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It's over

If anyone was wondering whether Lance Armstrong could win his seventh straight Tour de France, stop it now.

Just stop it. Armstrong dominated today's Stage 10 and reclaimed his, er, the yellow jersey.

If you can watch tonight's tape on OLN, do. (It's from 8-11 p.m.) It's vintage Armstrong -- he lets his teammates set a fast pace to drop all but the strongest, then Lance sets out and drops the remaining riders one by one.

Armstrong finished second today -- he let the one guy who could hang with him get today's stage win. But his main rivals couldn't keep up.

If you're desk bound and want to get a flavor of what happened, go here and start clicking. The good stuff is around page 10 or so.

4:30 p.m. update: msnbc.com has a nice take on today's stage here: "The blue-and-whites (drove) a relentless pace that shed riders like confetti off a parade float. And that's bad news for Lance's competition."

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