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...Lance Armstrong is of that second type, and as he cruised to his seventh straight Tour de France title on Sunday, his status as a cycling-and cultural-icon was secure before he even hit Paris, since Tour officials invoked a rule freezing the general standings when there's rain on the cobblestones of the Champs-Elys?es. That didn't curb the excitement for the fans, whose eyes and whoops were all for Armstrong on the riders' eight last circuits around the Champs-Elys?es, so fans could see Armstrong one last time. By the time Armstrong crossed the finish line...
...Some cycling observers wondered if the cancer survivor had enough left for his last Tour, a three-week, 2,232.7-mile trek though the northern and southern tiers of France. Now, we wonder if he could have won 10. Armstrong wore the yellow jersey for 16 (out of 21) stages, more than any of his previous six wins. After trailing fellow American Dave Zabriskie by two seconds through the first three flat stages in early July, Armstrong took the yellow jersey after the fourth stage, a team time trial in which Zabriskie crashed, ending his Tour. Armstrong gave the jersey...
...didn?t matter. Armstrong pushed his lead from 38 seconds to 2 min., 46 sec. during the brutal Pyrenees ascents. His rivals had a final long-shot chance to catch him, Saturday?s 34.5-mile time trial in Saint-Etieene, the penultimate stage of the Tour. Armstrong won the stage, his first on this year?s Tour. From the podium, tears filled his steel-blue eyes-he knew it was over...
...signed on one day, and [the web site] said we offer e-mail accounts on our server,” Armstrong said...
...Armstrong said that the fas.alumni account was not advertised to him as part of a pilot test...