CYCLING: ULLRICH 1ST ON THE ROAD.Byline: Tim Korte Staff Writer SYDNEY, Australia - Lance Armstrong Lance Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist. He won the Tour de France—cycling's most prestigious race—seven consecutive times, from 1999 to 2005. admitted this wasn't his race and the results proved it. The Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and champion finished 13th in the Olympics road race, beaten by his longtime cycling rival and fellow Tour winner Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973, in Rostock, East Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to achieve five second place finishes, along with a fourth place (2004) and a third place finish (2005). of Germany. Ullrich, who won the Tour in 1997 and finished second three times, was timed in 5 hours, 29 minutes, 8 seconds. Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Nikolaevich Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (Russian: Алексaндр Николаевич of Kazakstan won the silver and Andreas Kloeden of Germany the bronze. Long a dominant rider who has struggled with weight problems, Ullrich pulled away from the pack midway through the 12th of 14 laps and never got caught in the 148-mile event. Armstrong, the winner of the last two Tours, crossed the line in a pack 1:29 behind Ullrich. George Hincapie of Greenville, S.C., was eighth, 1:26 behind the winner. Armstrong has yet to compete in the race that he is favored to win - the individual time trial on Saturday (Friday night in the United States). Hincapie, who was critical to Armstrong's two Tour titles as a fellow member of the U.S. Postal Service The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) processes and delivers mail to individuals and businesses within the United States. The service seeks to improve its performance through the development of efficient mail-handling systems and operates its own planning and engineering programs. team, was in third place with one lap to go AND appeared to be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. Armstrong. Armstrong was out of sight at the back of the peloton
The peloton (from French, literally meaning ball and related to the English word platoon), field, bunch or , some 30 seconds behind the leaders. He attacked, drawing cheers at the start-finish area when his move was announced to the crowd. Armstrong and Hincapie finally connected with about three miles to go, but by then it was too late. By then, Ullrich was powering his way to victory aided by help from Kloeden. After a rainy morning, the clouds broke and the cyclists rode under sunny skies. Although several riders took turns leading the field, nobody made a serious move until four laps remained. That's when Marc Wauters of Belgium, Jens Voigt of Germany and Max van Heeswijk Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk (born March 2 1973 in Hoensbroek, Limburg) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist who rides for Rabobank in the UCI ProTour. Major achievements
But Voigt was setting the table for his teammates. Kloeden and Ullrich stormed up to the front midway through the 13th lap. Riding in the Olympics for the third time, Armstrong finished close to where he placed in the previous two. He was 12th in the road race in Atlanta and 14th in Barcelona. In Atlanta, he also placed sixth in the time trial at a time he was unwittingly suffering from testicular cancer testicular cancer Malignant tumour of the testis, or testicle. Although relatively rare, testicular cancer is the most common malignancy for men between the ages of 20 and 34. It typically affects men between 15 and 39 years old. . Armstrong rose to the top of his sport by winning the Tour de France in 1999, capping a remarkable comeback. The disease had spread to his lungs and brain by the time it was detected in October 1996. He came to Sydney focused on winning a gold medal and now it will have to come in the time trial. That's the event he was focusing on. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: American Lance Armstrong finished back in the pack in the men's road race Wednesday in Sydney. Laurent Rebours/Associated Press |
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