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CYCLE SPORT: SEPTEMBER 2002
THE LANCE FACTOR
Four Tour de France wins in a row is a truly remarkable feat, but what is the effect of Armstrong's total dominance of the race?
TOUR 2002 STAGE BY STAGE
All the podiums, breaks, sprints, crashes and finishes that mattered in this year's race
AXEL MERCKX: HIS OWN MAN
After a televised telling off from Eddy, Axel Merckx pulled himself together and finally showed his true worth at the Tour
FIVE TOO-LONG DAYS
Tom Steels was set for a great comeback at the Tour, now he's considering retirement -- what went wrong?
MAKING A FIST OF IT
Steels and the bidon, Blijlevens v Julich on the Champs-Élysées -- what reduces pro cyclists to argy-bargy on and off the bike?
BACK TO HIS ROOTS
Jonathan Vaughters has decided to cut his losses and return to the US -- he tells CS why he turned his back on Crédit Agricole and the pro peloton
MAPEI R.I.P
Italian giants Mapei arrived at the Tour a lot less cocky than they usually do -- after all, they didn't even know whether they'd have a job by the end of it
DESTINATION: UNKNOWN COVER STORY
Germany's Jan Ullrich has gone from Lance Armstrong's biggest rival to the tabloids' favorite drink and drugs bad boy. Can he put it all behind him?
AU REVOIR, BONJOUR
It's all gone wrong for Bonjour and their directeur Jean-René Bernaudeau. Should he have taken a lead from arch-rival Marc Madiot of the highly successful fdjeux.com?
CAUGHT ON CAMERA
Look through the camera lens of photographer Ingrid Hoffmann and you may be surprised by what she spies (pro cyclists as you've never seen them before, unless you're married to one)
TOUR NEWS
HEAD TO HEAD
Who's the greatest -- Laurent Jalabert or Richard Virenque, France's favorite sons?
INTRODUCING
Latest Tour tearaway Rubens Bertogliati grabs the limelight
LETTERS
DISPATCHES
Dutch and Stateside stories
CALENDAR
Summer Classics analysed
DUGOUT
Desperate times at the 1987 Worlds
IN THE SHADOW OF MERCKX
This month: hour rider Ole Ritter
SHOP WINDOW
The newest and hottest from the pro peloton
EDMUND BURKE
Optimal muscle recovery
CHRIS CARMICHAEL
Team roles
ALEXI GREWAL
Former pro turned preacher Grewal deals with the sport's big issue head-on
BOLTS FROM THE BLUE
Telekom's veteran on race mechanics, the unsung heroes of the Tour de France
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