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Armstrong extends overall lead

L'ALPE D'HUEZ (FRANCE), JULY 22. Riding through a frenzied sea of fans, Lance Armstrong pulverised rivals and extended his lead in the Tour de France by winning a historic time trial on Wednesday high in the French Alps.

Armstrong stormed up the 15.5-kilometre climb through 21 hairpin turns to the L'Alpe d'Huez ski station in 39 minutes, 41 seconds — the only rider under 40 minutes.

"I wanted it bad because of the history around this mountain and the importance to the race," the five-time Tour champion said. "All in all, it was a very important day."

Armstrong was 61 seconds faster than second-place Jan Ullrich and actually passed his closest challenger, Ivan Basso, even though the Italian started two minutes ahead of the Texan.

Behind Basso, Andreas Kloden is third overall, 5:03 back. — AP

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