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Throughout the Tour de France, Australian professional cyclist Richie Porte will be checking in. Basketball Jerseys China . Here is his latest entry, as told to ESPN contributor Rupert Guinness:Rest day: Berne, SwitzerlandIt was a day where riding your bike cannot get better: Tuesdays second rest day of the Tour de France. We know that from Wednesday on, the days will immediately return to being a punish with the next four stages being in the Alps. So Tuesday was one to appreciate.And that I did, from the moment I got up at 7.30am to when I turned the lights out at night. After breakfast, I went on my rest day ride with my French teammate Ama?l Moinard.We just rolled easy for 47km by the shores of Lake Thun -- what a beautiful lake it is too. When you are racing flat out, especially in the Tour, you dont really get to take in the surroundings, even thought they are often some of Europes most picturesque regions.Today, Tuesday, was one of the rare occasions where you can, while also riding our bikes. For Ama?l and I it was also a nice opportunity to catch up with some quiet and relaxed chat away from the bells and whistles -- and the ever present madness -- of the Tour de France.We spoke about the next four days in the Alps: how we see them unfold, who is looking good and all the difference scenarios of which there are many before Sundays finish.We also chatted about our plans for after the Tour. We have vastly different plans too. I will be heading to Rio for the Olympic Games, whereas Ama?l will be returning home to Saint Laurent du Var near Nice and some family time his wife, Morgane, and children live.But with four successive days in the Alps of the Tour in mind, we didnt forget the job at hand. We still have to focus on the job that awaits this week, and recovery for that was vital.We got back from our ride at about 11.30, in time to see the osteopath, have lunch, then a massage, a nap and then the rest of the day with my wife Gemma who arrived on Monday. It all sounds like a slow day, but trust me, it goes by too quickly -- as most good things do.And as I said, it will all seem like a distant memory when we resume racing on Wednesday with the first Alpine stage -- all of it in Switzerland -- from Berne to Finhaut-Emosson. Our minds will have already switched back to race mode by breakfast. We all realise the value of every opportunity between now and the end of the last Alpine stage on Saturday.Are there any vulnerabilities in Sky and Chris Froome who still leads the Tour overall? Of course there are. They exist in the however many hundred kilometres there are to go in the Tour. Unforseen thing can happen. The Tour is not over. I certainly dont see it that way.I dont expect any of the other top contenders see it that way either -- from Froome down. We have all seen -- or experienced -- how the tide can turn for or against you in a grand tour.To be complacent, which I am sure Froome wont be despite his strong position, is to commit a massive error; just as to surrender because of the odds are against you. Fake Basketball Jerseys Authentic .ca NFL Power Rankings, overtaking the Denver Broncos and remaining ahead of NFC competition San Francisco, Carolina and New Orleans. Fake Basketball Jerseys China . 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The Red Sox scored seven runs after falling behind 3-0, thanks in part to Napolis three-run homer in the third inning that cleared the seats above the Green Monster and the billboard above them. But they coughed up the lead when New York scored two in the sixth and two in the seventh to tie it 7-all. It stayed that way until Napoli hit a 3-2 pitch from Adam Warren (1-1) into the centre field bleachers. Napoli also struck out three times and grounded into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the eighth. "I had a chance to win it in the eighth -- to put a run across with a sac fly," said Napoli, who has four homers in his last 12 games and 13 for the season. "Thats what is so great about this game, you always get another chance. Youve just got to keep going. You cant do anything about it." Pedro Beato (1-0) pitched the 11th for the win, giving up a single to Eduardo Nunez before he was erased trying to steal second; replays showed he was barely safe. Nunez, Brett Gardner and Robinson Cano had three hits apiece for the Yankees. New York had runners at first and second with one out in the 10th but Drake Britton, making his second major-league appearance, got Lyle Overbay to ground into a double play. "Only his second time out there, against a good club and our rivals," Saltalamacchia said. The Red Sox are 60-40 through their first 100 games, 1 1/2 games in front of the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL East and seven in front of the fourth-place Yankees. Boston won the three-game series between the longtime rivals on a weekend when New York learned that both shortstop Derek Jeter and third baseman Alex Rodriguez wont be able to return from the disabled list any time soon. "We battled back and gave ourselves an opportunity to win that game," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "Its a shame we had to lose in extra innings." Boston moved Ryan Dempsterr up in the rotation to give Jon Lester a couple of extra days rest after the All-Star break, but things started off poorly for the Red Sox right-hander. Authentic Basketball Jerseys. Gardner, who also had three hits on Saturday, led off the game with a single, and then went to third when Dempster fielded Ichiro Suzukis comebacker and threw it into centre field for an error. Suzuki stole second, and Saltalamacchia threw the ball into centre for another error that allowed Gardner to score and Suzuki to move to third. He scored on Vernon Wells single to make it 2-0. New York took a 3-0 lead in the second on Canos RBI single. The Red Sox rallied with a four-run third inning, taking the lead on Napolis three-run homer. Shane Victorino added a two-run single in the fourth on a high chopper that bounced over the third basemans head, and Jonny Gomes homered in the fifth to make it 7-3. But The Yankees scored two in the sixth on RBI singles by Gardner and Cano before Overbay hit into an inning-ending double play. They tied it 7-all in the seventh on two singles, two walks -- one of them a 15-pitch at-bat by Gardner -- and third baseman Jose Iglesias error when he charged a bunt and threw the ball into the photographers box. That saved CC Sabathia from the loss, despite following up his worst start of the year with one almost as bad. He allowed seven runs on nine hits, two walks and two hit batters, striking out five in five-plus innings. Notes: The Yankees said Rodriguez wouldnt be activated from the disabled list on Monday but would instead return to Tampa, Fla., for "rest and treatment" on his strained left quadriceps muscle. ... The Red Sox confirmed that former closer Andrew Bailey would have season-ending surgery on his right shoulder. He would finish the season with eight saves and a 3.77 ERA. ... Boston RHP Clay Buchholz was scheduled to see Dr. James Andrews for a lingering neck strain that has had him on the DL since early June. ... Sabathia, who was pitching on his 33rd birthday, is 0-2 with a 7.48 ERA on July 21. ... David Ortiz recorded his fourth stolen base of the year, a career-high. ... Gardner fouled off eight straight pitches with a 3-2 count before drawing a walk in the seventh. ... The crowd of 38,138 was the largest of the season at Fenway Park. ... Dempster allowed five runs -- three earned -- on six hits and four walks, plus his own throwing error in the first inning. He struck out four in 5 1-3 innings and earned his fourth consecutive no-decision. ' ' ' 
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