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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","big American flag","An American cycling fan shows his national pride by riding through the French countryside on his bicycle with a giant American flag during stage 17 of the 92nd Tour de France on July 20, 2005.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_bigAmericanflag_2005_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Friedemann Vogel", "Bongarts/Getty Images", "273", "410", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","syringe","Taking aim at cycling's doping problem, a group of fans created a fake syringe reading EPO during the 17th stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Castelsarrasin in 2007.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_fakesyringe_2007_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Joel Saget", "AFP/Getty Images", "273", "390", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","Lance fans in hotel","Fans of Lance Armstrong wave from the Crillon hotel on Concorde Square during the final stage of the Tour de France cycling race between Montereau and Paris on July 25, 2004. Armstrong won his sixth straight Tour de France.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_Lancefansinhotel_2004_v.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Jacques Brinon", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "358", "250", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","Pantani","One spectator got a little too close for cyclist Marco Pantani's comfort in the 13th stage of the 1997 Tour de France.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_Pantani_1997_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Patrick Kovarik", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "354", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","Times Square","Not only do fans stand transfixed by cycling in France, but fans are just as captivated when watching the action on a Times Square Jumbotron on July 21, 2004 in New York City.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_TimesSquare_2004_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Mario Tama", "Getty Images", "273", "419", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","signed hat","This lucky fan collected a number of signatures on her yellow Tour de France hat in 2007.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_signedhat_2007_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Joel Saget", "AFP/Getty Images", "273", "391", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","Didi Senft","German cycling fan Didi Senft (left) urges on Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan in the ascent of the Aubisque pass during the 16th stage of the Tour de France in 2005.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_DidiSenft_2005_v.vlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "left", "Alessandro Trovati", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "308", "278", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","Norwegian fans","Norwegian fans hold a banner representing Kurt-Asle Arvesen from Norway (CSC/Den) before the start of the prologue of the 94th Tour de France cycling race in London on July 7, 2007.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_Norwegianfans_2007_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Joel Saget", "AFP/Getty Images", "273", "410", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","fan riding horse","A fan riding a horse cheers on the cyclists -- and races them -- as they biked by during the 228.5 km second stage of the 93rd Tour de France in 2006.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_horseridingfan_2006_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Pascal Guyot", "AFP/Getty Images", "273", "392", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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spt_TourdeFrance_pastfans[i++] = new Array("","T-Mobile","The Tour de France cyclists of the T-Mobile Team -- Germany's Jan Ullrich (left) and Kazakhstan's Alexander Vinokourov -- are welcomed by fans at the market place in Bonn, Germany in 2005.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/NBCSports/Components/Photo-Sports/June/Tour%20de%20France%20fans/080624_TMobile_2005_h.hlarge.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Hermann J. Knippertz", "ASSOCIATED PRESS", "273", "407", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
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