Jean-Christophe Peraud, last year's runner-up, is riding battered and bloodied at the Tour de France after taking a nasty spill at high speed on the flat on Stage 13. Astana manager Alexandre Vinokourov reportedly said he didn't pressure team leader Vincenzo Nibali over his admittedly unimpressive Tour de France title defense - just reminded him of his champion's salary. The Kazakh coach was quoted on Friday in French sports daily L'Equipe as saying it was ''out of the question'' that Nibali leave the team. More...