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Italian sprint stallion Alessandro Petacchi will win the
Tour de France's green jersey of best sprinter this
year. Says who?
Petacchi's cat.
"When I was packing my bag for the Tour, my cat Trudi, who
spends everyday playing with balls, tossed a green one in my
bag just before I zipped it up," the 30-year-old Fassa
Bortolo rider said in French sports daily L'Equipe.
"My fiancé, Chiara, and I looked at each other, thinking
that -- just maybe -- she did it on purpose. There were
other balls. Red, yellow... But she chose the green one."
"It was as if she wanted to send me a message."
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For the residents of Charleroi, Belgium the Tour de France
on Sunday came too close for comfort to a national
nightmare: The house of convicted paedophilic serial killer
Marc Dutroux.
Adding insult to injury, the bright red banner that
signifies one kilometre remaining in the race was mounted
right next to 128 route de Philippeville, Dutroux's home,
which had been scheduled for demolition -- but wasn't --
before the start of the Tour.
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