When Lance Armstrong roared to the summit of L'Alpe d'Huez -- cementing his place among the world’s greatest athletes as history’s first six-time Tour de France champion -- AMD was proud to call him partner and friend.

In winning the grueling three-week, 2,100-mile event by more than six minutes, Lance delivered on the promise of cycling immortality, surpassing the Tour de France achievements of five-time champions Eddy Merckx of Belgium, Spanish legend Miguel Indurain and Frenchmen Bernard Hinault and Jacques Anquetil.

To win cycling’s showcase event, Lance and his team required powerful technology and cutting-edge solutions for use in planning, training and race competition.

And just as AMD gave the USPS Pro Cycling team a competitive edge in 2004, AMD technology will continue to power the technology needs of the team as it moves forward in 2005 as the Official Technology Partner of Lance Armstrong and the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

From increasing bicycle performance to improving race times to ensuring rider safety, AMD provides the technology that helps Lance and his Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team teammates in a partnership that shares not merely technology, but also passion -- the burning desire to perform, to lead, to innovate…

To rewrite the record books.