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Tour Francia 08 - Stage 11: Lannemezan - Foix |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
Arvesen has given us reason to celebrate
Foix
 | | Photo: Tim de Waelle | Today’s stage was packed full of action. Firstly, it witnessed the first victory for the CSC-Saxo Bank team in this year’s Tour de France, won by my team mate, Kurt-Asle Arvesen.
This gave us reason to celebrate and has fuelled us with significant motivation for the second part of the Tour. Today has also witnessed riders who have been trying to break away from the pack, meaning that we have had to be on our guard. Even though it may seem paradoxical considering what happened two years ago, Óscar Pereiro is being closely watched at the moment and he cannot be allowed to break away and get ahead, as once a rider like him gets to the general classification, it is very difficult to get him off it.
We have therefore had to work at the front of the pack in order to win the stage and at the back to control Pereiro’s attempts to break away. This has made it a hard day's work but this has paid off and we have been compensated for it - things have worked out exactly as we had planned.
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