Gerdemann Leads in Tour de France
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Linus Gerdemann, riding in his first Tour de France, won the seventh stage today to take the yellow jersey.
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Sport: Tour de France: Bradley Wiggins leads for most of the sixth stage only to be overhauled at the death.
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BOURG-EN-BRESSE, France -- Tom Boonen of Belgium won Friday's sixth stage of the Tour de France in a sprint finish, and Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara retained the leader's yellow jersey for a seventh straight day.
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Alexander Vinokourov may be out of the competition for the overall Tour de France victory. But that has not stopped the determined Astana team leader from riding his best on a stage-by-stage basis.
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Russian cyclist Denis Menchov has won the fifth stage of the Tour of Spain and US Postal service rider Manuel Beltran of Spain has taken the overall lead.
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Sport: Sergio GarcÃ­a shoots a six-under-par round of 65 to take the first-round lead in the Open.
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The Tour de France set off from Belgium on Wednesday with world champion Tom Boonen wearing the yellow jersey on his home turf.
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PSV Eindhoven re-established their five-point lead at the top of the Dutch Eredivisie today with a 2-0 win at Vitesse Arnhem. Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Gerald Sibon put PSV ahead in the 56th minute
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Thor Hushovd of Norway wins the fourth stage of the Tour de France, while Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara maintains the overall lead.
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Race leader Oscar Pereiro and rival Floyd Landis set off on Tuesday&#039;s 15th stage of the Tour de France, the first of three straight grueling Alpine treks.
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Halfway through the Tour de France, no compelling newcomer has broken through, no favorite has emerged and doping allegations have surfaced yet again. Cedric Vasseur became the first French rider to win a stage this year, but his victory and the Tour were overshadowed by the announcement of the doping test on cyclist Patrik Sinkewitz during a training session last month that turned up high levels of testosterone.
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Robbie Hunter takes the 11th stage of the Tour de France in Montpellier.
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Like a cyclist who can't shake his pursuers, the Tour de France continues to be dogged by the cloud of doping. Race leader Michael Rasmussen became the latest rider to face scrutiny Friday when he had to answer why he had been kicked off the national team for failing to report his whereabouts for drug-testing purposes.
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MONTPELLIER, France  - South African Robert Hunter won the 182.5-km 11th stage of the Tour de France on Thursday.
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Sport: Tour de France: Belgian sprinter closes in on green jersey with second win of this year's race.
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George Hincapie used some smarts, a little luck and a spectator&#039;s souvenir to take the overall lead at the Tour de France. Judging from his early form at the first Tour of the post-Lance Armstrong era, Hincapie is emerging as a serious contender to succeed his one-time boss.
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CASTRES, France  - Australian Cadel Evans seems to be the only rider able to prevent German Andreas Kloeden from taking the overall Tour de France lead on Saturday after the 13th stage, a 54-km individual time trial in Albi.