Message by NONE<br><b>Stage 8:</b> France celebrated the emergence of a young rider winning a stage in his very first Tour on a punishing day that was generally hard to predict, though in the end it culminated in the emergence of the top 8 or so guys at the Tour showing their colors. This already fascinating Tour continues to offer up new sub-texts daily. Lee Rodgers pokes his nose in and sniffs out a few of the heftier truffles for us.

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