Sarkozy's Collapse Doesn't Overshadow Tour De France

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 07/27/2009 - 2:50am

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy is in the hospital. He collapsed Sunday while jogging in the heat. The presidential palace says tests have found nothing wrong but he was staying in the hospital overnight for observation.

In Paris Sunday, Spain's Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for the second time in three years. Lance Armstrong was third.

Eleanor Beardsley reports.

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