Lance Armstrong can expect some help from Astana team mate Alberto Contador in Saturday’s penultimate Tour de France stage, as long as the Spaniard has already made sure of overall victory.
Contador will start the 167-km stage to Mont Ventoux with a lead of four minutes 11 seconds over Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck, with the third-placed American only 15 seconds ahead of Briton Bradley Wiggins.
Despite tensions in the camp since the Tour started in Monaco almost three weeks ago, Contador has offered to lend a hand to seven-times champion Armstrong during the 21.1-km ascent to the top of the hill.
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