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Floyd Landis’ margin of victory in this year’s Tour de France was one of the narrowest in recent years. Some of the closest finishes since the end of World War II:

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*--* YEAR WINNER RUNNER-UP MARGIN 1989 Greg Lemond Laurent Fignon 8 seconds 1968 Jan Janssen Herman van Springel 38 seconds 1987 Stephen Roche Pedro Delgado 40 seconds 1977 Bernard Thevenet Hennie Kuiper 48 seconds 1964 Jacques Anquetil Raymond Poulidor 55 seconds 2006 Floyd Landis Oscar Pereiro 57 seconds 2003 Lance Armstrong Jan Ullrich 1:01 1966 Lucien Aimar Jan Janssen 1:07 1956 Roger Walkowiak Gilbert Bauvin 1:25

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Source: cyclingnews.com