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** FILE ** In this July 23, 2000, file photo, winner Lance Armstrong rides down the Champs Elysees after the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race in Paris. (AP Photo/Laurent Rebours, File)

** FILE ** In this July 20, 2005, file photo, overall leader Lance Armstrong, left, of Austin, Texas, talks with Tour de France vice director general Christian Prudhomme, of France, before Prudhomme gave the official start for the 17th stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Revel, southwestern France. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

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Legionnaires of France's 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment, based in Orange, France, deploy at the airport in Bamako, Mali. An official at France's Defense Ministry says the country will "gradually deploy" a total of 2,500 troops to Mali, and the French president says the military operation will last until security has been restored and African forces are ready to take charge. (AP Photo/Arnaud Roine, French Army Communications Audiovisual Office [ECPAD])

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British soldiers gather next to a French army truck inside a British transport plane at a base in Evreux on Monday, part of Britain's authorization over the weekend to send two C-17 transport planes to help France get more troops to Mali. (Associated Press)

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic hits a forehand return to France's Paul-Henri Mathieu during their first round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)

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** FILE ** In this July 10, 2010, file photo, Lance Armstrong throws out his water bottle in the last kilometers of the climb toward Station les Rousses, France, during the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race. The New York Times reported Friday, Jan. 4, 2013, that Armstrong, who has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Bas Czerwinski, File)

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Brooklyn Nets' Reggie Evans (30) shoots against Washington Wizards defenders Nene (42) of Brazil and Kevin Seraphin (13) of France during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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Washington Wizards center Kevin Seraphin, of France, right, shoots over Chicago Bulls center Nazr Mohammed during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)