After nine months of blizzards and forest fires, close encounters with wild bears and gruelling mountain passes, record-breaking Scottish cyclist Mark Beaumont yesterday crossed the Âfinishing line of his latest epic journey from Alaska to Argentina.
Beaumont, 27, began his journey in Anchorage, Alaska, in May last year and, after cycling an average of 75 miles a day and crossing 12 countries, he arrived in Argentina at 12.30pm local time yesterday. The trip is … Details
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Lance Armstrong and his RadioShack team will find it hard to dethrone Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, team manager Johan Bruyneel said on Sunday.
Bruyneel, the man behind Armstrong’s seven Tour titles, left Contador’s Astana team during the close season to join former Astana rider Armstrong at RadioShack.
Asked at the Tour Down Under whether he knew how to beat Spaniard Contador in this year’s race, Belgian Bruyneel told Reuters … Details
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When it comes to fan support at this year’s Tour Down Under there’s Lance Armstrong and then there’s….. Arthur Vichot?
Okay, Armstrong you’ve heard of. The seven-time Tour de France champion is the headline act in the six-day race, drawing more than 500,000 people to watch the criterium or the first four of its six stages in South Australia state.
But Vichot? Name doesn’t ring a bell?
Well, …Â Details
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