Chasing Lance The 2005 Tour de France and

The only riders remaining on the course were Ivan Basso of Team CSC, T-Mobile's Jan Ullrich, and Armstrong. I alternately watched their performances on yet another bank of flat screens and monitored their progress by the location of the helicopters filming each rider from above. They were still far in the distance, but little by little, the helicopters neared the finish line.

Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of such nonfiction titles as Chasing Lance, The Last Voyage of Columbus, Farther Than Any Man, Knockdown, and Into Africa. He has written for Esquire, Outside, Sports Illustrated, and GQ. Dugard lives in Orange County, California, with his wife and three sons.

Map of the 92nd Tour de France

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Introduction: Welcome to France

3

(14)

Part I: Trials

Stage One: Fromentine–Noirmoutier-enl'lle

17

(14)

Stage Two: Challans–Les Essarts

31

(15)

Stage Three: La Châtaigneraie–Tours

46

(11)

Stage Four: Tours–Blois

57

(16)

Stage Five: Chambord–Montargis

73

(13)

Stage Six: Troyes–Nancy

86

(8)

Stage Seven: Lunéville–Karlsruhe

94

(10)

Stage Eight: Pforzheim–Gérardmer

104

(11)

Stage Nine: Gérardmer–Mulhouse

115

(12)

Part II: Mountains

Rest Day: Grenoble

127

(10)

Stage Ten: Grenoble–Courchevel

137

(13)

Stage Eleven: Courchevel–Briançon

150

(12)

Stage Twelve: Briançon–Digne-les-Bains

162

(8)

Stage Thirteen: Miramas–Montpellier

170

(10)

Stage Fourteen: Agde–Ax-3 Domaines

180

(11)

Stage Fifteen: Lézat-sur-Lèze–Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla-d'Adet)

191

(12)

Second Rest Day: Lourdes

203

(11)

Stage Sixteen: Mourenx–Pau

214

(12)

Stage Twenty: Saint-Étienne–Saint-Étienne

226

(7)

Paris

233

(4)

Epilogue

237

(6)

Acknowledgments

243

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Chasing Lance The 2005 Tour de France and Lance Armstrong's Ride of a Lifetime

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