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Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme reacts during a press conference in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008. Tour de France organizers are leaving the door open for Lance Armstrong to return to the showcase event. But they say the seven-time champion will have to follow the same stringent drug-testing procedures as any other cyclist. Armstrong announced Tuesday that he is ending a three-year retirement and aiming for another Tour. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme reacts during a press conference in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 10, 2008. Tour de France organizers are leaving the door open for Lance Armstrong to return to the showcase event. But they say the seven-time champion will have to follow the same stringent drug-testing procedures as any other cyclist. Armstrong announced Tuesday that he is ending a three-year retirement and aiming for another Tour. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme gestures during a press conference in Paris, Wednesday Sept.10, 2008. Tour de France organizers are leaving the door open for Lance Armstrong to return to the showcase event. But they say the seven-time champion will have to follow the same stringent drug-testing procedures as any other cyclist. Armstrong announced Tuesday that he is ending a three-year retirement and aiming for another Tour. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

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** FILE ** In this July 25, 2004 file photo, overall leader and five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, negotiates a curve as he enters Concorde square in Paris during the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Montereau, southeast of Paris, and the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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** FILE ** In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, holds the winner's trophy after winning his seventh straight Tour de France cycling race, during ceremonies on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, after the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." (AP Photo/Bernard Papon, File, pool)

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** FILE ** IN this July 25, 2004 file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, rides down the Champs Elysees avenue past U.S. flags during the 20th and last stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Montereau, southeast of Paris, and the Champs-Elysees in Paris. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." (AP Photo/Franck Prevel, File)

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** FILE ** In this July 24, 2005 file photo, Overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, signals seven for his seventh straight win in the Tour de France cycling race, as he pedals during the 21st and final stage of the race between Corbeil-Essonnes, south of Paris, and the French capital. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

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** FILE ** In this July 22, 2005 file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong reacts as he crosses the finish line to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Bourd-d'Oisans and Le Grand Bornand, French Alps. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there.". (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

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** FILE ** In this July 23, 2005 file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, of Austin, Texas, crosses the finish line to win the 20th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, a 55.5-kilometer (34.5-mile) individual time trial looping around north of Saint-Etienne, central France. Armstrong is getting back on his bike, determined to win an eighth Tour de France. The Tour "is the intention," Armstrong's spokesman Mark Higgins told The Associated Press, "but we've got some homework to do over there." (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File)

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(FILES)US Lance Armstrong shows seven fingers (meaning seven victories) before the 21st stage of the 92nd Tour de France cycling race between Corbeil-Essonnes and the Champs-Elysees in Paris, 24 July 2005. Armstrong will come out of retirement and bid for an eighth Tour de France title, VeloNews reported on its website on September 9, 2008. Armstrong, who will turn 37 on September 18, is poised to join the Astana team and compete in five road races, according to a report on VeloNews.com that cited "sources familiar with the developing situation." According to VeloNews, Armstrong will compete in the Amgen Tour of California, Paris-Nice, the Tour de Georgia, the Dauphine-Libere and the Tour de France, racing for no salary or bonuses. AFP PHOTO JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

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