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Lance aiming for a spot on the podium

By Bonnie D. Ford
ESPN.com

Friday, July 24, 2009

AUBENAS, France -- There's no way to make a molehill out of Mont Ventoux, where the final podium for the 2009 Tour de France will be definitively decided in Saturday's Stage 20, the second-to-last day of the race. One of the most imposing climbs in Europe both physically and historically, the obstacle posed by the uphill finish on the rounded mountaintop that rises almost out of nowhere in Provence is the last real one for the men who hope to finish in the top 3. Sunday's stage ending in Pari ...

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