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?
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Each year the Dirt Rag/Bicycle Times staff has a friendly intra-office competition and we (try to) keep track of when we ride to work. A simple grid representing the days of the week listed vertically, and our names written horizontally, is as high-tech as we get. As usual, the staff tallied some strong commuting numbers in 2009.
The staff accumulated a combined 470.5 days commuted by bicycle, covering a grand total of  … Details
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Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong broke ground on a new cancer research center Monday while capping his preparation for the Tour Down Under, combining the charitable works and the cycling ambitions that lured from retirement 12 months ago.
Armstrong used last year’s Australian race, the first event of the ProTour season, to launch his comeback from a 3 1/2-year retirement, emphasizing at the time that his charitable and competitive objectives shared equal priority … Details
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Even before he’s saddled up for the first time in this week’s Santos Tour Down Under, world champion Cadel Evans has been forced to concede defeat in one major race.
The champion Australian cyclist said he was a clear second-placegetter in the popularity stakes when it came to comparisons between he and cycling legend Lance Armstrong, also riding this week’s Tour …Â Details
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