Cycling-Sky look to take early control of Tour de France By Julien Pretot CALVI, France, July 1 (Reuters) - Tuesday's team time trial will be the perfect opportunity for Sky to take early control of the Tour de France by snatching the yellow jersey. With the biggest guns all in a group of riders who are one second behind Belgian leader Jan Bakelants after the three Corsican stages, the winning team are almost certain to take the overall lead. The ...
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Cycling-Gerrans gives his team first Tour de France stage win By Julien Pretot CALVI, France, July 1 (Reuters) - Australian Simon Gerrans gave the Orica-GreenEdge team their first win in the Tour de France by outsprinting the favourite in Monday's third stage. Gerrans beat pre-stage favourite Peter Sagan of Slovakia and Spain's Jose Joaquin Rojas at the end of a 145.5-km, hilly trek from Ajaccio through beautiful scenery along the Corsican west coast. ...
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