Congrats to Lance

Amazing: Armstrong Makes History With Dramatic Tour Win

Lance Armstrong, the Texan known as much as a cancer survivor as a superstar athlete, overcame two crashes, a dangerous near-miss, and an array of determined opponents to become only the second man, and the first American, to claim five successive Tour de France victories in the sport's 100-year-history.

Armstrong's victory today, by a margin of only 61 seconds after more than 83 hours of racing across 3,500 kilometers, was his toughest of the five and capped what emerged as the most dramatic and unpredictable Tours in recent memory, with the champion not determined until the penultimate stage Saturday.