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At the conclusion of today’s 6.1km Prologue, Lance Armstrong is 2 seconds behind leader Fabian Cancellara, and 14 seconds ahead of rival Jan Ullrich! Go Lance!

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That guy is absolutely amazing, especially doing this coming back from cancer. I hope he wins this time two, I believe it would be the 6th race in a row!

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WooHoo. Go Lance. He is awesome, quite the hometown hero (he is from Austin). I've seen him training around here before.

Bill

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Yes, it would be his 6th in a row. The amazing part is that no one really took notice of this amazing feat until his 3rd or 4th tour win in a row. It has been said that he can only win if he gets angry, and if you look back on his past wins, this is very true!

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Read his book, It's Not About the Bike. It's amazing.

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Two seconds off the lead?

That's ownage--the flat sections aren't his strong spot. He's always grabbed the lead in the mountain sections.

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After today’s 202.5km Stage 1 (Liège to Charleroi) Armstrong is 10 seconds behind leader Fabian Cancellara, and 6 seconds behind second place Thor Hushovd. Armstrong has also maintained his 14 second advantage over Jan Ullrich.

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I don't care what anybody says, but Lance Armstrong is the greatest male athlete to ever walk this planet. It's amazing what he has gone through and more amazing what he has done. I think its really sad and pathetic that these tabloids, newspapers and news agencies have nothing better to do then accuse him of using steroids... I hope he wins his 6th in a row!

Go Lance!

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I have to agree with you, not only is he an excellent athlete in what is most likely the most grueling athletic competition, but he has overcome other physical hardships on the way.

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I agree with DJ 100%.

In a kind of disturbing way, the reporters are really complementing Armstrong. Basically they're saying that he's so $@#$@#$@#$@# good, he *has* to be on something.

I do think it's really, really low though. The man is a cancer survivor. After going through Chemo, I am 100% sure he has an adversion to using *any* kind of drugs.

His book really is fantastic, and one of the most inspirational I have ever read. I found it while cleaning my closet the other day and just sat down and read the entire thing again, and loved it even more.

Here's to Lance making history!

Cory

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Yeah, the man cheated death once already, I don't think he'd use anything that could kill him again.

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Lance was in Dodgeball and mentioned his cancer comeback.

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In today's relatively flat 197km Stage 2 (Charleroi to Namur) Lance finished in the main peleton losing no actual time to riders (but losing bonus time to some riders throughout the stage. Lance is in 4th place: 1 second behind 3rd place (Australian) Robbie McEwen, 10 seconds behind 2nd place (Swiss) Fabian Cancellara, and 18 seconds behind leader (Norwegian) Thor Hushovd. Lance has also maintained his lead over Ullrich, Hamilton, and Mayo.

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For the record, if he did use steroids anytime after chemo up to a few years, his chances of dying from using steroids would go up through the roof...

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In today's 210km Stage 3 (Waterloo to Wasquehal) Lance lost a few seconds to Robbie McEwen and Jean-Patrick Nazon, and is in fifth place. He is 16 seconds behind leader Robbie McEwen as of this moment. Armstrong avoided a nasty crash that held up rivals Iban Mayo, Christophe Moreau, and Stuart O'Grady. The crash left Marco Velo with a compound fracture of his collarbone, and forced him to retire from the race.