But with Wasps losing against Castres, Leinster had done enough although there is plenty of work to do ahead of the knockout stages.
He holds a 37.8-second lead over championship leader Marcus Gronholm ahead of Sunday's five stages.
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The Scarlets claimed a Heineken Cup pool double against London Irish, but were twice overwhelmed by Leinster as their campaign ended ahead of the knock-out stages.
And so it goes for four more days averaging around 45 miles each day, with lots of vertical, riding ahead of and behind the Tour while watching important stages.
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Citroen's world champion won 10 of the rally's 17 stages, finishing the final day 59.6 seconds ahead of Subaru's Petter Solberg.
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And their task became even harder when Klose pounced in the opening stages to put the run-away Group D leaders ahead.
Pierre Alain-Frau then put them ahead with 20 minutes to go before the floodgates opened in the dying stages.
Cosworth commercial director Mark Gallagher told BBC Sport the five teams were at different stages in their development but insisted all of them were pushing ahead.
The pair had battled through most of the latter stages of the Giro for overall victory with two grueling legs in the Alps ahead of the time trial proving decisive.
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Strachan's men eased off in the closing stages, with the home support bearing witness to a second hammering in a week ahead of the Bayern tie on Thursday.
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Loeb, who led by just three seconds after the opening day, was over 40 seconds ahead going into the final day and sealed victory by taking two of Sunday's five stages.
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Sevilla's victory pushed them to the top of the group with 12 points, two points ahead of Arsenal, a result that confirmed the Spanish side's place in the knockout stages alongside the Gunners.
Arsenal are already into the knockout stages in Europe and Wenger will not be taking any chances with any of his experienced players ahead of Sunday's crucial Premier League clash with Liverpool.
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