for Stage 17, Wednesday, July 22: Bourg Saint Maurice - Le Grand Bornand, 169.5 km
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| Thor Hushovd took off early in the day and swept up the intermediate sprint points, dimming any chance that Cavendish could retake the green jersey. |
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| Contador riding towards the finish with the Schleck brothers. Andy (middle) tried to drop Contador and Contador repaid the favor. Neither succeeded so, advantage Contador, he keeps the lead. |
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| The day wore Bradley Wiggins down a bit. He finished behind Armstrong and Nibali and dropped to sixth place. I'll bet he's awesome next year. |
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| Earlier in the stage, Armstrong (black sox) with Contador right behind him. |
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| Carlos Sastre attacked a couple of times on the Col de Romme, but ultimately lost almost 8 minutes today. After his odd press conference where he cited an anti-Sastre conspiracy, I don't know who he's going to blame today's loss on. |
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| Frank Schleck gets the stage and third in GC, Contador gets the lead and Andy Schleck moves up to second in GC. |
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| Armstrong and Nibali followed in 2min 18sec later. |
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