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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;France's sports minister says Lance Armstrong will be \"particularly monitored\" for doping during the Tour de France.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The seven-time Tour winner has come out of retirement to ride in cycling's showcase. The three-week race starts Saturday in Monaco.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"The (doping) controls will be multiplied, and I tell Lance Armstrong that he will be particularly, particularly, particularly monitored,\" Sports Minister Roselyne Bachelot said Friday on French cable TV.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Armstrong, who has denied ever having taken banned substances during his cycling career, responded with a post on Twitter: \"No worries,ars. I have nothing to hide.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;France's anti-doping agency is working with cycling's governing body on doping checks during the race. The agency has said the Texan will be treated like any other rider.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The International Cycling Union, whose sport has been battered by drug and cheating scandals, is planning more than 500 doping checks during this Tour.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"There needs to be a really very, very active fight against doping,\" Bachelot said. \"The organizers know how much a positive doping test could have harmful effects.\"&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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