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With three reasons to be happy, Armstrong heads to Pyrenees

...PERPIGNAN, France -- Heading into the Pyrenees for what should be the decisive final...to this southwestern city close to the Pyrenees. Armstrong was photographed and filmed...Ax-les-Thermes, 4,538 feet high in the Pyrenees. The next two stages, ending at Pla...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/07/20/oth_319788.shtml
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Armstrong saves strength for Pyrenees

SAINT-FLOUR, France -- His eyes on the Pyrenees, Lance Armstrong saved his strength on a day the Tour de...are conserving their energy for next week's racing in the Pyrenees mountains. Armstrong stayed tucked in the front of the pack...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1999/07/17/oth_265826.shtml
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Wreck-marred race heads for Pyrenees

...will gauge the three-time champion's true fitness in the Pyrenees climbs starting Thursday. Schleck is in the driver's seat...there are two flat stages for sprinters before riders enter the Pyrenees in Stage 12, with its colossal climb up Col du Tourmalet...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-07-11/wreck-marred-race-he
Wreck-marred race heads for Pyrenees

...will gauge the three-time champion's true fitness in the Pyrenees climbs starting Thursday. Schleck is in the driver's seat...there are two flat stages for sprinters before riders enter the Pyrenees in Stage 12, with its colossal climb up Col du Tourmalet...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-07-12/wreck-marred-race-he
Pyrenees expose poor timing at Tour de France

...three weeks in July. If your timing is off, your chances of winning go up in smoke. As the 2004 Tour de France leaves the Pyrenees mountains and heads toward the Alps, several prerace favorites are suffering. Jan Ullrich, the man Lance Armstrong sees...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/07/19/oth_422651.shtml
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Cadel Evans rules out rally in Tour de France

...France champion vanished under the sun-baked punishment of the Pyrenees mountains on Wednesday, as Bradley Wiggins took another step...final shakedowns in the race await in today's stage in the Pyrenees, featuring an uphill finish, and Saturday's time trial...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-07-18/cadel-evans-rules-ou
Cyclist Voeckler still wearing yellow jersey well

...Saturday after the last stage in the Pyrenees, which was won by Jelle Vanendert...attacks in the most grueling stage of the Pyrenees so far -- which featured a 10-mile...believe that I'm in yellow after the Pyrenees," he said. "It's like a dream...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-07-16/cyclist-voeckler-sti
Riders face grueling test at Tour de France

...most difficult stage yet of the Tour de France looms in the Pyrenees in what promises to be the race's first major turning point...jersey.Today's stage is the third consecutive day in the Pyrenees. The 105-mile ride from Saint-Gaudens to Plateau de Beille...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2011-07-16/riders-face-grueling
Vonn crashes, Austrian wins women's slalom

...Saturday after overall leader Lindsey Vonn and defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch crashed out in the opening run on the windy Pyrenees course.Schild blazed through the 59 gates to clock a best time of 1 minute, 39.44 seconds. She's one victory shy of...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/other-sports/2012-02-11/vonn-crashes-austria
Germany's Ullrich wins cycling title

...his move in the rugged mountains of the Pyrenees and finished in triumph in the elegance...over the lead on the second day in the Pyrenees mountains in the south of France. Ullrich...The first was the victory in the Pyrenees, the second was putting on the yellow...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/1997/07/28/oth_212038.shtml
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