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But the strength of his win on Sunday likely put him into yellow for the next week, until next Saturday’s individual time trial. Rasmussen is notoriously weak against the clock. Two years ago he lost a podium position when a disastrous time trial on the Tour’s penultimate stage saw him fall from third to seventh overall. Still, the Dane says he has designs replica Omega 2505.75 watch on the podium in Paris and hasn’t ruled out aiming for the top step.On Monday’s first rest day, here’s where the favorites for the overall stand.1 Michael Rasmussen (Denmark) Rabobank4 Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Caisse dEpargne — 2:51 back6 Cadel Evans (Australia) Predictor

Trail runner Matt Carpenter set a new course record en route to his fourth consecutive victory at the Barr Trail Mountain Race on Sunday in Manitou Springs, Colorado. Matt, whos also from Manitou Springs, is one of the strongest mountain runners in the U.S., so its no surprise that hed own his home course. But the 42 year old trail runner was replica Omega 3570.50 watch pushed to running his best time ever by the young, extremely talented Ryan Hafer, 21, who finished in second place, one minute and 14 seconds behind Carpenter.Hafer went out fast to capture some of the prize money at various points along the course.

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