ALPINE STAGES SET TO DECIDE TOUR WINNER

Landis Dax

After the second rest day in Gap on Monday the Tour de France heads into the Alps on Tuesday for three exciting mountain stages that will almost certainly decide this year?s race.

With no real leader having emerged to replace Lance Armstrong and with the leading seven riders still only separated by four minutes, there is a buzz going around the peloton because almost anything could happen before the Tour reaches Paris on Sunday.

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