Rasmussen takes stage and yellow jersey
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TIGNES, France  - Michael Rasmussen took the overall leader's yellow jersey with a commanding victory in the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Sunday.
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Stage 10: Tallard to Marseille, 142.6 miles. Stage winner: Cedric Vasseur (France), Quick Step-Innergetic, in 5 hours 20 minutes 24 seconds.
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Russian Denis Menchov won the fifth uphill stage of the Tour of Spain and Manuel Beltran of the US Postal Service snatched the race leader&#39;s yellow jersey from teammate Benoit Joachim.
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TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.
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Sport: Tour de France: Colombian Juan Mauricio Soler wins stage nine on a brutal day in the Alps.
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Call it a race for recognition. After Monday's rest day, the Tour de France heads into its last ride through the Alps in the ninth stage Tuesday with the race finally starting to take shape &#151; and a new crop of contenders emerging.
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Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's 12th stage of the Tour de France, his second stage victory this year, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retained the overall lead.
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Alexandre Vinokourov wins the 13th stage time trial Saturday in the Tour de France, and Michael Rasmussen of Denmark retains the overall lead.
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Sport: Tour de France: Cedric Vassweur nicked stage 10, but Michael Rasmussen retains overall lead.
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Sport: Tour de France: Leader Michael Rasmussen holds off Alberto Contador's attacks, while Kazakh takes victory on stage 15.
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The sixth stage of the Tour de France began Friday, a ride through Normandy in which Tom Boonen wore the yellow jersey for the third straight day while the first long time trial loomed in the three-week race.
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Cyclingâs crackdown on doping, and the retirement of Lance Armstrong in 2005, have caused teams to change their strategies and opened up the competition for the yellow jersey.
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Spanish cyclist Eladio Jimenez has won the 10th stage of the Tour of Spain, while American Floyd Landis retained the leader&#39;s yellow jersey for a third day in a row.
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Yaroslav Popovych won stage 12 of the Tour de France on Friday, while American Floyd Landis retained the yellow jersey of the overall leader.
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Italian cyclist Alessandro Petacchi won the second stage of the Tour of Spain in a mass sprint finish, as Dutchman Max van Heeswijk claimed the leader&#39;s yellow jersey.
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Tom Jenkins photographs stage one of this year's tour.
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Michael Rasmussen put in a stellar ride Saturday in the first of two time trials in the Tour de France and maintained his grip on the yellow jersey by one minute over Cadel Evans.