LEBLANC CALLS IT A DAY

Jean-Marie Leblanc

Former Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc ended his two-decade career as a race boss at the end of the first stage of the Tour of Qatar.

In an extensive interview with the news agency Reuters, Leblanc commented that he had no special feelings about leaving the sport, ?because it has been a departure that?s been on the cards for a long time.?

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