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July 15, 2002

One of the biggest hearts in sports got a checkup on July 4 as Lance Armstrong, winner of the last three Tours de France, took a prerace medical exam in Luxembourg. Two days later Armstrong won the individual time trial that opened this year's race. If the 30-year-old Armstrong leads the pack come July 28 in Paris, he'll become the first American to win cycling's premier race four times.