. Actually, if you follow that last link you will see that it is their team in the Tour de France. Funny, if you visit their UK site there's no mention of le Tour. But they do get in a major plug for the Royal Mail - there really must be a hell of a lot of money in stamps.
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