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Yahoo! Delivers Up-to-the-minute Information on the Tour de France

LONDON, - July 10, 1998 - LONDON, July 10, 1998 - Dreading those post World Cup blues? Yahoo! offers the perfect antidote with its comprehensive coverage of the world's most famous cycling event. Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO), the leading navigational guide to the Internet, today unveiled full coverage of the 1998 Tour de France at www.yahoo.co.uk.

From the moment the competition starts in Dublin on July 12, Yahoo!'s coverage of the Tour de France will bring together in one location, a wealth of information including the latest news, full team line-ups, daily pictures of the cyclists in action, and details on each individual stage including full breakdown of the competitor timings, and analysis of the terrain. The site features a constantly updated front page, linked from the home page, containing all the latest stories of the day from content providers including Agence France Presse, Reuters and Press Association. Users can follow the latest individual positionings, and get the lowdown on who's wearing the yellow, green, white, and polka dot jerseys.

Colin Simpson, Producer, Yahoo! UK & Ireland, comments "Yahoo!'s coverage of the Tour de France is part of our ongoing commitment to providing quality sport content throughout our service. Yahoo!'s comprehensive World Cup site generated huge interest from users and we are delighted to be covering this exciting event. "

Yahoo!'s coverage of the Tour de France is available in English, French, German, Italian, Swedish, and Danish.

As with all of Yahoo! services, all the Tour de France content is free.

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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) is a global Internet media company that offers a network of branded Web programming that serves millions of users daily. As the first online navigational guide to the Web, www.yahoo.com is the single largest guide in terms of traffic, advertising, household and business user reach, and is one of the most recognised brands associated with the Internet. Yahoo! provides the targeted Internet resources and communications services for a broad range of audiences based on demographic, key-subject and geographic interests. Yahoo! Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has European offices in London, Paris, Munich, Stockholm and Milan.

Press Contacts:

Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Kate Rider,
0171 664 0428,
kater@uk.yahoo-inc.com

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