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Cycling

Eddy Gragus, of the United States, took the leader's yellow jersey yesterday when he won the 2.1km prologue in the second Tour of China. Gragus, of the US Postal Service, finished the time trial in 3min 8.040sec, 1.5sec ahead of compatriot Andy Bishop of the NutraFig-Colorado team. The cyclists in the 10-day event will finish in Shanghai after covering a total distance of 667.5km.