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1. ARMSTRONG Lance
2. ULLRICH Jan
3. VINOKOUROV A.
4. HAMILTON Tyler
5. ZUBELDIA Haimar
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Force Majeure
With his home life strained, his training widely emulated, and a score of riders hungry to dethrone him, Lance Armstrong faces his toughest tour yet. In an exclusive interview, the world's top cyclist reveals why he's obsessed with remaining king of the road—and what it may cost. [more] |
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Tour de France 2001: Lance's Threepeat
A look at the race that catapulted Armstrong into truly mythic status. [more] |
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May 2000: Of Lance We Sing
Ride and shine with the Tour de France champ, who kicks off our ode to all things bike with breakthrough fitness advice and plenty of inspiration. [more] |
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April 1998: Tour de Revenge
"I was prepared to die," says Lance Armstrong, onetime golden boy of American cycling, about his harrowing bout with cancer. So now that he's seemingly beaten the disease, he's happy simply being alive, right? Quite wrong. [more] |
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July 1994: "I'm Not the Next Greg LeMond. I'm the First Lance Armstrong."
After an amazing year in which he won the world championship, snagged a $1 million purse, and became one of the youngest riders to take a stage in the Tour de France, Lance Armstrong is more than comfortable with the idea that he may be the world's best cyclist. Handling the responsibilities that come with the mantle of Great American Hope, however, hasn't been quite so easy. [more] |
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| Photo credits, from top: Beth Schneider, Anton Corbijn, Courtesy of Le Tour, Shannon McIntyre, Frank W. Ockenfels |
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