He played with a fighter's mentality and gave the Pacers one more shot at the champs.
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Naturally, being a French company, the biggest store in the world is on the Champs Elysee in Paris.
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Police had banned the protesters from the Champs Elysees, but groups of them broke through to the avenue.
Finland, Brazil and France are the champs, guaranteeing six weeks of time off.
Ten days ago Wiggins was on the Champs-Elysees in a yellow jersey, the first British champion of the Tour de France.
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"We understand that the champs are going to come back and be ready to play at home, " Pacers star Paul George said.
He was sort of like Charles De Gaulle coming down the Champs-Elysees.
Wing Commander Ken Gatward, who lived in Essex, first flew his Bristol Beaufighter down the Champs-Elysees in the operation to boost French morale.
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People in the Champs-Elysees watched as the French Tricolour streamed from the fuselage of the aircraft and floated down on to the Arc de Triomphe.
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Downtown Paris celebrated, as car horns blared along the Champs Elysees.
The firm - not affiliated with Richard Branson's Virgin Group - has 26 stores in France, including a flagship outlet on the Champs Elysees in Paris.
The 30-year-old Landis cruised to victory on the Champs-Elysees, a day after regaining the leader's yellow jersey and building an insurmountable lead in the final time trial.
So, with the dramatic backdrop of the Champs Elysees beckoning, Sastre has the yellow jersey, Oscar Freire the green, Bernard Kohl the polka dots, and Andy Schleck the white.
In all, 22 teams of nine riders will take part in this year's 20-stage Tour that starts on 5 July in Paris and ends on the Champs Elysees on 27 July.
After the inauguration, Mr Hollande rode up the Champs Elysees in an open-topped car, waving to the crowd despite the rain, before laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier under the Arc de Triomphe.
In every stage win, including the final Sunday dash along the Champs Elysees, Cavendish was paced by teammate George Hincapie, who would sprint to the lead with a kilometer to go and shield Cavendish from the wind.
Later reports suggested Ronaldo had suffered a pre-match fit, and the incident seemed to be playing on his teammates' minds as Zinedine Zidane struck twice for France in a 3-0 win, triggering wild celebrations on the Champs Elysees.
"We're still a long way from the having the kind of valuation that a company our size should fetch, " sighs Serge Tchuruk (pronounced "cha-RUK"), Alcatel's CEO, over a four-course lunch at its tastefully modern headquarters just off the Champs-lyses.
But in the early hours of this morning they will burning the midnight oil one last time as Australia's latest national hero cycles down the Champs-Elysees wearing a yellow jersey and with a flute of champagne in his hand.
The 20 East champs to win finals since the merger were, on average, two percentage points worse against the West than against the East -- exactly the same margin as for the 22 East champs to lose finals.
The defending champs are in the midst of a rugged schedule of playing eight of nine games on the road.
They are the defending champs, have the sport's most enviable roster and they eliminated the Knicks in the first round in five games last season.
For Indiana, it sets up a postseason rematch with the defending NBA champs, the team that eliminated them last May after the Pacers had taken a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven semifinals.
You've three of the last defending champs going because the Kings are still alive and you've got original six teams - Bruins, Rangers, Blackhawks, Red Wings.
The second worst goes second, and so on, all the way up to the Superbowl champs who choose last.
"I think that the world champs can open up at home and that's where I think they should open, at home, " Ryan said.
The win also gave the Knicks their third win over Miami this season, and control of the season series over the defending champs.
The streak has made the reigning champs larger than life, even drawing attention away from college basketball's postseason during what's usually a quiet time in the NBA schedule.
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