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Article: Cycle: McEwen wary of Zabel as green jersey battle nears end
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- AAP Sports News (Australia)
- Article date:
- July 28, 2002
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Cycle: McEwen wary of Zabel as green jersey battle nears end
By Stephen Farrand
MACON, France, July 27 Reuters - Australian rider Robbie McEwen
admits he is nervous
about Sunday's showdown for the sprinter's green jersey in the Tour
de France's final
stage to Paris.
McEwen currently leads the points competition by just one point
from Germany's Erik
Zabel, the winner of the green jersey for the last six years.
"I've got the jersey but it's going to be a hard battle tomorrow
on the last stage
to the Champs Elysees," McEwen admitted after finishing the penultimate
stage in Macon.
"I'm very wary of Erik Zabel, he could have a trick up his ...