It is kind of a gentlemens agreement not to fight for overall position on the last stage to Paris. There have been some exeptions from this rule in the past, but only when it was very close (just a few seconds between 1st and 2nd in overall rankings), so the Nr.2 still had a chance to win it all. It only happened a couple of times though. Today nothing like this will happen since Armstrong is way ahaed of the competition.
The "duel" you were talking about will be between McEwen and Zabel for the green Jersey of the best sprinter. Since MCEwen is only one point ahaed of Zabel and there are alot of points to be gained on the last stage they will duke it out today. This is also very common. You can fight for the green jersey on the last stage, no gentlemens agreement here.
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