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Article: Armstrong talks of team 'tensions'
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- July 13, 2009
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CYCLING TOUR DE FRANCE: BASTILLE DAY is still 24 hours away, but
already the French have much to celebrate. Only a flint-hearted
observer would point out the indifference of the major teams, who
have their eyes on bigger prizes, contributed to the success of
Thomas Voeckler in Perpignan on Wednesday, Brice Feillu in Andorra
on Friday and yesterday's winner, Pierrick Fedrigo, a 30-year-old
from Marmande in his seventh Tour who shared a long break over the
Col du Tourmalet with Franco Pellizotti before outsprinting the
Italian to win a Pyrenean stage that began in Saint-Gaudens and
ended in the outskirts of Tarbes.
It was after reaching the 2,115 metre summit of the Tourmalet in
the lead ...