In
this file photo from July 24, 2005, overall leader Lance Armstrong signals seven for
his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race as he pedals during
the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris,
and the French capital. The superstar cyclist, whose stirring victories after
his comeback from cancer helped him transcend sports, chose not to pursue
arbitration in the drug case brought against him by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.
That was his last option in his bitter fight with USADA, and his decision set the
stage for the titles to be stripped and his name to be all but wiped from the
record books of the sport he once ruled.
AP photo by Peter Dejong
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