Armstrong wins fifth straight Tour

mithrand1r · 07-28-2003, 12:21 PM

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Armstrong wins fifth straight Tour

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Associated Press

PARIS --Never did his reign look so uncertain. Never did he savor a victory quite like this one.

Lance Armstrong is already thinking about a record sixth straight Tour victory in 2004.
Only with his Tour de France title finally assured during the last leg on the cobblestoned Champs-Elys Dees, did Lance Armstrong celebrate by lifting a flute of champagne to a resounding "Cheers!''

Overcoming crashes, illness, hard-charging rivals and plain old bad luck, the Texan won his hardest but sweetest Tour on Sunday -- a record-tying fifth straight that places him among the greatest cyclists ever.

Unlike previous years, when he won by comfortable margins, the grueling 23-day, 2,125-mile clockwise trek around France pushed Armstrong to the limit.

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Armstrong joined Spaniard Miguel Indurain as the only riders to win cycling's most brutal and prestigious race five times consecutively -- a record Armstrong plans to break in 2004.

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Congratulations to Lance Armstrong on a great achievement in sports and human endurance.

07-28-2003, 12:21 PM	#1
mithrand1r Cyber Elf Lord Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Left of Rock, Right of Hard Place Posts: 986	Armstrong wins fifth straight Tour http://espn.go.com/oly/tdf2003/s/2003/0727/1586103.html Armstrong wins fifth straight Tour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press PARIS --Never did his reign look so uncertain. Never did he savor a victory quite like this one. Lance Armstrong is already thinking about a record sixth straight Tour victory in 2004. Only with his Tour de France title finally assured during the last leg on the cobblestoned Champs-Elys Dees, did Lance Armstrong celebrate by lifting a flute of champagne to a resounding "Cheers!'' Overcoming crashes, illness, hard-charging rivals and plain old bad luck, the Texan won his hardest but sweetest Tour on Sunday -- a record-tying fifth straight that places him among the greatest cyclists ever. Unlike previous years, when he won by comfortable margins, the grueling 23-day, 2,125-mile clockwise trek around France pushed Armstrong to the limit. . . . Armstrong joined Spaniard Miguel Indurain as the only riders to win cycling's most brutal and prestigious race five times consecutively -- a record Armstrong plans to break in 2004. . . . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Congratulations to Lance Armstrong on a great achievement in sports and human endurance. __________________ Sincerely, Anthony 'Many are my names in many countries,' he said. 'Mithrandir among the Elves, Tharkûn to the Drarves; Olórin I was in my youth in the West that is forgotten, in the South Incánus, in the North Gandalf; to the East I go not.' Faramir What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation? Cicero (106BC-43BC)

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