2005 Tour de France may not play to Lance Armstrong&#39;s strengths
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The 2005 Tour de France may give others a chance to test Lance Armstrong. The mountaintop finishes are less intense and the time trials shorter - meaning the six-time Tour winner possibly has
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Even by his lofty standards, Lance Armstrong's return to the mountaintop in 2004 was pretty special. The question now facing Armstrong and his legion of fans is whether he'll return to challenge the Pyrenees and the French Alps again in 2005.
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Six time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong told the French cycling sport daily l&#39;Equipe today that he might not ride in the 92nd Tour de France.
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Seven-times Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong says cycling's premier race can recover from a series of doping scandals and come back even stronger.
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This yearâs Tour de France will still be a beautiful sight. Just donât take it seriously and donât take the riders into your heart.
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The Tour de France is shaping up as a one-on-one between Michael Rasmussen and Alberto Contador. Not so much a street fight as a mountain fight.
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With many of cycling's biggest stars sidelined because of doping scandals, a clear favorite has yet to emerge at the Tour de France.
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SILVER SPRING, Md.  - Six-time Tour de Franc  winner Lance Armstrong will decide in late April whether to  take part in the world's leading cycling race this year.
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PARIS Lance Armstrong was absent when the route and difficulties of the 2005 Tour de France were made public in Paris, but his aura filled the hall.
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GRANADA, Spain  - Lance Armstrong's former team   manager has described claims by one of the seven-times Tour de   France winner's team mates that he took a banned blood booster   while preparing for the 1999 race as "unfounded."
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Lance Armstrong is unsure if he will ride in next summer's Tour de France because he'd like to compete in other races. Armstrong, who won a record sixth straight Tour de France this year, said in Saturday's edition of L'Equipe it is "time to move on to other things."
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Like a cyclist who can't shake his pursuers, the Tour de France continues to be dogged by the cloud of doping. Race leader Michael Rasmussen became the latest rider to face scrutiny Friday when he had to answer why he had been kicked off the national team for failing to report his whereabouts for drug-testing purposes.
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The route of the 2005 Tour de France was announced yesterday, and the changes look set to test the dominance of the reigning champion, Lance Armstrong.
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Alexander Vinokourov may be out of the competition for the overall Tour de France victory. But that has not stopped the determined Astana team leader from riding his best on a stage-by-stage basis.
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Six-times Tour de France champion Lance  Armstrong has strongly hinted he could miss the world's leading  cycling race next year to concentrate on other goals.
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Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will attempt his seventh consecutive win in cycling's most prestigious race this summer.
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It also means he&#39;ll have to be in top form right away. This year&#39;s race,. lure of the world&#39;s biggest cycling race is tough to resist.