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Dumoulin Wins 3rd Stage of Tour
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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Dumoulin was the quickest in a group of four riders that broke away almost from the start of the 129-mile route from Saint-Malo to Nantes. (article 1)
Schumacher captured the first time trial in the three-week race, but the big winner in the fourth stage may have been Australia's Cadel Evans. (article 5)
(Patrick Hertzog/Getty Images) Luis-Leon Sanchez of Spain won the seventh stage of the Tour de France Friday, going ahead four kilometres from the end and holding on for a solo victory. (article 4)
Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg retained the yellow jersey as overall leader after Friday's windy stage of 159 kilometres from Brioude to Aurillac in the Auvergne. (article 4)
Sanchez came in six seconds ahead of a large group led by former yellow jersey Stefan Schumacher of Germany and Filippo Pozzato of Italy. (article 4)
(Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) Kim Kirchen became the first Luxembourg rider in 50 years to take the yellow jersey in the Tour de France, and Riccardo Ricco of Italy sprinted to a mountaintop victory Thursday in the sixth stage. (article 2)
" Winning a stage so early is excellent for our confidence said Ricco adding the win was bigger than his previous stage victory in the Giro d'Italia. (article 2)
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Source articles
- Dumoulin Wins 3rd Stage of Tour (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 604 words)
- Luxembourg rider takes Tour de France lead (cbc.ca, 07/10/2008, 505 words)
- Ricco Wins 6th Stage; Kirchen in Yellow (Washington Post, 07/10/2008, 526 words)
- Spanish rider Sanchez wins 7th stage of Tour de France (cbc.ca, 07/11/2008, 489 words)
- Schumacher Wins Tour Time Trial, Grabs Lead (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 535 words)
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