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Article: Fingers pointed at new yellow jersey; Bennati wins stage, but now Contador under fire.(Sports)
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- Cape Argus (South Africa)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2007
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CASTELSARRASIN (France): On a day when the Tour de France got a new leader in Alberto Contador, Michael Rasmussen's mark on cycling's premier event was all too clear - an indelible stain.
Rasmussen, the former overall leader from Denmark, was kicked out of the race by his own Rabobank team a day earlier. His absence left a pack of dispirited riders yesterday heading toward the weekend finish in Paris, burdened by the latest jolt to the sport.
"The morale is really down," German rider Markus Fothen said. "Cycling is on the front page of the newspapers. The sport is losing. At the moment it is really hard."
No rider wore the ...