Tour de France: Deadly Dekker pounces for stage win

Erik Dekker won stage eight of the Tour de France but Australian Stuart O’Grady was also celebrating as he retook the leader’s yellow jersey.

Tour de France: Deadly Dekker pounces for stage win
Sun, 15 Jul, 2001 - 21:13

Erik Dekker won stage eight of the Tour de France but Australian Stuart O’Grady was also celebrating as he retook the leader’s yellow jersey.

The pair joined a 14-man breakaway which established a lead of over 30 minutes on the peloton as Dutchman Dekker held his nerve to take the race for the Rabobank team.

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CourtsTour de FrancePlace: SwissPlace: AlpsPlace: Lanterne RougePerson: DekkerPerson: Erik DekkerPerson: Stuart O’GradyPerson: Aitor GonzalezPerson: Servais KnavenPerson: Marc WautersPerson: O’GradyPerson: Erik ZabelPerson: Jens VoightPerson: Lance ArmstrongPerson: Jan UllrichPerson: Joseba BelokiPerson: ArmstrongPerson: Bram de GrootPerson: GonzalezPerson: Ludo DieckxsensPerson: Nicola LodaPerson: Fassa BortoloPerson: Pascal ChanteurPerson: Sven TeutenbergPerson: Andrei KivilevPerson: Ludovic TurpinPerson: François SimonPerson: Jacky DurandPerson: KnavenPerson: David MillarPerson: BritonEvent: Tour de FranceOrganisation: RabobankOrganisation: Domo-Farm FritesOrganisation: Credit AgricolOrganisation: TelekomOrganisation: US Postal ServiceOrganisation: ONCEOrganisation: Lampre-DaikinOrganisation: FestinaOrganisation: CofidisOrganisation: AG2ROrganisation: BonjourOrganisation: Francaise des Jeux
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