Armstrong cemented his lead in the Tour de France today, utterly smashing his remaining rivals in the individual time trial. From the linked story:

Armstrong finished the 9.6-mile climb through 21 hairpin turns to the L’Alpe d’Huez ski station in 39 minutes, 42 seconds — the only rider under 40 minutes. He was 61 seconds faster than second-place Jan Ullrich and actually passed his closest challenger, Ivan Basso, even though the Italian started two minutes ahead of the Texan.

He’s now something like three minutes ahead of everyone else, which makes it look an awful lot like Win Number Six is right around the corner. All Hail Lance!