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 BLOIS, France (AP) - In a thrilling finish — during which the overall race leader crashed into a barricade — Lance Armstrong and his Discovery Channel mates set a record of 35.54 mph Tuesday while winning the team time trial at the Tour de France. The victory handed the 33-year-old Texan the lead after only four stages, along with his favorite Tour outfit — the yellow jersey.
Armstrong will ride Wednesday wearing the distinctive yellow shirt — the 67th time he has done so — and maintaining a critical edge in his bid for an unprecedented seventh straight victory in his farewell Tour.
"It was the plan was to take the jersey, but the priority was to have the best race possible, and gain time on our adversaries," a beaming Armstrong said.
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