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Article: Cycling: Deadly Dekker pounces to take stage.(Sport)
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- The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- Article date:
- July 16, 2001
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Byline: JIM GORE
ERIK Dekker won stage eight of the Tour de France yesterday, but Australian Stuart O'Grady was also celebrating as he retook the leader's yellow jersey.
The pair joined a 14-man breakaway which established a lead of over 30 minutes on the peloton as Dutchman Dekker held his nerve to take the race for the Rabobank team.
Dekker held off Kelme's Aitor Gonzalez, who was second, and compatriot Servais Knaven of Domo-Farm Frites, who came home in third.
The trio, plus Dekker's team-mate Marc Wauters, attacked from the breakaway ...