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Cadel Evans was sixth in Monday's Tour de France time trial. He is second overall, 1 minute, 53 seconds behind Bradley Wiggins. A day earlier, Evans called the time trial, "the test of truth." (Associated Press)

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New overall leader Bradley Wiggins rides during the seventh stage of the Tour de France over 199 kilometers (123.6 miles) with start in Tomblaine and finish in La Planche des Belles Filles, France, on Saturday July 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

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Peter Sagan of Slovakia, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, crosses the finish line ahead of Andre Greipel of Germany, bottom left, to win the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 207.5 kilometers (129 miles) with start in Epernay and finish in Metz, France, Friday July 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius attend the "Friends of Syria" conference in Paris on July 6, 2012. (Associated Press)

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Andre Greipel of Germany crosses the finish line ahead of Mark Cavendish of Britain, left, Tom Veelers of The Netherlands, second right, and Matthew Harley Goss of Australia, right, to win the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 196.5 kilometers (122 miles) with start in Rouen and finish in Saint-Quentin, France, Thursday July 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours

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Andre Greipel of Germany won the fourth stage of the Tour de France, which was over 214.5 kilometers (133.3 miles) with a start in Abbeville and finish in Rouen, France, on Wednesday July 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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Members of the media are seen July 3, 2012, at the entrance of the building housing the offices of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris. French investigators searched Sarkozy's home and office earlier that day as part of a probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress, an official said. (Associated Press)

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French fashion designer Pierre Cardin appears at the end of his Men's Spring-Summer 2013 collection, for the Paris Fashion Week, in Paris, France, Sunday, July 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

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Fabian Cancellara, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, celebrates on the podium after winning the prologue of the Tour de France, an individual time trial over 6,4 kilometers (4 miles) with start and finish in Liege, Belgium, on Saturday June 30 2012. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours)

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Spain's Xabi Alonso, second left, celebrates with teammates after scoring on a penalty kick his side's second goal during the Euro 2012 soccer championship quarterfinal match between Spain and France in Donetsk, Ukraine, on Saturday, June 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)