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95th Tour de France - GT, France, July 5-27, 2008

Stage 8 - Saturday, July 12: Figeac - Toulouse, 172.5km

It's all blue at the front
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes out
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A happy Cav proved the strongest
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Number two for Cav
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It was a wet day out there.
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Kirchen in yellow was well protected
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Columbia passes a scenic bridge
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Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) takes a drink
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De La Fuente was optimistic
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Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) relaxed
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Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) at the start.
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David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) was eager
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Cunego climbs on his machine
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Cunego waits for the start flag
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) deep in thought
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Evans thought a repeat of yesterday
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The early jumping to get breaks
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Almost all the teams
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George Hincapie is always close
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George Hincapie (Columbia) radios in
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The break of the day rolling
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A wet summer in France
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Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) getting his feed
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Rubén Pérez with a puncture
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Robert Hunter (Barloworld) needed a rain cape
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Baden Cooke (Barloworld) rolls over wet roads
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Saunier Duval does a team time trial
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Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) leads a small break
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Cavendish takes the win
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Riccò looked in pain after a spill
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Riccò not a happy camper
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Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) gets treated
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Riccò hangs on to the doc's car
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Ouch! The pain from the crash hurts
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Riccò at the rolling hospital
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A soft touch on the knee
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) is not happy
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Cunego rides in the rain
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia) takes out the win
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Cavendish got his second
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Cav is the only who smiles
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Damiano Cunego (Lampre) rolls to the finish.
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The mood is good
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Cav takes number two
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Kirchen's yellow dream continues.
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Kirchen gets another yellow jersey
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Bernard Hinault is le patron
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David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) celebrates
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Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) checks in
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Kirchen after the wet stage
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Castles aren't uncommon here
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The neutral start
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Reading up on the news
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Art on the Tour
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Liquigas in high demand
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The Liquigas management had lots of explaining to do
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The press was all over Liquigas
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Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxo Bank) sums up the day
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A local painter shows off
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Vasseur and Miss Sport Belgium
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'The Tour forever'
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Bernhard Kohl is thinking about
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Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) rolls up to the start.
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Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) gets ready
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Fabian Cancellara and Kurt-Asle Arvesen unwrap
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De La Fuente shares a laugh
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David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) gets ready
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Julian Dean is wondering why
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Hey! Did you just let air
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Riders waiting for the start
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Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) figured
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Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) was all smiles
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Lefèvre broke away solo
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Mark Cavendish (Columbia) waves to the crowd
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Two victories for the Manxman
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A water company provides the sprinters prize.
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Cavendish all smiles with his flowers
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Kim Kirchen (Columbia) gets another yellow jersey
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Kirchen with the lion
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Oscar Freire (Rabobank) took over the lead
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Freire gets flowers and kisses
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Triple green on the podium
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David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) on the podium
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Kisses for the polka dot man
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De La Fuente extended his one point lead today
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Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia) is the best youngster
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Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues Telecom) was the most aggressive
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...which also earned him a kiss
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Lefèvre celebrates
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