Adelaide: Tour de France icon Lance Armstrong brought an end to his international cycling career when he completed the final stage of the Tour Down Under here on Sunday.
Cancer survivor Armstrong won a record seven Tour de France yellow jerseys during his career but failed to produce fireworks on what was his final professional race outside the United States.
Armstrong won no stages in the six-stage event, finishing outside the race's top 50 and almost six minutes behind 23-year-old race champion Cameron Meyer of Australia.
The 39-year-old American is still contracted to the RadioShack team, for whom he is scheduled to race in a number of multi-sport events.
Armstrong's participation in mountain bike races or triathlons could be determined, however, by the outcome of a federal probe launched following allegations that he doped regularly while racing with US Postal in 1999-2004.
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