University graduate Jan Bakelants pulled away close to the finish line to win
Sundays second stage of the Tour de France and take the race leaders yellow
jersey for the first time in his injury-plagued career.
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meters remaining and the RadioShack rider did enough to withstand a late charge
from Slovak sprinter Peter Sagan for the biggest achievement of a frustrating
career that only saw him turn professional at the age of 23. "Its difficult to
believe what happened today, its fantastic," said Bakelants, who had a knee
operation earlier this year. "Today it may be the first and last time I ever
wear the yellow jersey." He won in three hours 43 minutes 11 seconds, with Sagan
and third-place finisher Michal Kwiatkowski one second behind him. In the
overall standings, Bakelants is one second ahead of veteran British rider David
Millar. Victorias Ryder Hesjedal finished in 40th a day after crashing in the
opening stage. The 156-kilometre trek started from Bastia and, after four
moderate climbs, finished in Ajaccio where French emperor and military
mastermind Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769. With the finish in sight,
Bakelants found himself with five other riders and instinct told him that he may
never get a better chance to make a name for himself. "I felt the others werent
going at 100 per cent so I stayed back, but then I saw the peloton were closing
in on me," he said. "With 500 metres to go I had a look and I saw that I was
still 100 metres clear of the peloton. I gave everything I had and I made it by
one second. But that doesnt matter, I have the yellow jersey." It has been a
difficult career for Bakelants so far. "I had a lot of bad luck. Ive had two
operations. I fell at the Tour of Lombardy in 2010, I fractured my right knee
and left elbow. You know, things like that take time to heal," he said. "This
year I had bad luck as well, an operation on my right leg. I worked very hard to
come back." Prior to Sunday, his proudest achievement was off the bike -- namely
a bachelors degree in bioscience engineering from the university of Leuven in
Belgium. "I think theres more in life than just cycling," he said. "But at the
moment cyclings in first place." German sprinter Marcel Kittel started the day
in the lead after winning Saturdays crash-marred first stage, but the rolling
hills took their toll and he finished nearly 18 minutes behind in 169th spot.
"Its a difficult stage and Im a sprinter, thats why I suffer," said Kettel, who
retained the sprinters green jersey. "I had goose bumps when I went up the hill.
So many people were screaming my name. But we were expecting to lose it (the
yellow jersey)." The days last climb up Cote du Salario was much shorter than
the other ones but far steeper. By the time the pack reached the foot of it,
Kittel and British sprinter Cavendish were among a small band of strugglers
drifting further and further away. Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha and Cyrille
Gautier attacked up the final ascent, and Tour favourite Chris Froome then
launched a surprise attack to go after Gautier when the Frenchman pulled away.
But Froomes attack fizzled out and the main pack swallowed him up. "I thought it
might be a good time, just to push on a little bit," Froome said. "Its always
good to keep people on their toes." Although he did not lose any time to his
rivals, two-time former champion Alberto Contador felt the after-effects of his
crash on Saturday, when his left shoulder was grazed. "There is pain in your
whole body," the Spaniard said. "Im hoping to be better tomorrow." The day after
more than a dozen riders crashed, a small white dog ran out into the road some 4
kilometres and a potentially dangerous situation was narrowly avoided by a
matter of seconds. A bystander started to run after the dog and then changed his
mind, and the dog just managed to reach the other side of the road before the
marauding pack passed through. Cavendish was in trouble all day, struggling to
keep up as his teammates tried to drag him up the second climb up Col de la
Serra. However, French veteran Thomas Voeckler had a lot in reserve and chased
the four early frontrunners. Lars Boom and Ruben Perez Moreno were soon caught
up, leaving just Canadian David Veilleux and Blel Kadri at the front. Voecklers
attack reeled in Veilleux, who hails from Cap-Rouge, Que., but then fizzled out
quickly, leaving Kadri alone in the lead. Veilleux finished in 116th. Chasing
his third career Tour stage win, French rider Pierre Rolland attacked on the
third climb -- the days most difficult, a sinewy category 2 ascent up the Col de
Vizzavona. But the pack accelerated and chased him down. Svein Tuft of Langley,
B.C., is in 182nd. Mondays third stage is the last of the Corsican trio and is
again hilly, with four moderate climbs dotted along the 145.5-kilometre route
from Ajaccio to Calvi.
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Boston are deadlocked, 1-1, and Tigers manager Jim Leyland could be forgiven if
he was caught rationalizing instead of dissecting how his club could blow a 5-1
lead late in Game 2.
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breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night,
including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the
Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break.
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Kobe Bryant in the NBA All-Star game that will be played in his home city.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Florida State strength and conditioning coach Vic Viloria
has been charged with driving under the influence and property damage.According
to the by Tallahassee Police report, Viloria was arrested Saturday morning after
police found him asleep at the wheel at an off ramp near downtown. Officers
tried to wake Viloria before be drove away. He traveled up an embankment and hit
an electronic cross-walk sign.Viloria told police that he was coming back from
work where he had multiple alcoholic drinks in his office on campus. The 37-year
old Viloria was taken into custody and had blood alcohol content levels of 1.24
and 1.25. He was released from Leon County jail on Saturday afternoon.This is
Vilorias seventh year on Florida States staff. He was been credited with using
GPS techhnology to help in player training and conditioning.
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to comment on Vilorias arrest after Saturdays practice. Director of Football
Communications Zach Stipe said the school is aware of the incident and is in the
process of gathering more information. Stipe added that since the issue falls
under the universitys human resources policies for employees, they could comment
further.Florida State is ranked fourth in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason
poll and opens the season on Sept. 5 against No. 11 Mississippi in Orlando. The
Seminoles are also being featured as part of Showtimes A Season Inside series,
which debuts on Sept. 6.
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