Earlier, the Saunier Duval team fired Italian rider Riccardo Ricco, winner of the sixth and ninth stages. He was removed from the race Thursday after testing positive for a version of the banned blood booster EPO. He was the third rider to test positive for EPO.
Cavendish Wins Tour's 13th Stage
NIMES, France (AP) - July 18, 2008
Cadel Evans kept the yellow jersey by finishing in the main pack
after the 113-mile 13th stage from Narbonne to Nimes. The
Australian leads Frank Schleck of Luxembourg by one second and
Christian Vande Velde of the U.S. by 38.
