Lance hits the heights again in Alps

LANCE ARMSTRONG gave another demonstration of his total superiority over the Tour de France by sprinting to his fourth stage win of this year’s event.

With his record sixth overall victory all but sewn-up, the US Postal rider was in the leading quintet coming into the final kilometre of the 17th stage and did not need to finish first.

But the American chose to rub salt into the wounds of his fellow competitors by out-sprinting T-Mobile rider Andreas Kloden to cross the finishing line first in Le Grand Bornard, winning the 20th Tour stage of his career after a gruelling six hours-plus riding in the Alps.