(25 Jul 2004)
1. Wide of Champs Elysee
2. Tilt up over fans
3. Mid shot fans
4. Various of race on big screen
5. Pan over cyclists coming down Champs Elysees
6. Various cyclists riding down Champs Elysees
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop:
"The obvious answer was Lance Armstrong, we were hoping he would win the sixth but starting the Tour who knew. So it's gone well for Lance fans."
8. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop:
"It was one reason (the Tour) why we wanted to come to Paris, we wanted to see the city and thought the 'Tour de France' let's have a look at it."
9. SOUNDBITE: (German) Voxpop:
"He is (Armstrong) American and winning it for the sixth time."
10. Various race on big screen
11. Race on Champs Elysees
12. Various crowd waving and shouting
13. Wide shot cyclists
14. Race on big screen
15. Armstrong walking onto podium and being congratulated
16. Armstrong on podium
17. Armstrong being given winner's yellow jersey by Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe
18. Various Lance Armstrong on podium.
19. Cutaway reporters
20. Armstrong on podium with cyclists Andreas Kloden and Ivan Basso on podium
21. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lance Armstrong, Six-time Tour de France winner:
(Question: what were you talking about on the Tour?)
Nothing much, nothing much, small talk, not much to say.
(Question: Is the season now over?)
Basically, I am so happy, tired, but happy
(Question: No party?)
The party started last night."
22. Armstrong's girlfriend, American pop singer Sheryl Crowe and Armstrong's mother Linda
23. Armstrong's three sons watching
24. Sign in French: "Go Lance"
25. Medium shot of crowd cheering
STORYLINE:
American cyclist Lance Armstrong rode into history on Sunday by winning the Tour de France for a record sixth time, an achievement that confirmed the victory-hungry, cancer survivor as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time.
His sixth crown elevated Armstrong above four great five-time champions.
And never in its 101-year-old history has the Tour had a winner like the Texan who just eight years ago was given less than a 50 percent chance of conquering a deadly form of testicular cancer that spread to his lungs and brain.
Armstrong's winning margin over second-placed Andreas Kloden was 6 minutes and 19 seconds, with Italian Ivan Basso third on 6:40.
Jan Ullrich, the 1997 Tour winner and five-time runner-up, was fourth, 8:50 adrift.
Armstrong's average speed over the 3,391.1 kilometres (2,102.5 miles) raced was 40.533 kilometres per hour (25.13 miles per hour), second only to last year.
Australian Robbie McEwen won the green jersey, his second, as the Tour's best sprinter.
Armstrong, right hand over his heart, then stood with Kloden and Basso on the podium as the Star Spangled Banner rang out over the Champs-Elysees.
Armstrong, recovered from the cancer diagnosed in 1996, opened a new page for the Tour in 1999 just one year after the race faced its worst doping scandal, ejecting the Festina team after police caught one of its employees with a stash of drugs.
Armstrong's victories and his inspiring comeback from cancer have drawn new fans to the race.
Armstrong's performance this year silenced doubts that, at age 32, he was past his prime.
Even more so than in other Tours that he dominated, Armstrong finished off rivals in the mountains - with three victories in the Alps, including a time trial on the legendary climb to L'Alpe d'Huez, and another in the Pyrenees.
He also took the final time trial on Saturday, even though his overall lead was so big at that point that he didn't need the win.
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