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...amazing performances, Armstrong still doesn't receive the deferential treatment from the peloton that past greats like Eddy Merckx (five Tour victories) did. "Every day we come to the start with the same desire: to ride the race the way we want," said Postie Viatcheslav Ekimov, a 36-year-old Russian who was riding in his 12th Tour and helping Armstrong to victory for the third time. "But that's become more difficult. It used to be that the yellow jersey was respected. In the '90s, for example, if there was any word from the yellow jersey that we should...
...spur him on for the Olympics? "The accident affected my training, but I'm fit enough," Armstrong said before the cycling time-trial race. "I don't want to use that as an excuse." And he didn't. Armstrong got the bronze in the trial, won by Russian Viacheslav Ekimov, who races with Armstrong on the U.S. Postal Team. It was a great race. But Armstrong's is such a rich, heartwarming tale that the race results seemed almost an afterthought...