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Team Astana takes the podium after its win in the TTT

Team Astana takes the podium after its win in the TTT (Image credit: Fotoreporter Sirotti)

An Astana team truck was stopped and searched by Swiss customs agents on Tuesday, as the Tour de France crossed into Switzerland from France. 

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