June 13, 2005
Lance Armstrong to compete in 7th and final Tour de France
Lance Armstrong to compete in 7th and final Tour de France Share on FacebookLance Armstrong finished fourth overall in the Dauphine Libere, a Tour de France tuneup won Sunday by Spain’s Inigo Landaluze for his first professional victory.
Armstrong, preparing for a bid at a seventh consecutive Tour de France title next month, was third in the final stage of a race he was not looking to win.
Discovery Channel teammate George Hincapie won the seventh stage, leading a 1-2-3 finish for the squad in Sallanches, France. Hincapie, who also won the opening prologue, took the hilly stage in 3 hours, 7 minutes, 10 seconds, with Yaroslav Popovych just behind in the same time and Armstrong 22 seconds back.
“B-plus for the whole week? Maybe that’s a little generous,” Armstrong said. “I wasn’t explosive and wasn’t able to make the selection, only to follow. But I know from here, I can step up another level.”
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