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Bradley Wiggins becomes first Brit to win Tour de France

...the road race. As a kid, he lined his bedroom walls with posters of cycling greats like five-time Tour winner Miguel Indurain."My first Tour de France memory was obviously watching LeMond win in '89, and then after that I was hooked on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-07-22/bradley-wiggins-beco
Positive test follows Spaniard

...Spanish Vuelta. A fourth win in the Tour would give him his seventh Grand Tour victory, tying him with Armstrong, Miguel Indurain and Fausto Coppi. Only cycling legends Eddy Merckx (11), Bernard Hinault (10) and Jacques Anquetil (8) have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-06-25/positive-test-follow
Armstrong gets his 79th yellow jersey

...tied French great Bernard Hinault. Only Eddy Merckx, with 111, has won more yellow jerseys. Merckx, Hinault, Miguel Indurain and Jacques Anquetil all won five Tours - a record Armstrong surpassed last year. Savoldelli's victory in the 17th...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/07/21/oth_459246.shtml
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Armstrong routs rivals in mountain climb

...race after two difficult weeks. His victory in the misty mountains of the Pyrenees bolstered his chances of equaling Miguel Indurain's record of five straight Tour victories. Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner, is now 67 seconds back overall...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2003/07/22/oth_381860.shtml
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Armstrong shines on brilliant day in Paris

...part of the great history of this race." Consecutive victories Five times 1991 - Miguel Indurain, Spain 1992 - Miguel Indurain, Spain 1993 - Miguel Indurain, Spain 1994 - Miguel Indurain, Spain 1995 - Miguel Indurain, Spain Four times 1961...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/07/30/oth_321683.shtml
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Armstrong begins Tour

...three-week, 20-stage Tour de France. He's won a record-tying five straight and will try to pass Spaniard Miguel Indurain with his sixth straight Tour de France win in July. They're all secondary to smiling, walking, breathing. The...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/04/20/oth_412847.shtml
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More to race than meets eye

...it's a makeshift family caravan on spoked wheels. The peloton was more relaxed in the early 1990s, when Spaniard Miguel Indurain dominated the Tour, said Viacheslav Ekimov, a 38-year-old Russian on Lance Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/07/13/oth_422061.shtml
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Lance reclaims jersey

...intense than being alone." The Texan earned his 61st yellow jersey as overall leader, meaning he will overtake Miguel Indurain for third place when he wears his jersey during today's stage. Armstrong also wore yellow for one day after the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/07/21/oth_422850.shtml
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Armstrong hopes for a ride into cycling history

...is trying to overtake the five-time Tour de France winners: Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. Ullrich has a different agenda. He has yet to fulfill the promise he showed in 1997 when at 23 he won the Tour...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/06/29/oth_420607.shtml
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Armstong adds to big lead in Tour de France

...the traditionally ceremonial ride on the Champs-Elysees. Then he'll start planning for 2003, when he can tie Miguel Indurain's record of five straight Tour de France titles. "I don't see which racer could come and oppose him in the next...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2002/07/28/oth_349928.shtml
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