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    LtoR, stage fourth-placed Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert, stage second-placed, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, Spain’s Gorka Izaguirre Insausti and stage third placed, France’s Sandy Casar sprint on the finish line at the end of the 191 km and fourteenth stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race starting in Limoux and finishing in Foix, southern France, on July 15, 2012. (via Photo from Getty Images)

    LtoR, stage fourth-placed Belgium’s Philippe Gilbert, stage second-placed, Slovakia’s Peter Sagan, Spain’s Gorka Izaguirre Insausti and stage third placed, France’s Sandy Casar sprint on the finish line at the end of the 191 km and fourteenth stage of the 2012 Tour de France cycling race starting in Limoux and finishing in Foix, southern France, on July 15, 2012. (via Photo from Getty Images)

     
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    Tour de France 2011
Sandy Casar breaks with tradition by acquiring a traffic cone at the beginning of the evening.  
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    Tour de France 2011

    Sandy Casar breaks with tradition by acquiring a traffic cone at the beginning of the evening.  

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    Combatitivity Prize winner, France’s Sandy Casar (via Cycling - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)

    Combatitivity Prize winner, France’s Sandy Casar (via Cycling - Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Sports)

     
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    Tour de France 2011 | Stage 9
A day for the breakaway.  Unfortunately a French TV car decided to take out Flecha and Hoogerland - a real shame as they would have real contenders for a stage win.
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    Tour de France 2011 | Stage 9

    A day for the breakaway.  Unfortunately a French TV car decided to take out Flecha and Hoogerland - a real shame as they would have real contenders for a stage win.

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French cyclists who won a stage during the Tour de France cycling race and members of the French cycling community stand together in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris July 25, 2010. Pictured are: Pierrick Fedrigo (4th L), Anthony Charteau (2nd L), Thomas Voeckler (C), John Gadret (6th L), Christophe Riblon (5th L), Sandy Casar (3th L) and Sylvain Chavanel (5th R). Picture taken July 25, 2010

A really good Tour for the French this year.

    French cyclists who won a stage during the Tour de France cycling race and members of the French cycling community stand together in the courtyard of the Elysee Palace in Paris July 25, 2010. Pictured are: Pierrick Fedrigo (4th L), Anthony Charteau (2nd L), Thomas Voeckler (C), John Gadret (6th L), Christophe Riblon (5th L), Sandy Casar (3th L) and Sylvain Chavanel (5th R). Picture taken July 25, 2010

    A really good Tour for the French this year.

     
  6. Sandy Casar, winner of stage 9.

    Sandy Casar, winner of stage 9.

     
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    The sprint for the line.

    The sprint for the line.

     
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    Sandy Casar outsprinted Luis Leon Sanchez to take the stage 9 victory.  A day early for a French victory, no? ;)

    Sandy Casar outsprinted Luis Leon Sanchez to take the stage 9 victory.  A day early for a French victory, no? ;)