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Saxo Bank leader Andy Schleck insisted no one deserves winning Thursdays 12th stage of the Tour de France more than team-mate Nicki Soerensen after years of helping the Luxemburger.Schleck is ninth in the overall classification behind yellow jersey holder Rinaldo Noncentini and is delighted Soerensen gave the Danish team something to cheer about following his stage win here.The 34-year-old Dane won in a time of 4hr 52min 24sec after becoming a late addition to a six-man breakaway group which had left the clutches of the peloton at the 64km mark.After a first attack with 23km to race succeeded in leaving five of his breakaway companions behind, another, with 5km to go, proved too much for Frenchman Sylvain Calzati who was swallowed up by the five chasers.Soerensens attacking guile allowed him to bask in his first Tour stage win after seven previous participations, and 10 years as a professional cyclist.And Schleck, who has benefited plenty from Soerensens work as a domestique in the past, was quick to pay tribute.
