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The race that changed everything

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Thursday, July 2, 2009

It was the race that changed everything, and set the tone for years to come. Lance Armstrong was considered one of the favorites as the 1999 Tour de France rolled out with a short prologue time trial in Puy-du-Fou, a theme park near the Atlantic coast in the northwestern part of the country. But he was still less than three years removed from cancer treatment, with an untried supporting cast and a rookie director in former Belgian pro Johan Bruyneel. Although Armstrong donned the yellow jerse ...

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