Tour de France
A review of what happened Sunday and a look at what to expect in today’s stage:
* Sunday’s stage: A mostly flat, 102.2-mile run from Auray to Saint-Brieuc that favored sprinters.
* Winner: Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole won his sixth Tour stage. Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg finished second, and Gerald Ciolek of Germany was third.
* Yellow jersey: Alejandro Valverde of Spain kept the yellow jersey for the second day, and leads Kirchen by one 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.
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STAGE 2 RESULTS
*--* 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway 3:45:13 2. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg same time 3. Gerald Ciolek, Germany same time 4. Robert Hunter, South Africa same time 5 Erik Zabel, Germany same time *--*
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OVERALL RESULTS
*--* 1. Alejandro Valverde, Spain 8:21:20 2. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg :01 behind. 3. Oscar Freiere, Spain, same time 4. Juan Jose Cobo, Spain same time 5 Cadel Evans, Australia same time *--*
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