Lance Armstrong is back, he's still angry, and he proves the naysayers wrong as he crushes the Tour de France field for a second year in succession. The climb to Hautacam in the Pyrenees is where this turns into "Tour de Lance" as the cancer survivor hero puts in a ride worthy of the greats, perhaps the most stupendous piece of bike riding since Miguel Indurain's supersonic time trial at Luxembourg. In the chilling rain and dank mist, Marco Pantani, Alex Zulle and Jan Ullrich are left trailing as Armstrong displays the finest climbing form of his career.
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