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PARIS, France -- As Chris Froome stepped off the podium with another Tour de France champions yellow jersey Sunday, his rivals and many observers were left asking two questions. Mens Under Armour Curry 2.5 Basketball Shoes .Firstly, how could the triple Tour champion be beaten, and what can be done to stop his teams domination that stifled the three-week race of excitement.Make no mistake, the Tour remains the worlds biggest and most prestigious bike race. It is also an event that far exceeds its purpose as a sporting event, as race director Christian Prudhomme reminded on Saturday. At Morzine, he first spoke of Sky, comparing them to the Paris Saint Germain of French football, but then directed his thoughts to the Tours social impact on society.On the road of the Tour there are hundreds of thousands and millions with smiles on their faces, said Prudhomme, adding in reference to recent terrorist attacks such as the July 14 Bastille Day tragedy in Nice.We had smiles on the faces [of those fans], but it was not only for the champions. They said, We want to live as we want to live in our Western World.However, turning back to the face of the Tour as a sporting event, many believe this years race will not go down as one of the memorable because of Skys stranglehold. That is not to detract from the achievement of Sky and Froome and even his main rivals.Sky selected a Tour team stacked with winners in their own right. They protected Froome in every front, especially in the Pyrenees and Alps where they rode at a tempo so strong that it stifled anyones ability to attack. Prudhomme believes reducing team sizes to from nine to eight riders would animate the Tour.More than ever, its time to have teams with one less rider, said Prudhomme who, like many, felt that Skys collective strength basically shut down the race in the mountains.Nevertheless, Prudhomme expects many team managers would need convincing of this proposal that would also need the ratification from the Union Cycliste Internationale.The biggest teams would not want to even like to hear of this talk, Prudhomme said. But perhaps they can understand that it is about the greater interest of cycling.Matt White, head sports director of the Orica-BikeExchange team that saw Briton Adam Yates finishing fourth overall and winning the white jersey as the Tours best young rider, was all praise for Froome.He is a Tour great, White told ESPN. But it is not just because of his results. A lot of riders win the Tour. What stands out is the way he has handled unfair criticism of their team and the alleged this and alleged that ...But White believes several things have led to a lack of excitement in a Tour dominated by Sky. He cited Skys superior annual budget, the stage lengths, and a peloton that is cleaner than that of the dope-fueled 1990s and early 2000s.Asked if he is better versed on how to beat Sky and Froome now that Orica-Bike Exchange has gone up against the Briton in the race for general classification with Yates, White said: They have very few weaknesses, and I guess ours is our bank account.It is hard to compete with those guys with the budget they have got. Seven of their riders here would be our highest-paid athlete. Then you have got guys like Leopold K?enig who was sixth in the Tour last year is not even here ... Nicolas Roche too.Every single rider on Sky [in their Tour team], except for the two work horses -- Luke Rowe and Ian Stannard -- would be a leader of any other team. That is what we are dealing with.During this years Tour, four of 21 stages were longer than 200 kilometers. We dont have to keep racing the same distance as we have been since time began, White said. Its been proven that shorter races make more exciting races. Team time trials are a great event. They should be included every year in the Tour.White also believes less doping has impacted riders ability to attack.The sport has changed for the good, but it shows now that people are human, White said. Thats a good change but maybe that has made the racing a bit more negative because people are human. People cant do superhuman things any more, and we have seen that.Take Froome out of the equation with his super team ... between second and 10th places it would be the closest Tour in modern cycling. Why? All those riders are on a similar level.When things are so close [on the general classification] people are cautious. That is because theyre not superhuman. They have to make more judged analytical decisions.Charly Wegelius, head sports director of the American Cannondale-Drapac team, lauded Sky its ironclad and talent-rich structure that is based solely around the annual goal of Froome winning another Tour.I dont agree it is a gamble because if you have Chris Froome in your team you have a very clear objective, Wegelius told ESPN. If you dont keep him upright or the air doesnt stay in his tires you just wait for next year. Its so easy to look at their strategy as an example but ... the resources are unlimited.I think they have managed them very well and they are very smart, but its very easy to make a strategy when you dont have to make a Plan B, C, D, E and F. Nobody wants to spread themselves thin, but the reality at the other end of the table is quite different.Somebody in the management of that organisation makes sure that nine highly paid and highly motivated athletes with short careers stay in the order in which you out them. There is probably financial and security aspects to that, but everybody knows that bike riders are ambitious, and to keep that discipline ... I cant imagine that is straightforward.Wegelius understandably rates Froome highly. He said: [Froomes teammates] can make the tempo, but if he is standing there with one leg up and one leg down because he hasnt got the legs, it is useless. He gets the best possible ride, but at the end of the day when those riders have exhausted themselves, he can still go, which means he must be pretty strong.But Wegelius empathizes with those who lament this Tours lack of X factor, saying: I can understand that the race hasnt been interesting for people watching Sky smother things. As a kind of old-fashioned cycling fan, I just cant watch it. Even though Id like to see him do it in a more attractive way for the sake of it, he seems to be the best. Mens Black Under Armour Shoes . 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Carl Hagelin and Eric Fehr also scored for the Penguins, who extended a seven-game unbeaten streak against the Panthers.Marc-Andre Fleury, who has started the first seven games of the season for Pittsburgh, stopped 20 shots. Matt Murray, who backstopped the Penguins to a Stanley Cup in June, served as the backup to Fleury after missing the first six games with a broken hand.Reilly Smith scored a power-play goal and Mark Pysyk also scored for the Panthers, who have lost 11 of 12 against the Penguins in Pittsburgh.James Reimer made 19 saves in his second start of the season.WILD 5, BRUINS 0BOSTON -- Devan Dubnyk made 27 saves, Charlie Coyle and Chris Stewart scored 12 seconds apart and the Wild used four second-period goals to beat the Bruins.Ryan Suter and Jason Zucker each had a goal and an assist for Minnesota, and rookie Joel Eriksson Ek got his first three NHL assists.Jason Pominville scored in the third period, and Dubnyk got his 20th career shutout and the first for Minnesota this season.Boston was missing its top two goalies and the Wild capitalized after a lackluster first period.Malcolm Subban started in net but was pulled after allowing three goals on 16 shots in the first 30:36. Zane McIntyre then made his NHL debut and stopped 15 of 17 shots.DEVILS 5, COYOTES 3NEWARK, N.J. -- Travis Zajac scored twice in the final 2:01 to lead the Devils over the Coyotes.Taylor Hall scored twice and Adam Henrique also had a goal for New Jersey, which is 3-0-0 at home and 0-2-1 on the road.Hall, acquired by the Devils in a trade with Edmonton in June, has scored all five of his goals this season at Prudential Center.Cory Schneider made 28 saves to help New Jersey win its third straight against Arizona dating to last season, and its fifth in seven games against the Coyotes overall.Oliver Ekman-Larsson scored twice in the third period for Arizona to tie it before Zajacs two goals. 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William Nylander, James van Riemsdyk and Auston Matthews scored for the Maple Leafs, who outshot the Lightning 43-24.RED WINGS 4, HURRICANES 2DETROIT -- Dylan Larkin scored two goals to lead the Red Wings to their fifth consecutive win, a decision over the Hurricanes.Andreas Athanasiou had a goal and an assist and Thomas Vanek scored for Detroit (5-2-0). Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for the Red Wings, whose last five-game winning streak was Jan. 13-27, 2015.Jordan Staal and Victor Rask scored for Carolina while Cam Ward stopped 21 shots.An apparent goal by the Hurricanes Teuvo Teravainen with 3:03 left was waved off because he deflected a shot in with a high stick.Athanasiou gave Detroit a 4-2 lead with 2:56 left in the second period on a wrist shot from the right circle. It was Athanasious second goal of the season.That was after Carolina scored twice in the second to pull within a goal.FLAMES 4, BLUES 1ST. 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