The real face of Lance Armstrong, screamed the headline of one of France's national newspapers yesterday, before devoting pages 2-6 to 'The Boss'. They could just as easily have substituted 'Le Tour de France' for Armstrong's name. His craggy 37-year-old features stare out of the backdrop for bulletins on the nation's television news broadcasts too. Until any of the other 179 cyclists who will roll down the ramp at the start of today's prologue time trial in Monte Carlo prove otherwise, the Texan is the only story in town. Time to go: Armstrong, the seven-time Tour winner, completes his preparations yesterday France is once more under the spell of the man who has conquered the most fearsome bike race in the world seven times, more than anyone in history. And while history itself insists he will not make it eight - Armstrong... [read full story]
