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Cycling
Tour de France glance
By wire services
Published July 6, 2004
STAGE 2: A relatively flat, 122-mile stage from Charleroi, Belgium, to Namur along dry roads and under cloud patches that produced no rain.
WINNER: Australia's Robbie McEwen of Lotto-Domo team.
HOW OTHERS FARED: 178 others finished in a pack with the same time as McEwen. Lance Armstrong was 85th and fellow American Tyler Hamilton was 89th. Jan Ullrich of Germany was 38th.
YELLOW JERSEY: Norwegian Thor Hushovd of Credit Agricole.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "In the last 20 to 30 kilometers (15 to 20 miles), the pace really picks up and everybody fights. All etiquette is out the door. You do what you can - you scratch, and bite, and do whatever" - Levi Leipheimer, an American rider for Rabobank.
NEXT STAGE: A 130.2-mile ride from Waterloo, Belgium, to Wasquehal, France, that features two stretches of hazardous cobblestones.
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