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Armstrong puts hopes on Saturday's crucial time trial.

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| July 25, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2007 Chicago Tribune. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Bonnie DeSimone

SAINT-MAIXENT-L'ECOLE, France _ Lance Armstrong has pushed all of his poker chips into the pot now, betting on a hand that has paid handsomely in the past.

"I've never lost a final time trial in the Tour de France, and I don't plan on starting this year," he said earlier this week, looking ahead to Saturday's beat-the-clock Stage 19 on a 30.4-mile course starting in the Atlantic coastal town of Pornic and heading inland to the regional capital of Nantes.

But this has been a precedent-setting Tour for Armstrong, and not always in a positive sense.

His previous late time-trial victories came when he held comfortable…

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