The Tour de France

(Reuters) – While an ageing Lance Armstrong was losing ground in the Tour de France on Sunday, Andy Schleck was coming of age with his first stage win.
The 25-year-old climber from Luxembourg, runner-up to Alberto Contador last year, won the 189-km eighth stage in the ski resort of Avoriaz, his first win in the world’s greatest cycling race.
Stage 8 Results
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank - 4:54:11
2 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
3 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank - 0:00:10
4 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo
5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank
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