Rasmussen at the double as Vino suffers on Tour de France

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2007

TIGNES, France (AFP) — Denmark's Michael Rasmussen strode towards a third consecutive King of the Mountains title after claiming victory on the Tour de France's eighth stage to pull on the leader's yellow jersey.

The Rabobank rider finished the 165km run from Le Grand-Bornand to the first summit finish of the race Sunday with the same classic display of climbing that has won him the race's polka dot jersey for the past two years.

On the second of three days in the Alps the race sprang into life on the day's climb to the first summit finish, on which yellow jersey favourites Alexandre Vinokourov and Andreas Kloden lost more time to their rivals.

The Astana team pair, riding with injuries picked up on Thursday's fifth stage, could do little when French...