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Love, sweat and gears

The two young women shook the rain from their tracksuit tops as they entered the bar. The crowded room barely gave them a second glance. It was the middle of July and the Tour de France was in town.

The surrounding mountains had soaked up the warmth of the day and now a cold drizzle splintered the night. One of the women immediately spotted who she was looking

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