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Lance Armstrong: Tour Dupont
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In 2005 Lance Armstrong of the United States became the first rider to win the Tour seven times (1999–2005). Four riders have won five times each: Jacques Anquetil of France (1957 and 1961–64), Eddy Merckx of Belgium (1969–72 and 1974), Bernard Hinault of France (1978–79,...
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In de Tour van 2004 behaalde Armstrong als eerste wielrenner voor de zesde maal de tourzege. In de eerste twee bergetappes in de Pyreneeën reed hij onmiddellijk concurrenten als Ullrich, Iban Mayo en Tyler Hamilton op grote afstand. Alleen Ivan Basso kon hem in deze etappes bijhouden. In de klimtijdrit reed hij iedereen op minuten. Hij pakte, inclusief de ploegentijdrit, 6 etappezeges en was in zijn beste vorm.
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Lance started the Tour off as expected, doing very well in the Prologue Time Trial, just a few seconds behind TT specialist Christophe Moreau, and Ullrich ... did well. Lance and Team USPS were very content to sit in and let things develop, looking ahead to the mountains to make their move - but things would get a little complicated for them before too long. It was no cake walk for sure as the other teams upped the pace in the first week, hoping for some drama that would put Lance in difficulty early on. In the Stage 5 Team Time Trial, near disaster struck as 2 USPS riders (Christian Vande Velde and Roberto Heras) went down hard on the rain slick roads. But the team cranked it up with Lance leading them, and despite a substantial delay managed a very respectable 4th best time of the day.
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On October 5, the UCI announced the appointment of an independent expert to investigate the leaking of doping allegations against Armstrong: "French sports newspaper L'Equipe claims that samples given by the American icon on the 1999 Tour later tested positive. Armstrong has denied the allegations. The International Cycling Union (UCI) has now appointed Dutch lawyer and doping specialist Emile Vrijman to probe how the details were released. The UCI said it 'expects all relevant parties to fully co-operate'. Vrijman is a former director of the National Anti-Doping Agency in the Netherlands (NeCeDo)." [7]
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Armstrong, now a part-owner of the team, was delighted Discovery rider Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukranian, won the 116.1-mile second stage of the Tour de Georgia in 4 hours, 47 minutes, 39 seconds. J.J. Haedo of Toyota-United Pro took second place, 5.3 seconds later.
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Armstrong lobbied the Legislature and campaigned for Proposition 15, a $3 billion bond issue for cancer research that voters approved this month. Armstrong toured in a bus and made television appearances with former President George H.W. Bush.
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