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| Wednesday 20 July 2005 |
stage 17 | Pau > Revel |
 THE RACE LIVE
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Latest partnership news
Brandt: New Partner of the Prix de la Combativité
 The Brandt Prix de la Combativité is awarded daily by a panel to the most combative rider at the end of each road stage.
A red rider number, handed out each morning before the start of the next stage, identifies the most aggressive rider from the previous day’s stage.
 Nestlé Extreme Ice-creams
Extreme ice-creams just 1 euro.
Extreme, the ice-cream brand of the Nestlé group, is becoming the official supplier of the TDF and will offer its ice-creams for 1 euro to the public on the route.
Established partners
 France Telecom / Orange
Courtesy of Orange, call 32 82 (connection charge +0.34 euros per min) from a fixed or mobile phone to keep in touch with the stages live, check out the latest rankings and listen to the day’s interviews.
Discover the Tour de France on video via your mobile on Orange World: there are regular updates throughout the stage and a summary at the end of the race!
PMU: Official Partner of the Green Jersey
 To mark the 92nd edition of the Tour de France, the PMU is organising a major forecasting competition complete with numerous prizes, accessible from the www.pmu.fr and www.letour.fr websites.
2 types of forecasts can be made:
• 1 forecast of the final result (winner of the Tour de France and wearer of the Green Jersey),
• 1 daily forecast of the first 5 riders to finish.
These forecasts enable green jerseys to be won each day and points to be scored that go towards the general rankings established day by day.
Town and Village Decoration Competition, sponsored by Antargaz and Doublet
For its 4th edition, the competition will reward the best decorated towns by offering them prizes consisting of Doublet-Antargaz equipment.
100% free, this competition promotes the values of the Tour and highlights the towns as they celebrate the passing of the riders.
The suspense will be kept up until mid-October… the deadline for the announcement of the winning towns and villages.
 Konica Minolta joins forces with Reporters Without Borders for the Tour de France
To mark the 20th anniversary of the Reporters Without Borders association, Konica Minolta has undertaken to support the sale of the album “The Tour de France for freedom of the press”. This album is a compilation of the finest photos, best articles and illustrations from yesteryear to the present day.
The money collected from sales of the album will allow Reporters Without Borders to continue its work for press freedom.
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