History Shows There Is Little Loyalty On Long Road to Paris ; Battle of Astana Just Latest in a Long Line of in-House Scraps Tour de France [Eire Region]
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ASIDE from the fact that it is one of the world's greatest sports event, the Tour de France is a three-week long soap opera, with a cast of thousands playing support roles to the main actors - the men on bikes. And just as the love triangle is a staple in Corrie, every now and then the Tour throws up a love triangle of its own: two men supposedly wedded to the same team, but divided by a shared love: the yellow jersey.
It has looked pretty crowded in the Astana team this week. The seven-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong and this year's favourite, Alberto Contador, have been eying each other warily amid constant speculation about when the crockery will start to fly.See the full content of this document
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History Shows There Is Little Loyalty On Long Road to Paris ; Battle of Astana Just Latest in a Long Line of in-House Scraps Tour de France [Eire Region]
Team boss Johan Bruyneel isn't really in a position to play marriage guidance counsellor, though. Although Contador has looked like the man of the future since he won the 2007 Tour, Bruyneel and Arm-stronhave been together for 10 years; old loyalties die hard.
Friday's opening mountain stage of the Tour through Catalonia to t...See the full content of this document
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