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tour de france stage 11, in brief

There are perhaps 10,000 words that could be written about today, for it was a day with many stories to tell. In this respect, a bike race is like a prism: shine a light through it at just the right angle and a thousand colors will split into their own beams. The world expected insanity. It got it. Not only was Stage 11 the first day in the Alps, but it…