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Astana shows strength in numbers

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Saturday, July 4, 2009

MONTE CARLO, Monaco -- Astana, a monolithic team said to be rent with fissures, presented a rock-solid face to the world in at least one way Saturday: execution. Four of its riders placed in the top 10 on the curtain-raising time trial of the Tour de France. Lance Armstrong, who said he felt emotional rolling down the start ramp of the Tour for the first time since 2005, was upstaged in the standings by teammates Alberto Contador, Andreas Kloeden and Levi Leipheimer. But only 21 seconds separa ...

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