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Kid Contador conquers Tour de France

Alberto Contador has conquered the 94th Tour de France with a race-saving time trial ride from...

Leipheimer wins first Tour stage and nearly nabs overall - Evans holds second

Alberto Contador has conquered the 94th Tour de France with a race-saving time trial ride from Cognac to Angoulême. The 24 year-old Spaniard finished 2'18" behind stage winner, Levi Leipheimer, and fought hard to hold off a superb effort by Aussie Cadel Evans to maintain his maillot jaune . The American of Discovery Channel nearly stole the show by covering the 55.5-kilometre parcours in Western France with a time of one hour, two minutes and 44 seconds. Predictor-Lotto's Evans finished 51 seconds behind Leipheimer and will remain in second overall 23 seconds behind 'Kid Contador.'

A tight finish concluded the Tour's second time trial through the French department of Charente and most likely the 2007 Tour de France as Contador now leads the overall classification by 23 seconds on Evans. The 30 year-old Australian acknowledged that taking bonus seconds in the final stage to Paris is unlikely but wasn't discounting the possibility. His Predictor-Lotto team may try to pull off an upset since it is within reach of grabbing the world's biggest Grand Tour.

"Sprinting on the Champs-Élysées? I will think about it tomorrow," noted Evans in French after the race. The attentive Australian stayed far up in the stage 18 sprint and gained three seconds when a gap opened up ahead of Contador's group, and had to body-check a spectator in the process. He noted that sprinting could be perilous and admitted, "It is not worth the risk after what happened yesterday."

Evans had his sights on the yellow jersey, but had to hold off a strong threat to his overall position from the American stage winner. "Always watch out for Leipheimer, I knew he was a good time trial rider," he continued regarding Leipheimer's threat to the overall picture. "I know he was still very fresh. The podium was always the goal but if you are so close to then you really want to win."

The day belonged to Leipheimer who used the early fast-paced ride of team-mate George Hincapie as a reference-point to post a blistering ride and nearly nabbed the overall race win. He went the fastest at all time checks; in Sigogne at the kilometre 17.5 he post 19'36", in Saint-Genis-d'Hiersac, kilometre 35, 39'44" and at kilometre 50.1 he posted 57'14". It was a ride that knocked on the door of second place and nearly knocked down the door of the overall competition. The 33 year-old took his first stage win in the Tour de France while moving from 2'49" back at the end of yesterday to 31" back 24 hours later.

"I am extremely happy to win the stage, it has been a life long dream," Leipheimer explained post-stage. "It has been a life long dream just to ride the Tour! To stand on the podium tomorrow, I imagine that it will be fantastic. I will be very happy for Alberto tomorrow, too.

"I did not think I had a chance to win the Tour today, to be honest," he continued. "When I finished I was watching in the camper, yelling at the TV until Alberto crossed the line safely. I was just as happy for his GC win as I was for my stage win today."

Kitted in the yellow colours of race leader 'Kid Contador' saved the day and likely the 94th Tour de France. His ride was not beautiful, at times, his bike was wobbling under the power he was putting into his machine, but it was sufficient. He lost time to his main rival Evans but he handled the most important task of keeping the maillot jaune on his back. His gap was 1'50" at the start of the day and that slipped down by 1'27".

"For a moment, at 30 kilometres to go, I was a little concerned when they gave me a reference of 38 seconds," Contador remarked on his ride. "There was moment when my legs were hurting... but then this gap stayed steady. In the last kilometres, I knew I had to ride to death to save the jersey."

Contador received help from seven-time winner Lance Armstrong who rode in the team car behind him. "Today, he did not tell me anything from the car but when I was hearing Johan [Bruyneel] I was also hearing behind him the voice of Lance Armstrong." Like Armstrong, Contador has had a near-death experience after suffering a blood clot in his brain, and reflected on that dark time in his young life. "I could not image it when I was there [in the hospital] that today I would be here with all these people watching me."

"It was unexpected but fantastic," confirmed Discovery Directeur Sportif Dirk Demol. "We have confidence that he will not be a one-off winner."

Demol commented on Armstrong's appearance. "Lance is someone that keeps leaving his stamp on the team. Since the stage to Plateau de Beille, Lance talked almost every evening to Alberto and that gave him a lot of confidence."

In the battle for fourth, Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) proved his experience and expanded on the gap to Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) even if he was caught by a storming Leipheimer. Sastre increased his gap to his compatriot from the Basque country by 42 seconds.

The battle for the Lanterne Rouge of the last rider in the general classification was likely locked down today when Wim Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) went 1'22" slower than Geraint Thomas (Barloworld). 'Sevi' now sits in dead last with a comfortable margin of 6'39" behind the Brit.

How it unfolded

141 riders started the penultimate stage of the Tour de France knowing that at that point of the race, they were almost certain to make it to Paris. The aim for many was simply to get through the mainly flat 55 kilometre time trial without mishap but for those at the head of the general classification, the stakes were far higher. Maillot jaune Alberto Contador began the day 1'50" ahead of Cadel Evans (Predictor Lotto) and 2'49" up on his own Discovery Channel team-mate Levi Leipheimer. Both challengers are better time trialists than the young Spaniard, so everything was to race for.

There was also plenty of incentive for the other GC riders to perform well. Carlos Sastre (CSC) and Haimar Zubeldia (Euskaltel Euskadi) started the day fourth and fifth overall and had just 27" between them. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) was 1'18" ahead of Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile Team), who in turn was 1'11" ahead of Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team). KOM leader Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel – Euskadi) were ninth and tenth overall and had just eleven seconds dividing them, while last year's possible victor Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne) was hope to overtake one or the other and finish tenth overall for the third time in his career. He's a strong time trialist and started the day 36 seconds behind Soler and 25 seconds away from Astarloza.

Wim Vansevenant (Predictor – Lotto) was first rider off but both he and the youngest rider in the race, Geraint Thomas (Barloworld), were caught during the TT by Sven Krauss, who became the early leader. The Gerolsteiner rider's time was however bettered very soon afterwards by Bram de Groot (Rabobank), then Leif Hoste (Predictor Lotto) went a very impressive 2'36" quicker. His time of 1 hour 5'32" would stand for nearly three and a half hours, although he had nervous moments much earlier when world champion Fabian Cancellara went quicker at the first checkpoint. The CSC rider was five seconds clear of Belgian TT champ Hoste at the 17.5 kilometre mark but would finish seven seconds behind at the finish in Angoulême

Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was next to threaten. He was eleven seconds quicker than Cancellara at the first checkpoint and nine quicker than Hoste at the next, but faded between there and the finish, running third.

David Millar (Saunier Duval – Prodir) said in the days leading up to the time trial that he would try to win. However the Scott had wretched luck, his rear disk wheel disintegrating about 200 metres after he left the start house. He changed bikes but never recovered from that, finishing 5'04" behind. Rabobank's Thomas Dekker fared much better, showing his speed when he was second at the 17.5 kilometre time check and then going on to finish just seven seconds behind Hoste.

Discovery Channel's George Hincapie gave an indication of what would be a good day for his team when he went provisionally quickest at each of the intermediate checks and finished 15 seconds ahead. However his celebrations were short as behind him, Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) was chomping up the course and beat his time by six seconds to take over at the top of the leaderboard.

Disappointment was in store for him too, though, as his team-mate Vladimir Karpets scorched along the course, going 31 seconds quicker en route to a time that looked potentially good enough to win. Further back on the course, though, Levi Leipheimer showed he meant business when he went a staggering 39 seconds faster than the Russian. He was chasing Cadel Evans but the Australian showed that he too was on for a good time when he took second at that check, 14 seconds back.

Evans was trying everything to overcome his overnight 1'50" deficit to race leader Contador. However the Spaniard showed that he wasn't going to hand over the yellow jersey without a fight when he placed third at that check, 36 seconds behind Leipheimer, but just 22 seconds away from his closest rival. The intermediate timing at km 35 saw Leipheimer maintain his lead, the American going through there 35 seconds ahead of Evans. While Contador was still losing time, he was resisting at a rate which suggested he should hold on. He was 1'29" behind this team-mate here and 54 seconds adrift of Evans, maintaining an overall lead of 56 seconds.

From there to the finish just 20.5 kilometres remained. It was utterly suspenseful; Leipheimer had started the day 59 seconds behind Evans and when he set a pace 51 seconds quicker by the 50.1 kilometre check, the Australian's GC place looked threatened. Not only that – Evans was 1'18" better than Contador here, closing the gap between them to 32 seconds. It meant that each rider went eyeballs out from there to the finish.

Leipheimer came home with a time of 1 hour 2'44", dominating the day's race and taking his first Tour de France stage victory. Evans showed excellent bike handling over the final kilometres, taking some risks and fighting his way to the line in a time 51 seconds behind that of the stage winner. That meant he had eight seconds in hand for the general classification, but the bigger questions concerned Contador's maillot jaune . The Spaniard sprinted all the way to the line and lunged across for fifth on the stage, 2'18" behind his team-mate, and 23 seconds ahead of Evans in the overall. The jersey was safe.

Of the other top riders, Sastre finished 16th in the time trial and thus holds on to his fourth place overall. Zubeldia lost 42 seconds to the CSC rider and must be content with equalling his 2003 finish placing of fifth. Valverde and Kirchen fought hard for sixth place and while the Spaniard was 25 seconds back at the first time check, he only conceded another twelve between here and the finish. This is enough for him to stay put.

Popovych finished fourth on the stage and remains eighth, while Soler was slower than Astarloza and Pereiro and drops behind the two of them to eleventh on GC. Karpets' strong ride saw him moving past Chris Horner (Predictor Lotto) in the overall standings. However the American overtook Iban Mayo (Euskaltel Euskadi) in the general classification, so he continues in 15th place overall.

Stage 20 - Sunday, July 29: Marcoussis - Paris Champs-Élysées, 146km

The final stage is normally a celebratory, somewhat processional affair until the racing starts on the Champs Elysées. Victory there is highly prestigious but the stakes will be even higher tomorrow due to the fact that the general classification is so tight. Evans is 23 seconds behind Contador and only eight ahead of Leipheimer; sprint bonuses and the prospect of slipping away in a group before the finish could lead to some aggressive racing by the three.

Stage 20 begins in Marcoussis and then takes a wandering course towards Paris and eight finishing circuits on the Champs-Elysées. Two fourth category climbs come inside the first hour and a half of racing, then bonus sprints are situated at Chatenay-Malabry and Haut des Champs-Elysées.

Climbs: Km 51: Côte de Saint-Rémy-les-Chevreuse - 2.5km climb @ 6% grade / 4th Cat. Km 54.5: Côte de Châteaufort - 1.5km climb @ 6% grade / 4th Cat.

Sprints: Km 74: Chatenay-Malabry Km 108.5: Haut des Champs-Elysees

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Tour de France 2007: Top Contenders

Monica Villavicencio

This year's Tour de France has yet again been marred by scandal. The race's first place rider, Denmark's Michael Rasmussen, was just ousted by his team for lying about his whereabouts during training. This comes on the heels of news that the pre-race favorite, Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov, tested positive for doping, pushing him and his team out of the running.

Here's a look at the current and former top contenders:

Alberto Contador

Team: Discovery Channel

Country: Spain

Alberto Contador, 24, rides for the Discovery Channel Team; he is known as a gifted all-around competitor whose specialty is climbing. In his cycling career, Contador has shown remarkable resilience. He suffered brain hemorrhaging after crashing during the Vuelta a Asturias competition in 2004. Contador nearly died in the accident, but by the next year was yet again a force on the cycling scene. Just before last year's Tour de France, Contador's team, Liberty Seguros, became ensnared in a doping scandal. Though he was one of nine riders barred from competing in the 2006 Tour, a Spanish court later cleared Contador formally of any link to doping. In this year's race, Contador won stage 14, a grueling mountain stage in the Pyrenees.

Cadel Evans

Team: Predictor-Lotto

Country: Australia

Thirty-year-old Cadel Evans could be the first Australian to ever place in the Tour de France top three. His bid for the yellow jersey was given a boost when one of his teammates was forced out of the race for failing to finish a stage in the allotted time, clearing the way for Evans' team to assist his bid. Overall, Evans shows strong performances in time trials, coming in second in the stage 13 time trials behind Kazakhstan's Alexandre Vinokourov. Now that Vinokourov has been thrown out of the competition for a doping violation, Evans moves up to first place in the trial. A strong climber, Evans rides for the Belgian Predictor-Lotto team.

Pre-Race Top Contenders:

Michael Rasmussen

Team: Rabobank

Country: Denmark

Rasmussen's team has removed him from the race, saying he lied about his whereabouts during training in June.

Champion climber Michael Rasmussen was the Tour leader until his team, Denmark-based Rabobank, kicked him off for violating team rules. Rasmussen has been crowned King of the Mountains twice, in 2005 and 2006, but had yet to make it to the Tour podium. This year, with his strong overall performance it looked like he just might make it on his fourth try. After winning the tough, mountain stage 8, the 33-year-old Dane was closer than ever to an overall Tour win in Paris.

But first, Rasmussen needed to battle his demons: a less-than-stellar time trialing record and the makings of a possible doping scandal. Before Rabobank's expulsion, the Danish Cycling Union dropped Rasmussen from its national team after he failed to inform authorities of his whereabouts during training so that they could conduct random anti-doping testing. DCU's disciplinary measure meant that Rasmussen would not be able to compete at the Olympic Games or at International Cycling Union Championships. DCU officials also questioned Rasmussen's eligibility to compete in the Tour. The Dane had shrugged off the allegations, calling his failure to respond to queries an administrative error. He also showed no intentions of willingly dropping out, braving public scrutiny and jeering crowds as he continued his ride.

Alexander Vinokourov

Team: Astana

Country: Kazakhstan

Astana has withdrawn from the Tour after Vinokourov tested positive for doping.

After a doping scandal prevented his former team, Liberty Seguros, from competing last year, Alexander Vinokourov, the leader of the Switzerland-based team, Astana, came back with a vengeance. The Kazakhstan native was one of the favorites to win this year's Tour de France after a breakthrough performance that won him first place in the 2006 Vuelta a Espana. "Vino" was poised to be a top contender in last year's Tour, but when five of his nine teammates were implicated in a doping scandal, his team found themselves without enough riders to compete. With renewed determination, the 33-year-old set his sights on winning the grand prize this year — and he had a strong team behind him, including another front-runner, Andreas Klöden of Germany.

Earning a reputation for being a fearless, aggressive competitor, Vinokourov had proven that he could pull his weight in the Tour. He placed third behind Lance Armstrong and Jan Ullrich of Germany in 2003 and fifth in 2005.

But the former 2007 favorite has not emerged from the scandal-ridden sport unscathed. Vinokourov has faced doping suspicions after being linked to Michele Ferrari, an Italian doctor who won an appeal after being found guilty of sporting fraud and malpractice in 2004. Vinokourov has maintained he has a clean record, admitting that he consulted Ferrari for training assistance but not for medical advice. Yet again, a doping scandal will keep him from the Tour podium.

Andreas Klöden

Country: Germany

Astana has withdrawn from the Tour after team leader Vinokourov tested positive for doping.

Germany's Andreas Klöden is a solid climber, helping him during the mountain stretches and against Astana teammate Vinokourov. In the 2004 Tour, he outrode his team leader, fellow German Jan Ullrich, in the mountains and earned a second-place finish. A good time-trialist, Klöden's Tour performance last year was similarly strong, placing third place behind Floyd Landis and Oscar Pereiro. In this year's lineup, he's the only top 10 competitor to have landed on the Tour podium twice. Klöden finished second in the Tour prologue – and 17 seconds ahead of the seventh place Vinokourov.

The Astana team has denied the existence of tension between the two, but Vinokourov and Klöden reportedly have a history of intra-team friction. Both rode for the T-Mobile team in the 2005 Tour de France. During the competition, Klöden and Ullrich clashed with Vinokourov. Tour watchers had speculated that Klöden could end up aiming for the yellow jersey himself rather than helping his teammate to victory.

Carlos Sastre

As of the end of stage 16, Sastre is ranked 5th in overall time standings.

In the last six Tour de France races, Carlos Sastre of Spain has placed in the top 25. Last year he achieved his highest ranking yet – finishing fourth. Sastre, an excellent climber, outpaced first-place finisher Floyd Landis in 2006 by almost two minutes in the mountain stages of the race. But the 32-year-old's weak performance in the long, flat time trials enabled Landis to overtake him overall.

Sastre became the captain of the Denmark-based Team CSC last year, after Ivan Basso was linked to the Operation Puerto, the Spanish doping investigation. Leading the team again this year, Sastre is seen by many as a top contender. In recent years, he has trained hard to improve his time-trialing and to increase his chances of placing in the Tour's top three. However, some Tour watchers doubt whether he has the all-around competitiveness to win the grand prize.

Oscar Pereiro

Team: Caisse d'Epargne

As of the end of stage 16, Pereiro is ranked 12th in overall time standings.

Caisse d'Epargne's Oscar Pereiro stands to inherit the 2006 yellow jersey if Floyd Landis is found guilty of doping, and though he has spent the past year unsure of his claim to the title, Spanish cycling aficionados have already crowned him Tour champion.

Since then, the 29-year-old Spaniard has had an overwhelming year. His second-place finish catapulted him into star status after winning cyclist Landis tested positive for doping. Pereiro was flooded with requests for interviews and talk show appearances. He says his 2007 training season has not been as good as it could have been in part because of the publicity and ambiguity regarding his rank in last year's Tour. Pereiro was also a target of the French Anti-Doping Agency for a delay in providing medical justification for his use of an asthma drug. He eventually provided appropriate documentation.

Still, fans will be watching Pereiro who, in addition to his runner-up status last year, placed 10th in 2004 and 2005. He also won an award for being the most aggressive cyclist that year. Pereiro, though, is playing a supporting role to his team's leader, Valverde, but if Valverde drops out — as he has in both of the past two years — Pereiro could emerge as his team's front-runner.

Alejandro Valverde

As of the end of stage 16, Valverde is ranked 7th in overall time standings.

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde is widely considered one of the most promising cyclists of his generation. The 27-year-old is an excellent climber and time-trialist as well as a good sprinter and overall rider. His career, however, has been marred by accidents and injuries. During the 2005 Tour, Valverde was forced to withdraw from the race due to a knee injury – but not before beating Lance Armstrong in the sprint into Courchevel, in the Alps. The following year, Valverde had similar luck. After placing in the top three in both the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and the Tour de Romandie, Valverde was seen as one of the favorites in the 2006 Tour de France, particularly after a doping scandal pushed several front-runners to withdraw. However, he crashed during the Tour and again had to withdraw, this time for a fractured right collarbone. Valverde has yet to complete a Tour. Nevertheless, Valverde's team, the Spain-based Caisse d'Epargne, is relying on him to lead them to victory.

Recently, Valverde's name has been linked to the Spanish doping investigation, Operation Puerto. More than 50 cyclists have been implicated in the scandal for ties to Eufemiano Fuentes, a doctor accused of running a blood-doping clinic in Madrid. Last year, nine competitors, including 1997 winner Jan Ullrich, were forced to withdraw for suspected involvement in the doping scandal. However, Valverde has not been found guilty of doping.

TOUR DE FRANCE 2007 ROUTE

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The Tour de France organisers unveiled an easier but original route for the 2007 race in the hope that the race will not be marked by the doping scandals that wrecked this year?s event.

Rumours had been circulating of a stage over Mont Ventoux, forty years after the death of Tommy Simpson and a return to the Massif Central, instead organisers opted for easier mountain stages in the hope of creating a closer race.

As previously announced the Tour will start with an 8-km prologue in London on July 7 ?exactly two years after the terrorist attacks, and then roll through the Kent countryside and finish in Canterbury. After leaving England via the Channel Tunnel, the 2007 Tour will briefly visit before heading to Burgundy and then the Alps, where the first rest day will be in Tignes.

Instead of facing Mont Ventoux the riders will then head for the Pyrenees with the final and potentially decisive time trial will be held on July 28, the penultimate day of the Tour, over 55 km between Cognac and Angouleme. The traditional run in to the Champs Elysees will start outside Paris in Marcoussis, home of the national rugby team's training camp, in recognition of the 2007 World Cup being held in France.

The Etape du Tour ride will be on July 16 and follow the route of stage 15 from Foix to Loudenvielle. At 196km it is one of the toughest stages of the race and includes the Col de Portet d?Aspet, the unknown Port de Bales and finish with the Col de Peyresourde.

A second Sportif event called the L?Etape de Legende will be organised on September 23 with the ride starting in Strasbourg and finishing at the summit of the Ballon d?Alsace.

ROUTE DETAILS

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New race director Christian Prudhomme presented the 3550km route after a moving goodbye to former director Jean Marie Leblanc. He warned the riders and teams that there could be no scandal in 2007 but focused on the details of the route.

He confirmed that for a second year there will be no team time trial early on with the first individual time trial on stage 13 around Albi near the Pyrenees.

The mountain stages start softly on stage 7 to Le Grand Bornand on July 14, but then get serious the day after with the 165km stage and uphill finish to Tignes. After the first rest day on Monday July 16, the Tour climbs over the legendary Galibier.

The Pyrenees come after the 54km time trial around Albi with an uphill finish at Plateau di Beille and then the tough Foix to Loudenvielle stage. After the second rest day in Pau the Pyrenees end in Gourette at the summit of the Col d?Aubisque.

The final 55km time trial on Saturday July 28 is from Cognac to Angouleme is north of Bordeaux before the TGV transfer north to Paris.

Saturday July 7, Prologue, London, 8km

Sunday July 8, Stage 1, London ? Canterbury, 203km

Monday July 9, Stage 2, Dunkirk ? Ghent, 167km

Tuesday July 10, Stage 3, Waregem ? Compiégne, 236km

Wednesday July 11, Stage 4, Vilers-cotterets? Joigny, 190km

Thursday July 12, Stage 5, Chablis ? Auten, 184km

Friday July 13, Stage 6, Semur-en-Auxois ? Bourg-en-Bresse, 200km

Saturday July 14, Stage 7, Bourg-en-Bresse ? Le Grand-Bornand, 197km

Sunday July 15, Stage 8, Le Grand-Bornand ? Tignes, 165km

Monday July 16, Rest Day

Tuesday July 17, Stage 9, Val-d?Isére ? Briancon, 161km

Wednesday July 18, Stage 10, Tallard ? Marseille, 229km

Thursday July 19, Stage 11, Marseille ? Montpellier, 180km

Friday July 20, Stage 12, Montpellier ? Castres, 179km

Saturday July 21, Stage 13, Albi ? Albi, 54km ITT

Sunday July 22, Stage 14, Mazamet ? Plateau-de-Beille, 197km

Monday July 23, Stage 15, Foix ? Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196km

Tuesday July 24, Rest day

Wednesday July 25, Stage 16, Orthez ? Col d?Aubisque, 218km

Thursday July 26, Stage 17, Pau ? Castelsarrasin, 188km

Friday July 27, Stage 18, Cahors ? Angouléme, 210km

Saturday July 28, Stage 19, Cognac ? Angouléme, 55km ITT

Sunday July 28, Stage 20, Marcoussis ? Champs-Élysées, 130km

ETAPE DU TOUR: Foix ? Loudenvielle-Le Louron, 196km (Monday, July 16)

Tour de France website: www.letour.com.

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Sprint | Bligny-Sur-Ouche (51.5 km)

Sprint | cormatin (127.0 km), sprint | pont-de-vaux (161.5 km), finishline points, mountain sprint | cote de grandmont (56.0 km), mountain sprint | col de brancion (138.4 km), team day classification, race information.

• Date: 13 July 2007
• Start time: -
• Avg. speed winner: 37.29 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 199.5 km
• Points scale: GT.A.Stage
• Parcours type:
• ProfileScore: 20
• Vert. meters: 1484
• Departure: Semur-en-Auxois
• Arrival: Bourg-en-Bresse
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 1612
• Won how: Sprint of large group
• Avg. temperature:

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