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DURHAM, N.C. -- The Blue Devils and Cavaliers both pulled off impressive victories last week. So which team has more momentum now?Duke and Virginia meet Saturday in a deceptively important game that could put the loser into a substantial hole in the Coastal Division standings.Virginia (1-3, 0-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) has struggled in Bronco Mendenhalls first season, but is coming off a 49-35 win over Central Michigan as a slight home underdog to a Mid-American Conference school.We certainly have not arrived, Mendenhall said.Duke (2-2, 0-1) pulled off what counts as a stunner : The Blue Devils were 20-point underdogs at Notre Dame but rallied for a last-minute 38-35 victory.And now that theyre back to being the favorites -- Duke is favored by 3+ points -- they cant afford complacency.I think there is some truth when people say at times, success is harder to handle than adversity, coach David Cutcliffe said.Some things to know about the Virginia-Duke game:EDWARDS HURT: Dukes victory came at a pretty big cost: Kick returner and safety DeVon Edwards college career ended when he tore ligaments in his left knee on a kickoff. Edwards, a redshirt senior who returned six kickoffs for touchdowns during his career, will be replaced in that role by RBs Shaun Wilson -- who brought a kickoff back 96 yards for a key touchdown against Notre Dame -- and Joseph Ajeigbe. Alonzo Saxton II figures to fill his spot in the secondary.DUNCANT: Duke will be without leading rusher Jela Duncan, whos out with a leg injury. Wilson will replace him in the starting lineup with Ajeigbe backing him up. Duncan ranks eighth in the ACC in rushing at 78.5 yards per game.INJURED CAVALIERS: Virginias secondary took a hit, too, with cornerback Tim Harris having season-ending shoulder surgery and Juan Thornhill suffering an undisclosed injury during the Central Michigan game. Thornhill, though, is listed as probable at one cornerback spot this week but the other is a question mark after sophomore Myles Robinson is ruled out with a lower extremity injury.WELCOME BACKVirginia QB Kurt Benkert will finally take a snap in the state of North Carolina. Benkert was supposed to be East Carolinas starter last season but suffered a season-ending knee injury in August and transferred to Virginia after coach Ruffin McNeill was fired. Benkert set the school record with 421 yards passing in the win over Central Michigan. McNeill, meanwhile, also is at UVa as an assistant head coach and defensive line coach.THE SERIESThe Cavaliers have been the one team that Duke has dominated since Cutcliffes arrival in 2008. The Blue Devils have won six of eight in that span, but Virginia won 42-34 last year.GETTING PRESSUREDuke has 17 sacks in four games, with DT A.J. Wolf recording a team-best four. The Blue Devils had 17 sacks in all of 2015. 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Chris Froome is set to win the 2016 Tour de France after safely negotiating a treacherous penultimate stage to Morzine which was won by Spaniard Jon Izaguirre.A day after crashing in similar conditions, Froome remained upright on the long, wet descent off the Col de Joux Plane alongside his rivals, and will go into Sundays largely processional stage into Paris leading by four minutes and five seconds from Frenchman Romain Bardet of AG2R La Mondiale.Much of the penultimate 146.5km stage from Megeve was played out in heavy rain but Froome was able to avoid late drama after dominating this Tour.The 31-year-old will become only the eighth man, not including the disgraced Lance Armstrong, to win three or more Tours after his victories in 2013 and 2015, and is the first to defend the Tour title since Miguel Indurain in 1995.He will join Philippe Thys, Louison Bobet and Greg LeMond on three titles, and will now have his eyes set on five-time winners Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, Jacques Anquetil and Indurain.I still need to get the yellow jersey to Paris tomorrow but certainly the racing side is done and dusted, Froome said. Its an amazing feeling of relief, just coming over the last line today. Thank you to all my teammates, theyve really been there for me every step of the way and I couldnt ask for more.Izaguirre was the last survivor of what had been a 37-man breakaway earlier in the day, racing clear of Vincenzo Nibali and Jarlinson Pantano on the sodden descent to take his first Tour de France stage win.Behind, there was little drama with none of Froomes main rivals prepared to risk crashing in the slippery conditions.Froome was content to cross the line four minutes and 18 seconds after Movistars Izaguirre, allowing himself half a smile as he thanked his team-mates on the approach to the line. His primary emotion was of relief as the foul weather had set a potential trap in the Alps.The Briton has looked a cut above all of his rivals since early in the second week of this Tour, but Fridays crash had been a reminder that nothing was won yet.He began the day sporting bandages on his knee and elbow from that spill, and would not have relaxed for a moment knowing he had to fface the technical descent into Morzine before any celebrations could begin.ddddddddddddThe descent has a nasty reputation in any conditions but the rain perhaps helped Froome in discouraging those around him from even attempting an attack.All nine Sky riders finished the stage, with the strength of Froomes team key to his victory.Tour director Christian Prudhomme said watching Team Sky was like watching Paris St Germain, they are so powerful, they always win the championship.Chris Froome was very, very good, he added. The others were less good.There has not been a home winner of the Tour since Hinault in 1985, and Bardets second place is only the third for a French rider in 20 years.Nairo Quintana, seen as Froomes main pre-Tour rival, is set for third place, four minutes and 21 seconds behind Froome. It will be the Colombians third podium finish in the Tour after the Movistar rider finished second to Froome in 2013 and 2015.Adam Yates, the 23-year-old Briton, is fourth, four minutes 42 seconds down and safe in the white jersey as the best young rider -- the first Briton to wear it in to Paris.This is only my second Tour de France and only my third Grand Tour, the Orica-BikeExchange rider said. For a lot of people its a dream to ride in the Tour, for me to come in the top 10 or top five, Im super happy.Ive learned a lot of things, gained a lot of experience and Im sure Ill be back in the future to go one step further.Irishman Dan Martin of Etixx-QuickStep sits ninth, seven minutes and four seconds behind Froome.Froomes win is the fourth by a British rider in the past five editions, following on from Sir Bradley Wiggins becoming the first Brit to win the Tour in 2012, when Froome finished second to his team-mate.British riders have won seven of the 20 stages so far in this Tour -- with Froome taking two -- to match the record set in that 2012 Tour.With Mark Cavendish enjoying a day in the yellow jersey after his opening stage win, and Yates claiming the white jersey, this may well rank as the most successful Tour de France in British history. ' ' '