Froome shows he can take Tour de France punches (Yahoo! Sports)

[ASFN Admin]

BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France (AP) -- The mighty mountains of the Pyrenees offered at least two important insights about Tour de France leader Chris Froome: He can land terrible blows to his rivals with his grinding uphill speed and can take their punches, too. In short, if the Briton in the yellow jersey perhaps isn't unbeatable, he seems very close to it.

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