Tour de France 2008: Stage 5
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January 1 - July 27, Cholet, France, Road - GT
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Bonjour to all you cycling
The official start of the fifth stage
Shortly before that, at km 11, an
Today, Cyclingnews is giving
Christian Vandevelde from the Garmin-Chipotle
Emails are already flooding in for
There are two prominent birthdays
Ah... more and more readers now pick
Gregor Brown also talked to Garmin-Chipotle's
The leading trio have just passed
Robert Hunter from Barloworld, as
Another possible top three finisher
Back in the peloton, the two German
We just hear that a crash occurred
The Caisse d'Epargne riders are back
John Gadret, a climber of team AG2R,
People from all over the world are
Peter Beaumont asked us if there
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