Armstrong getting hungry as Tour record approaches

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2004

LE GRAND-BORNAND, France (AFP) — Lance Armstrong closed in on a record sixth Tour de France yellow jersey with a sensational sprint finish which extends his overall race lead.

The 32-year-old American claimed his fourth stage victory of this year's race and his second in the guise of a sprinter after a tactical finale with Germany's Andreas Kloden and his T-Mobile teammate Jan Ullrich.

The US Postal rider held off Kloden with a dazzling sprint for the finish line after the tough 204.5km race between Bourg d'Oisans and here, which included two punishing climbs up Col du Glandon and Col de La Madeleine.

As the majority of the peloton found the going tough on what was the hardest of four days in the Alps, Armstrong was protected all the way - and teammate Floyd...