Tour Mountains Claim First Victim In Joly
ARCALIS, Andorra, July 10, 2009 (AFP) – Sebastien Joly of the Francaise des
Jeux team became the fourth rider to pull out of the Tour de France when he
abandoned on the seventh stage here Friday.
Joly got off his bike just before the peloton rode into Andorra, having
gone over four climbs and ridden 175km of the mammoth 224km ride from
Barcelona to Arcalis ski resort.
Belgium Jurgen Van de Walle, and Dutchmen Piet Rooijakkers and Robert
Gesink have already been forced out of the gruelling race, although all three
riders abandoned after crashing.
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