The coverage in the NYT of Lance Armstrong’s remarkable sixth Tour de France win neglects to mention what even Le Monde hadn’t been able to completely ignore: The American’s victory came under a shower of curses and spit from the French and German spectators who lined the route, giving some stages of the race what Armstrong called “the atmosphere of a football match.” The Germans, said Armstrong, were especially dégueulasses. That’s a very harsh word in France, where Armstrong will no doubt be seen as just another rude American for having uttered it.