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Tour de France 2008: Stage 2
January 1 - July 27, Auray, France, Road - GT
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The field has gathered before the
Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne)
The General Classification is still
Riders are off! And immediately,
6km remaining from 164km
The C
By the way, it was Danny Pate (Garmin)
The break is now down to three riders:
17km remaining from 164km
Bouygues Telecom
20km remaining from 164km
The three leaders
23km remaining from 164km
On top of the C
Chavanel and Voeckler didn't actually
They've passed the intermediate sprint
At the sprint, Chavanel passed in
Voeckler and Chavanel share the work
Caisse is leading the chase. They
Valverde is pretty yellow today.
41km remaining from 164km
The Cofidis riders
Chavanel and polka dot Voeckler are
We see Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank)
Voeckler grabs a bite to eat, as
43km remaining from 164km
The gap is already
McEwen is returning to the bunch.
48km remaining from 164km
The bunch passes
It's all Caisse d'Epargne colours
Two Frenchmen leading the race right
We talked to Mark Cavendish this
63km remaining from 164km
Meanwhile, the
Unfortunately, it has started to
We also talked to Baden Cooke (Barloworld)
68km remaining from 164km
Voeckler has a problem
The leading duo are now in Pontivy,
Green jersey Philippe Gilbert (FDJ)
79km remaining from 164km
Fabian Cancellara
Cancellara did stop, eventually,
Erratum: Gilbert still lacks three
85km remaining from 164km
The gap has dropped
Cyclingnews also passed by
The race is coming up to the Mur
Chavanel and Voeckler hit the Mur
Voeckler looks to come around Chavanel
Two Agritubel riders jump out of
After the C
102km remaining from 164km
Agritubel launched
Voeckler punctured! But he got a
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The leaders are
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Lelay and Moreau
David Lelay is a local boy from Brittany.
Moreau is doing a good amount of
But the French have had some international
Climber R
With 40 kilometres to go, the gap
Four years ago, the last time a Tour
131km remaining from 164km
Only 1'30 minutes
Still, a bunch sprint in Saint-Brieuc
The bunch is strung out now, as the
Mauricio Soler has dropped to the
Soler's hand is nicely strapped,
144km remaining from 164km
With 20 kilometres
The race is now on a long straight
Soler is now riding with Bertogliati,
When the Tour last had a stage finish
152km remaining from 164km
Still 54 seconds
157km remaining from 164km
Voeckler, who wore
159km remaining from 164km
Cr
Lelay gives it everything he has
161km remaining from 164km
They're driving
22 seconds as they hit the climb.
13 seconds. Voeckler gives it another
Chavanel is in aero position as he
163km remaining from 164km
Lelay is caught.
Chavanel is going to be swallowed.
There was a crash further behind,
Third is Schumacher. Cancellara has
But Hushovd came up on the final
Philippe Gilbert is coming in in
Gerald Ciolek got third. A good result
Gilbert should be keeping his second
That's all from us here in Saint-Brieuc
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