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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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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It was a ride to make Lance Armstrong and Eddy Merckx proud &#151; except even they never quite managed what Floyd Landis did.
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The 2005 Tour de France might give other riders their best chance to test Lance Armstrong, if he goes for a seventh consecutive title.
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With his record six victories, Lance Armstrong has proved he can win the Tour de France over any course. Thursday organizers unveiled a 2005 route that suits his rivals rather than the American.
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AMERICAN legend Lance Armstrong looks set to shelve plans to try to win a seventh successive Tour de France. The 33-year-old told L&#39;Equipe newspaper yesterday he had other ambitions in the sport before he
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CALA D'OR, Spain  - If six times Tour de France  winner Lance Armstrong decides not to ride this year's event, a  victory in Paris on July 24 would be diminished his German  rival Jan Ullrich said Tuesday.
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Six-times Tour de France winner Lance  Armstrong confirmed on Wednesday that he would take part in  this year's race.
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Still hungry to race but wary he is not in the best shape, Lance Armstrong wants to take his Tour de France record to even mightier heights: He will try for a seventh straight title this summer.
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Cyclingâs crackdown on doping, and the retirement of Lance Armstrong in 2005, have caused teams to change their strategies and opened up the competition for the yellow jersey.
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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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The Tour de France is still wide open as it heads toward the Alps in the final week. American rider Floyd Landis is in the driver&#039;s seat, but his lead is thin. Three contenders trail the Phonak team leader by less than 2 minutes, a margin that could vanish in a single bold mountain push. And more race favorites could still emerge.
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TIGNES, France  - The days when seven-times winner Lance Armstrong was sewing up the Tour de France in the prologue or the first mountain stage are over.
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Lance Armstrong will be back in the saddle at this year's Tour de France, chasing title No. 7.
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The 2005 Tour de France may give other riders a chance to test Lance Armstrong. The mountaintop finishes are less intense and the time trials shorter, possibly cutting into the strength of the six-time winner. Organizers on Thursday unveiled the 2005 Tour route, which runs from July 2-24, passes through Germany and features 21 stages over 2,222 miles.
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With his record six victories, Lance  Armstrong has proved he can win the Tour de France over any  course. Thursday organizers unveiled a 2005 route that suits  his rivals rather than the American.
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Two of Lance ArmstrongÂs 1999 Tour de France teammates said they used the banned endurance-boosting drug EPO in preparing for that yearÂs race.