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Bertogliati retains yellow jersey

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Monday’s stage – which took the riders on a 181-kilometre course from Luxembourg to Saarbrücken in Germany – was won by the Spaniard, Oscar Freire. Australia’s Robbie McEwan came in second, while Germany’s Erik Zabel finished third. Bertogliati, who tasted victory in Sunday’s first stage after a sprint finish, could only manage 29th place on…

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Borer takes aim at Swiss foreign minister

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 The former Swiss ambassador to Germany was speaking on Monday after Djamila Rowe – the woman who claimed to have had sex with him – recanted her story. The allegations against Borer, published in the Swiss press, were seen as a major factor contributing to his downfall. “My foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, completely abandoned me,”…

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Athletes handed European reprieve

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Peter Philipp (1,500 metres), Felix Loretz (javelin), Rolf Schäfli (decathlon) and Simone Oberer (heptathlon) have all been told they can represent Switzerland at the Championships in Munich, despite coming up short in their qualifying attempts. Switzerland’s 800 metres world champion Andre Bucher was also selected, less surprisingly, after missing the start of the season because…

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More success for Casanova

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 The 17-year-old from eastern Switzerland proved that her progress to the third round of the Grand Slam event was no fluke by beating Spanish third seed Christina Torrens Valero (WTA 41) at the latest WTA tournament in Brussels. Monday’s 7-6, 6-2 win was Casanova’s third in two weeks against a player ranked in the world’s…

DiaGene finds seed funding for HIV resistance test product

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 In trade publications, researchers report that some patients receiving treatment for HIV have developed a resistance to one or even several drugs being used. Doctors are being encouraged by their advisory associations to monitor resistance. One way to do that is to use “replicative phenotyping test”. DiaGene, a University of Basel spinoff company, is one…

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Sauber score at Silverstone

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Sauber’s German driver, Nick Heidfeld, finished sixth in a tough race, just as the team’s other driver, Felipe Massa, had done two weeks ago at the European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring. Heidfeld held off the assaults of Giancarlo Fischella of the Jordan team to earn his lone point. Massa was less successful this time…

Swiss misfire in Gstaad

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Despite threatening a late fightback, Kratochvil was a clear second best in his match against Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny on Monday – losing the encounter 2-6, 4-6. Kratochvil’s day had begun brightly with the 23-year-old from Bern landing his highest ever spot in the world rankings. Benefiting from his impressive march to the fourth round at…

New Aids drug raises hopes and prices

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 The results of clinical trials released on Monday showed that the drug, known as T-20, significantly reduced the amount of HIV in the blood of patients. Roche said the injectable drug, the first in a novel class of medicines known as fusion inhibitors, could reach the market as early as next year. However industry analysts…

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Gruelling Gigathlon gets underway

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Former Swiss sports minister Adolf Ogi fired the starting pistol in Yverdon to send more than 150 athletes on a potentially impossible mission around Switzerland. The Gigathlon is a race over 1,477 kilometres, divided into seven straight days and among five different sporting categories (swimming, mountain biking, road cycling, running and either inline skating or…

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Cowboys tame the wild Emmental

This content was published on Jul 8, 2002 Cowboy Adventures In this Wild West, the visitors are the cowboys. The adventures kick off with a relaxing game of horseshoe throwing, near the tepee. But this is quickly interrupted by the neighbouring Indians, who introduce the cowboys to “a real man’s game” – throwing the Tomahawk at a painted target. Things soon turn sour…

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