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©PHOTOPQR/L'EST REPUBLICAIN/Alexandre MARCHI. Le 1er/10 L'Agence francaise de lutte contre le dopage (AFLD) a propose mercredi a l'Americain Lance Armstrong, "pour couper court aux rumeurs qui le concernent si elles sont infondees", de demander une analyse des echantillons preleves pendant le Tour de France 1999. ARCHIVES France's national anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Wednesday offered to test allegedly suspect samples taken from US rider Lance Armstrong during the 1999 Tour de France. Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France winner, announced last month that he is to make a comeback after a three-year absence from the peloton. FILES Paris 24 juillet 2005. TOUR DE FRANCE 2005. CORBEIL ESSONNES - PARIS. Lance ARMSTRONG. 21st and final stage of stage of the 92nd Tour de France cycling race between Corbeil Essonnes and Paris, July 24, 2005. (KEYSTONE/MAXPPP/Alexandre MARCHI. )