Harold Acosta
07-25-2004, 09:08 AM
<font color="blue"> Armstrong Pedals Toward Record Victory
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Champagne flowed among Lance Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service teammates Sunday while they pedaled toward the finish line on the Champs-Elysees en route to what was expected to be his record sixth straight Tour de France title.
For once, the riders looked like they were having fun as the stage got under way in Montereau, south of Paris. Armstrong — easy to pick out of the pack in his leader's yellow jersey and gold-colored aerodynamic helmet — laughed and chatted with adversaries while his squad rode around to keep him safe.
At one point, Armstrong and teammates sipped from flutes of champagne as they headed north. Other riders waved at television crews and snapped pictures with cameras as they rode by stretches of golden wheat fields.
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1 minute ago </font color>
Champagne flowed among Lance Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service teammates Sunday while they pedaled toward the finish line on the Champs-Elysees en route to what was expected to be his record sixth straight Tour de France title.
For once, the riders looked like they were having fun as the stage got under way in Montereau, south of Paris. Armstrong — easy to pick out of the pack in his leader's yellow jersey and gold-colored aerodynamic helmet — laughed and chatted with adversaries while his squad rode around to keep him safe.
At one point, Armstrong and teammates sipped from flutes of champagne as they headed north. Other riders waved at television crews and snapped pictures with cameras as they rode by stretches of golden wheat fields.
Story continues at:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=755&e=1&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_sp_ot/cyc_tour_de_france