Unlike the main pack, we drive our own vehicle which lugs our gear from town to town.

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Austria's Matthias Buxhofer finished fifth with the main pack over eight minutes behind.

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But as the terrain flattened, the main pack gradually began to reel in the Gerolsteiner rider, who will wear the polka-dot jersey in stage eight.

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Norway's Thor Hushovd, who also won the Tour prologue on July 1, won the final stage in a sprint ahead of the main pack, which included Landis and his closest rivals.

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The main chase pack of Jeptoo, Sharon Cherop of Kenya, Meseret Hailu of Ethiopia, and Flanagan caught up after the 20-mile marker.

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For Sunday' finish, Russia's Viatceslav Ekimov, 40, led the peloton, the main rider pack, as it arrived for the first of eight laps on the famed Paris avenue to honor him as the Tour's oldest rider.

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The challenge is making this an everybody movement, so your main icons are Joe Six-Pack Joe the Plumber becoming Joe the Solar Guy, or that kid on the street corner putting down his handgun, picking up a caulk gun.

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Two main things set the X-Hawk apart from the pack.

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