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Oscar Freire wins Tour de France stage; Cadel Evans holds on to yellow jersey
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
Cavendish, the baby-faced sprinter for Team Columbia who has won four stages of the 95th Tour de France, was dropped by the peloton on a brief mountain climb six miles from the finish of the 14th stage on Saturday. (article 11) DIGNES-LES-BAINS, France - Tour de France riders approached the Alps focused more on racing and less on the fallout of three scandals over drug use. (article 9) Three-time world champion Oscar Freire of Spain closed in on the sprint title by winning Saturday's 14th stage, while Australia's Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey in the doping-battered race for a fifth straight day. (article 9) Stage winner Oscar Freire of Spain reacts on the podium in Digne-les-Bains after the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Nimes and Digne-les-Bains, southern France, Saturday July 19, 2008. (article 9) The Spaniard prevailed in a mass sprint at the end of a hot, 120.9-mile ride from Nimes to Digne-les-Bains, a stage that featured small climbs in the last day before three punishing Alpine stages. (article 8) The race has been marred this year by three riders that were kicked out for doping violations - notably young Italian star Riccardo Ricco (article 8)

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  • Story keywords
    Ricco, doping, Tour, riders, stage

    Source articles
    1. Doping busts haunt riders (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/19/2008, 569 words)
    2. Cavendish takes 13th stage of Tour (boston.com, 07/19/2008, 529 words)
    3. Britain's Mark Cavendish wins Tour de France's 13th stage (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/18/2008, 632 words)
    4. Another drug bust leaves Tour wobbly (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/18/2008, 544 words)
    5. Tour de France rocked again by doping (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 1054 words)
    6. Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/17/2008, 473 words)
    7. Sponsor quits Tour after doping (BBC News, 07/19/2008, 207 words)
    8. Spain's Freire wins Stage 14 of Tour (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 07/19/2008, 351 words)
    9. Oscar Freire wins Tour de France stage; Cadel Evans holds on to yellow jersey (cbc.ca, 07/19/2008, 792 words)
    10. Cavendish Is Master of Sprint, but Evans Still Leads (nytimes.com, 07/19/2008, 816 words)
    11. Freire Adds Victory to His Lead as Top Sprinter (nytimes.com, 07/20/2008, 391 words)
    12. Evans takes slimmest of leads into the Alps (Washington Post, 07/19/2008, 201 words)




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