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Article: Contador top mountain man
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- Winnipeg Free Press
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- July 23, 2007
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face=+Bold; Rasmussen loses a duel in Pyrenees, but keeps leadface=-Bold;
By Jamey Keaten
PLATEAU DE BEILLE, France -- Look carefully enough and Michael Rasmussen is starting to resemble Lance Armstrong, and it's not just because the Dane is wearing the Tour de France leader's yellow jersey.
Rasmussen extended his lead against top rivals -- except Spain's Alberto Contador -- after the 14th stage Sunday in his bid for victory at the Tour that Armstrong won seven times.
Now riding in his fourth Tour, Rasmussen knew the Armstrong era well. He won the first of his two polka-dot jerseys, given to the Tour's best climber, in 2005 -- when the Texan last wore yellow home.
Rasmussen is showing that ...