July 5, 2005

Tour de Lance 2005

Posted by pete at July 5, 2005 3:53 PM

When I started infrequently following Lance Armstrong's Tour de France career back in 2003, I didn't think I'd still have reason to use the same cutesy title for my posts two years later, but Armstrong stubbornly insists on shooting for his historic 7th Tour win in a row.

He's off to a good start, seizing the lead in today's time trial:

Lance Armstrong's Discovery Channel squad won the team time trial at the Tour de France today, handing the six-time champion the yellow jersey as overall race leader.

The 33-year-old Texan led his squad to victory for the third straight year in the time trial, clocking 1 hour, 10 minutes, 39 seconds for the 41.85-mile trek from Tours to Blois. Team CSC was second.

Heh. "Team Discovery Channel."

Pete posts the Simpsons reference and my faith in the world is briefly restored.

--Posted by Laurence Simon on July 6, 2005 6:45 AM



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