4 days to go
This was the last mountain stage and from now on it is flat all the way into Paris. And although Richard Virenque only came in 59th today, I'm going to put my neck out on the line and predict that he will be this year's King of the Mountains.
But today was a day for the Collar-bone kid as he went out alone and came in almost 2 minutes ahead of the peloton. Never before can the clavicle have become such a sporting symbol. Never before have so many TV and radio broadcasters raved in superlatives about a bone. Except on Talk Sport that is where they think that Clavicle is an up an coming cyclist destined some day to win the Tour.
Oh, and here's a song which Tyler Hamilton's wife Haven has written about this years tour.
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| Armstrong courts disaster |
Just when it seemed that Lance Armstrong had built up an unassailable lead, he has been summoned to Paris early to answer charges of libel. Apparently Lance called fellow cyclist Filippo Simeoni a total liar after Simeoni accused Armstrong's advisor, Dr. Michele Ferrari, of administering "illegal substances to several top-level cyclists". Armstrong has protested that it is ridiculous to say that there were only several riders involved.
We all knew that Lance was going to get to Paris first, but this is going too far...
7:53:07 PM 
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