Category: 2005 Tour de France
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“Chasing Lance: The Fan’s Story” to Debut on Travel Channel on December 22 at 8pm Eastern
Reading Time: < 1 minute I just received an email from Paul Terry Walhus pointing out that “Chasing Lance: The Fan’s Story” will debut on the Travel Channel on Thursday, December 22 at 8pm Eastern Time. This is a film that documented the trip that five Lance Armstrong fans took to the 2005 Tour de…
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Armstrong to Appear on Larry King Live to Address Doping Allegations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Frank Steele over at TDFblog.com pointed out that Lance Armstrong will appear on CNN’s Larry King Live tonight (August 25, 2005). He’ll be appearing to discuss the article that appeared in L’Equipe on Tuesday, which claimed that he used the performance enhancing drug EPO during the 1999 Tour de France.…
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No Good Will Come from Retroactive Drug Testing in Pro Cycling
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many of us who covered the Tour de France have just learned of L’Equipe’s latest article charging Lance Armstrong with doping during the 1999 Tour de France. Using Google Translation Tools I learned that L’Equipe used investigative journalism techniques to assemble documents from multiple sources that they say indicate that Lance…
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Official Tour de France Replica Yellow Jersey Offered by Discovery Channel Store
Reading Time: 2 minutes Replica Maillot Jaune from the 2005 Tour de France: Lots of Lance Armstrong fans are buying a Yellow Jersey to remember Lance’s seventh and final Tour victory. [ Photo: Discovery Channel Store ] The Discovery Channel Store is commemorating Lance Armstrong’s seventh-consecutive Tour de France victory by selling official replicas of the yellow…
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Freshness Interviews Mark Smith on Lance Armstrong Iconography
Reading Time: < 1 minute I’ve been searching around the Internet for articles containing illustrations of the icons that were placed on Lance Armstrong’s bikes during the Tour de France. I think that the icons are really interesting and I want to understand the inspiration behind the project better. The most informative article I’ve found…
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1.7 Million Watch Lance on the Champs-Elysees
Reading Time: < 1 minute OLN recorded its highest ratings in history Sunday as the Tour de France finished up with Lance Armstrong’s seventh consecutive victory on the Champs-Elysees. About 1.7 million viewers were tuned in at any given moment of the program. Ratings were up 17 percent for the entire Tour versus 2004 (2.26…
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The Tour de France is Over, But the Race Goes On
Reading Time: 3 minutes Congratulations to Lance Armstrong, his teammates, sponsors, friends, and family on an unbelievable seventh consecutive victory in the Tour de France. I wonder if Lance knew how well this story could possibly have ended when he decided to make his retirement announcement back in April in Augusta, Georgia? It’s great that…
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Vinokourov Wins on the Champs-Elysees
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alexander Vinokourov powered away from the field in the last 500 meters to win Stage 21 of the 2005 Tour de France on the Champs-Elysees. Vinokourov brilliantly countered an attack by Francaise de Jeux’s rider Bradley McGee and held off McGee, Fassa Bortolo rider Fabian Cancellara, and the rest of the…
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Lance Wins Stage 20 Assuring a Seventh Yellow Jersey, Others Have Equipment Problems
Reading Time: 2 minutes Lance Armstrong clinched a seventh victory in the Tour de France today by decisively winning the Stage 20 Time Trial. I was not surprised that Lance won or that Jan Ullrich finished a close second. What did surprise me, however, was the relatively poor performance of Ivan Basso and the incredibly…