Lance Armstrong's Big Tour de Farce

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After fooling his rivals, Lance Armstrong, leader of the U.S. Postal Service team, won the 10th stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, taking a big step toward his third consecutive victory in the race. Partly, he did it by getting his opponents into thinking that he was hurt, grimacing frequently and looking uncomfortable. Then he surged past his rivals at the base of the final climb. "It was a bluff," Armstrong, 29, admitted about his own behavior. "Sometimes you have to play that game a little bit." Chimed in one big-time Armstrong admirer (and friend), Robin Williams: "I don't think it was a bluff but rather strategy -- he was just waiting," Williams, 48, told Reuters. "People said he was acting and playing sick. He's a great actor and he could certainly do it -- he deserves the cycling Oscar." He also took one more step toward winning on Wednesday by easily claiming the 11th stage, a mountain time trial. His head bent down and his shirt half unzipped, the Texan finished the grueling uphill race a minute faster than his main rival, Germany's Jan Ullrich.