CYCLING: Tour de France 2004: LEGEND LANCE BRINGS TOUR TO BOIL.LANCE ARMSTRONG Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. was gripped by yellow fever yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South America. Epidemics have extended into subtropical and temperate regions during warm seasons. after powering to victory yesterday in stage 15 of the Tour de France. The Texan wrestled back the yellow jersey after outsprinting Italian Ivan Basso Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, most recently with Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.[1][2] Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible,<ref name="terrible" /> is among the best mountain riders in the and German rival Jan Ullrich to cross the line first in Villard-de-Lan following a gruelling 180.5km race. It was the 20th stage win of Armstrong's Tour de France career and brings him ever closer to what would be a record sixth victory in the race. The 32-year-old US Postal team star stepped up the pace in the closing stages to steal in front of Basso, who claimed second place in the same time - 4hrs, 40mins and 30secs - as Armstrong.Third-placed Ullrich was a further three seconds off the pace. Armstrong had started yesterday 22 seconds behind race leader Thomas Voeckler but he finished almost 10minutes in front of the French rider, who fell to eighth place in the overall standings. |
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