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Lance Armstrong kisses girlfriend singer Sheryl Crow as he celebrates his sixth straight Tour de France cycling race victory, after the final stage between Montereau and Paris.
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Lance Armstrong signals "six" shortly after the start of the final stage of the Tour de France, Sunday, July 25, 2004. Armstrong went on to capture his sixth straight tour title.
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Overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, strains as he rides during the 19th and next-to-last stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 34.18-mile individual time trial around Besancon, eastern France, July 24, 2004. Armstrong won the stage, clocking 1 hour, 6 minutes.
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Best sprinter Robbie McEwen of Australia waves from the podium after the 19th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, July 24, 2004.
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Spectators gesture as overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, rides past during the 19th and next-to-last stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 34.18-mile individual time trial around Besancon, eastern France, July 24, 2004. Armstrong won the stage, clocking 1 hour, 6 minutes.
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Overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourd-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps, July 22, 2004. Armstrong won ahead of Germany's Andreas Kloeden of Team T-Mobile, left, and team leader Jan Ullrich, rear right.
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Andreas Kloeden of Germany, foreground, followed by Axel Merckx of Belgium, speeds down the La Forclaz pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps, July 22, 2004. Overall leader Lance Armstrong of Austin, Texas, won the stage.
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The pack rides down through a curve during their ascent of the Galandon pass in the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourd-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps, July 22, 2004.
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Overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, second left in foreground, talks with best climber Frenchman Richard Virenque, behind Armstrong, as riders pedal in the ascent of the Madeleine pass during the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourg-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps, July 22, 2004.
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Overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, strains in the last meters on his way to winning the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 9.6-mile individual time trial between Bourg-d'Oisans and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps, July 21, 2004. It was the race's first ever time trial on the legendary ascent to the L'Alpe d'Huez ski station.
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Spectators watch from a bird's eye view the ascent to l'Alpde d'Huez in a curve of the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 9.6-mile individual time trial between Bourg-d'Oisans and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps, July 21, 2004.
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Lance Armstrong fan Mary Whitney Ellis, from Folsom, Calif., raises 6 fingers hoping for a 6th victory for Armstrong, as she stands by the finish line during the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 9.6-mile individual time trial between Bourg-d'Oisans and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps, July 21, 2004.
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Spectators urge Jan Ullrich of Germany as he strains in the ascent of the 16th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 9.6-mile individual time trial between Bourg-d'Oisans and L'Alpe d'Huez, French Alps, July 21, 2004. Lance Armstrong won the stage, Ullrich finished second.
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New overall leader Lance Armstrong waves from the podium after winning the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Valreas, southern France, and Villard-de-Lans, French Alps, July 20, 2004.
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Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line ahead of Italian Ivan Basso, seen behind, to win the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, July 20, 2004.
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T-Mobile team leader Jan Ullrich of Germany crosses the finish line in third place of the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, losing even more ground to stage winner and overall leader Lance Armstrong.
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Overall leader Thomas Voeckler of France, foreground, leads the pack as riders take the start of the 15th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Valreas, southern France, and Villard-de-Lans, French Alps, July 20, 2004.
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U.S. Postal Service team leader Lance Armstrong looks at a map of France as he sits by a fountain near his hotel in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, southern France, during the second rest day of the Tour de France cycling race, July 19, 2004.
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Overall leader of the Tour de France cycling race Thomas Voeckler of France, right, holding a sunflower, jokes with his teammates during a training session outside Valaurie, south of Montelimar, southern France, during the second rest day of the Tour de France cycling race, July 19, 2004.
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Sitting on his giant makeshift bicycle, Tour de France fan Didi Senft of Germany, also know as "El Diablo," urges riders during the 14th stage of the cycling race between Carcassonne and Nimes, southern France, July 18, 2004.
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