CYCLING : ARMSTRONG REPEATS AS TOUR DUPONT CHAMPION.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. 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. became the Tour DuPont's first repeat winner Sunday, leading the race for the final 11 days. He captured the 12th and final leg, a windy time trial, his record fifth stage victory in the cycling race that began May 1. Pascal Herve of France was second, 3 minutes, 15 seconds behind. Tony Rominger Tony Rominger (born 27 March 1961 in Vejle, Denmark) is a Swiss former professional cyclist who won major tours four times in his career—the Vuelta a España three consecutive years (1992, 1993, 1994) and Giro d'Italia once (1995). of Switzerland, the world's No. 2-ranked cyclist, was third, 5:38 behind, in the eighth edition of the race. Armstrong, the 1993 world road champion, bettered the previous mark of four stage victories set by Eric Vanderaerden of Belgium in 1989 when the race was called the Tour de Trump The Tour de Trump was a road bicycle race in the United States held in 1989 and 1990 and was sponsored by Donald Trump. The Tour DuPont replaced the Tour de Trump, from 1991 to 1996. . Armstrong rode aggressively, although often surrounded by six Motorola teammates. ``Actually, the team was superior to me,'' Armstrong said. ``But I'm glad it's over, the last half of the race was a job, and I wanted to go out like this.'' |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion