Article: CYCLE: Kirsipuu loses stage but takes yellow jersey


AAP Sports News (Australia)
07-06-1999
CYCLE: Kirsipuu loses stage but takes yellow jersey

By Francois Thomazeau

ST NAZAIRE, France, July 5 Reuters - Jaan Kirsipuu claimed the leader's yellow jersey from
American Lance Armstrong despite being beaten into second place in the 176-km second stage of
the Tour de France today.

Beaten on the finish line by Belgian Tom Steels, the 30-year-old Estonian, winner of the
first stage, was again the most active rider in a fast ride from Challans to the shipbuilding
city of St Nazaire.

He won all the intermediate sprints of the day to secure crucial bonus time, enabling him
to become the first rider from a Baltic nation to lead the Tour.

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