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Sunday, July 15, 2007  Michael Rasmussen wears the polka dot
jersey on stage 20 of 2005 Tour de France. Image: Gsl.  Michael
Rasmussen has won stage 8 of the 2007 Tour de France and has
captured the overall lead. He blew away David Arroyo of Spain
and Stéphane Goubert on the final climb. Iban Mayo took second.
In the end, Arroyo and Goubert were overtaken by the chase
group.  Rasmussen, the Danish mountain specialist who has won
the King of the Mountain's polka dot jersey the last two years,
maximized the number of points he could collect in today's
mountain stage.  Michael Rogers of Australia had looked to be in
position to take the yellow jersey, when he hit a barrier and
hurt his wrist in the crash. Stuart O'Grady also crashed and is
out, leaving only two Australians in the Tour.  This, the third-
shortest road stage in this year's Tour, was very tough. The
climbing started from th