Colin Le Ray said the closures on 27-28 November and 4-5 December would be the last, regardless of the weather or other unforeseen circumstances.

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Not only is Marine Le Pen's far-right National Front likely to get the 12.5% of votes needed to make it into the run-off in nearly a fifth of the 577 constituencies, but a leadership battle has broken out within the UMP.

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In France 6.5 million people voted for the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen.

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In a large campaign rally Sunday, Mr. Sarkozy ramped up his nationalist rhetoric, in an appeal to the nearly 6.5 million people who cast their ballots for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the first round.

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Three time winner Greg Le Mond was thought to have had a Vo2 max of 92.5 at the height of his career - one of the highest ever recorded.

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