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Italian Piepoli paces tough climb to capture Stage 10

Updated: July 14, 2008, 4:09 PM ET
Associated Press

HAUTACAM, France -- A bruised and sore Cadel Evans of Australia took the yellow jersey Monday at the Tour de France after Leonardo Piepoli of Italy won a punishing climb through the Pyrenees to capture the 10th stage.

American Christian Vande Velde, the Garmin-Chipotle team leader who kept in Evans' bunch, held third place -- 38 seconds back.

Evans, the 31-year-old Silence Lotto leader and one of the favorites, seized the race lead from Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg and has a one-second ...

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