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Chris Froome wins 2nd Tour de France
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PARIS (AP) — All for one, one for all, and all bathed in yellow.Arms over each other’s shoulders, linked together in a long line of happiness, Tour de France winner Chris Froome and his teammates pedaled slowly over the finish line, soaking up the applause Sunday on the Champs-Elysees.Three weeks of furious racing, of beating back both a tenacious Colombian, Nairo Quintana, and doping suspicions that are Lance Armstrong’s poisonous legacy to cycling, were over.Time for the winner’s speech.“The Maillot Jaune is special, very special,” Froome said, using the yellow jersey’s French name.“I understand its history, good and bad,” he said. “I will always respect it.”The Tour is still French. But British riders have won three of the last four: Bradley Wiggins in 2012 and now two for Froome, following his first win in 2013.