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well we have Soler, 58 seconds in the lead

 

10k to go....

 

its really exciting cos we have poursuivants...Popovych and Contador chasing him down...

 

Then 1’18" to the yellow jersey group -- Rasmussen, Valverde, Gutierrez, Astarloza and Kirchen in that....then a second group of poursuivants...

 

1’30" to Evans, Arroyo, Sastre, Moreau, Leipheimer, Cobo, Mayo and Kloden.…

 

then a group led by Vinikourov, with 17 riders in it

 

then the Peleton...then

 

right at the back !!!

 

some Attardes !!!

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2km To Go For Soler...

 

 

Soler is 2km from the end of the stage. The road is about to rise again as it approaches the finish.…

 

Evans, Arroyo, Sastre, Moreau, Leipheimer, Mayo and Kloden have just caught Rasmussen, Valverde, Gutierrez, Astarloza, Kirchen, Contador and Popovych. There are now 14 men in pursuit of Soler

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Soler wins, giving the wildcard team a victory in the Tour de France. Winner by 38 secs.

 

Seven years since Santiago Botero’s landmark win in Briancon, Colombia is about to get another stage win.

 

Valverde 2nd

Evans 3rd

 

Rasmussen remains in Yellow Jersey

 

 

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4 Spaniards in the top 10 at the moment...

 

A.Valverde (GCE) (The Green Bullet, from Murcia)

I.Mayo (SDV) Another basque cyclist, with 1 stage win behind him and was 2nd in stage 8 this year.

A.Contador (DSC) (The Accountant) born in Madrid....25th in the 2005 tour

C.Sastre (CSC)born in Madrid too..an impressive 8th in 2004 and 4th in last year's tour....

 

If not Rasmussen, then one of these looks likely to take the tour...all seeking to be the first "Spanish" winner since Miguel Indurain in 1995.

 

I used the ""'s as Indurain of course, like Mayo, is a Basque native, rather than a Spaniard....

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11 riders are 10 minutes ++ ahead of the peleton...with over half the stage done

 

Jens Voigt (CSC)

Juan Antonio Flecha (RAB)

Paolo Bossoni (LAM)

Patrice Halgand (C.A)

Staf Scheirlinckx (COF)

Michal Albasini (LIQ)

Aleksandre Kuschynski (LIQ)

Sandy Casar (FDJ)

Cedric Vasseur (QSI)

Andriy Grivko (MRM)

and some guy named Burghardt

 

72 k remianing duck

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Jens Voigt is 36th--24 mins behind

Patrice Halgand is 55th, 40 mins behind

Cedric Vasseur is 66th, 45 mins behind

 

Sandy Casar is 85th over an hour behind

Andriy Grivko is 93rd over an hour behind

Michal Albasini is 102nd

Juan Antonio Flecha is 107th

Paolo Bossoni is 119th

Staf Scheirlinckx is 144th, an hour and half behind

Marcus Burghardt is 149th

Aleksandre Kuschynski is 169th

 

No serious threat to the leaders then.....

 

 

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