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Tosatto wins stage 18 for Italy

NATIONAL PRIDE The Quick Step rider made sure that an Italian won a stage in this year's race when he followed a break with 20km to go and held on

AFP , MACON, FRANCE

"What happened yesterday is a pity," Caisse d'Epargne rider Pereiro told a news conference on Friday.

Pereiro's team stepped up a gear to catch Landis but the CSC and the T-Mobile teams refused to help, sparing their strength for the last climb to the col de Joux-Plane.

"Yesterday we did the right thing. We have an easy conscience," Pereiro said.

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