Sunday's stage of the Tour de France will surely stir memories for Lance Armstrong, who will be looking back to a tragedy 10 years earlier as he pedals closer to the end of his career.
One of five climbs in the race from Lézat-sur-Lèze to Saint-Lary Soulan is the Col de Portet d'Aspet. The peloton will pass the site where -- nearly 10 years ago to the day -- Italian Fabio Casartelli, a member of Armstrong's Motorola team, went down in a collision, slid into a concrete barrier, and suffered fatal head trauma.
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Sunday's poignant side note to Armstrong's last tour
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Gene Bisbee
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