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Date Posted: 02:17:25 07/20/02 Sat
Author: BBS Racist!
Subject: It's time for me to introduce myself

PLATEAU-DE-BEILLE, France (Reuters) -- Lance Armstrong stunned his rivals again Friday when he won the second mountain stage of the cycling Tour de France in the same commanding manner as he had won the first.

The American's move, seven kilometers from the finish of the 199.5 kms 12th stage to the Plateau-de-Beille in the Pyrenees, was almost a repeat of his impressive victory in the ski resort of La Mongie the previous day.

The three times Tour champion, also winner of this year's prologue in Luxembourg, again skimmed the bunch in the last climb with the help of his U.S. Postal teammates before surging ahead.

Again, Spaniards Jose-Luis Rubiera and Roberto Heras were his most precious aides, dropping Armstrong's rivals one by one.

Again, Joseba Beloki was the last one to resist. But the ONCE team leader could not keep pace when the Texan stepped up on his pedals and went away.

The only difference to the script of this six-hour ride was that Armstrong attacked earlier and, as a result, had a bigger lead on the rest of the bunch.

Heras was second, one minute and four seconds behind the American, with Beloki on his heels. Beloki is now two minutes and 28 seconds behind Armstrong overall.

"It was more fine work from the team. What a team," said Armstrong, who had won a stage on the Plateau-de-Beille in the 1999 Route du Sud race.

But the Texan insisted the race was not over yet.

"The Tour is never finished. There are still lots of difficult climbs, lots of hard stages and chances you can have a problem or an accident," he added.

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