Stage 19
Twenty-one stage wins in his Tour career since 1993, Lance Armstrong will win his record-breaking sixth Tour in Paris tomorrow in the most emphatic manner possible.
He again showed his dominance in a time trial. And that 61 seconds -- his winning margin last year over Ullrich -- appeared again as he beat Jan Ullrich by this very same margin both in Besançon and on Alpe d'Huez.
Ivan Basso slipped to third, and the surprising Andréas Klöden produced his finest time trial to climb to second. It is a sad end for the courageous Thomas Voeckler, too, as he finally lost his white jersey, just 24 hours from the finish.
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