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Three in a Row
Perrig Quemeneur (Europcar) put himself into yet another break away in the opening week of the Tour de France. Quemeneur was joined in the effort, that went away with just five kilometers gone, by Daniel Teklehamanent (MTN-Qhubeka) and Kenneth Van Bilsen (Cofidis). Teklehamanent started the day with the plan of fulfilling a childhood dream, a dream of wearing the Mailliot Pois in a Tour de France. All he had to do was get over all three Category 4 climbs first. As his teammate, Tyler Farrar, said, "Easy to say on the bus, an entirely different think to accomplish out on the road." But accomplish it he did, making him the first black African to wear a King of the Mountain Jersey in one of the Grand Tours. Van Bilsen's presence in the break marks the first time that the French team, Cofidis as showed their bright red kit to the TV cameras in this Tour.