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Article: Cycle: Swiss Bertogliati seizes yellow jersey with stage win
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- July 8, 2002
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Cycle: Swiss Bertogliati seizes yellow jersey with stage win
LUXEMBOURG, July 7 Reuters - Unheralded Rubens Bertogliati won
the 192.5km first stage
of the Tour de France today to become the first Swiss in six years
to lead the world's
biggest cycling race.
The 23-year-old Lampre Daikin rider surged up the small hill before
the finish to catch
the sprinters by surprise and take the yellow jersey from defending
champion Lance Armstrong.
"It's unbelievable. It's a dream come true especially with the
yellow jersey. I don't
know what to say," said Bertogliati, who won the Chiasso Grand Prix
earlier this season.
"Since the start I was thinking ...