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Tuesday, July 23, 2002
Armstrong s smooth bid for fourth title takes suspense out of To
VAISON-LA-ROMAINE,
France (AP) — Lance Arm
strong is taking the suspense out
of the Tour de France.
For the fourth straight year,
his rivals are stranded long be
fore the finish. His early success
is angering French fans and ru
ining organizers’ plans to make
the Tour less predictable.
Don’t blame Armstrong: He’s
only doing his job.
“It is what they pay me to do,”
the Texan said Sunday. “They
say, ‘Lance, we want you to win
the Tour de France.’
“I can’t really concern myself
with, Ts it bad for the event?’”
After Monday’s rest day, six
stages remained in the world’s
toughest cycling race, including
three grueling stretches in the
Alps.
Nevertheless, a fourth con
secutive title seems easily with
in Armstrong’s reach, thanks to
his performance in the Pyrenees
and on the formidable Mont
Ventoux.
The U.S. Postal Service rider
leads his biggest challenger,
Joseba Beloki of the Once team,
by nearly 4 1/2 minutes in the
overall standings.
Barring injury or illness, or a
sudden and drastic loss ot form,
that advantage is likely to grow
in the coming days.
“Armstrong has shown he has
the blood of champions flowing
through his veins,” Once team
director, Manolo Saiz, told
French daily Le Parisien. “He is
much stronger than us, we see it
day after day.
“Of course, we will still do
the maximum and hope Arm
strong has an ‘off day, Saiz
said. “But it would really have to
be a big ‘off’ day for us to catch
up.
Tour organizers saved
of this year’s toughest stage-
last in a bid to make the
more suspenseful. In 200
most the whole final week-
made up of flat stretche;
which rivals had nearly
chance of reducing Armstro:
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