Tour de France
Posted on July 7, 2008
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Despite the controversy of recent years, the Tour de France still provides the most exciting moments in cycling.
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July 6, 2008
TOUR AT A GLANCE: STAGE 2
Sunday’s stage: A mostly flat, 102.2-mile run from Auray to Saint-Brieuc that favored sprinters.
Winner: Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Crédit Agricole won his sixth Tour stage. Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg finished second, and Gerald Ciolek of Germany was third.
Yellow jersey: Alejandro Valverde kept the yellow jersey for the second day and leads Kirchen by 1 second.
Quote of the day: “It was an incredible thing to spend today with the yellow jersey on my shoulders. Every time that we passed through a village, people recognized me and shouted my name.” — Valverde.
Next stage: Today’s 129.3-mile third stage from Saint-Malo to Nantes is another mostly flat trek favoring sprinters.
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