A FIRST: AUSTRALIAN WINS TOUR DE FRANCE

July 24, 2011 - 10:32 am

In Australia the headline writers have coined the celebratory phrases already.

He is the "King of France", "Awesome Evans" the saviour of what has been a dismal period for Australian sport. Last weekend the Aussies were beaten at home in rugby by Western Samoa, a result that prompted much navel-gazing ahead of September's World Cup. But that humiliation has been quite eclipsed by an unprecedented triumph: the first ever victory by an Australian in the Tour de France.

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Mick Jagger sweeps into famous Las Vegas restaurant

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