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92nd Tour de France - GT
France, July 2-24, 2005
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Stage 16 - Tuesday, July 19: Mourenx - Pau, 180.5 km
The focus of this stage will be the legendary Col d'Aubisque, which represents
the final hors categorie climb of the Tour - the mountains aren't finished yet,
but Aubisque represents the end of some 'extreme' climbing for riders. Armstrong
took the yellow jersey on the back of this climb in 2002 - this occurred earlier
in the race, and he went on to dominate the remainder of the Tour after hitting
his competition hard in these opening mountain exchanges. In 2005 the situation
may well be different, or we could find Armstrong placing a stranglehold on
the overall lead leading to a seventh victory - who knows? Either way it's going
to be a fight amongst the main GC contenders with a couple of strongmen thrown
in; the German has been quiet since his early season success and is primed for
a strong Tour performance.
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