2009 Tour de France: 21 Stages of Sheer Insanity

Amazing. Lance Armstrong is once again in the running to capture the Tour de France. (Wikimedia Images)"]

Sure they get busted for cheating a lot, but riders in the Tour de France are special athletes regardless. You have to be crazy if you want to put your body through the hell that is the Tour de France.

As the midway point closes in, the eventual outcome still remains a mystery.

Despite more than a week passed and more than 800 miles covered, much of the story of this year’s race is still to be told.

Lance Armstrong believes it may all boil down to the insane stage on Mont Ventoux, and it is hard to argue with his logic.

Armstrong is most certainly in the hunt at this point, with teammate Alberto Contador the only man who can realistically deny him glory.

Armstrong might be finding some days tougher than in the past, but there can no longer be any doubt that he has the ability and resources to secure his eighth title.

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