Lance Armstrong did it, becoming the first person in the 101-year history of le Tour de France to win cycling’s most prestigious race six times.
Lance Armstrong, a cancer survivor is 32. NPR’s Tom Goldman reviewed the odds.
Armstrong pretty much sealed his latest Tour triumph Saturday by claiming his fifth stage victory. That increased his overall lead to 6 minutes, 38 seconds over Andreas Kloden of Germany. Lance Armstrong finished the 3,391.1km stage in 83h 36′ 02″.
Lance Armstrong rode into history Sunday with an achievement that confirmed him as one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. Second was Andreas Kloden, third, Ivan Basso, fourth, Jan Ullrich and fifth, Jose Azevedo.
His sixth crown in six dominant years elevated Armstrong above four great champions who won five times.
The official Tour de France website has a photoblog, a newsblog (le journal du tour), and 4 blogs (called “les chroniques”). There is also a non-official blog about Tour de France (in english). Google, BBC, Sports Illustrated, Velonews and Outdoor Life Network have more.
Tracking the position and speed of each rider in the Tour de France in real-time is enabled using the EGNOS European satellite positioning system, a preparatory programme for the Galileo system. Fitted to each rider are GPS receivers. A EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), a corrects and augments data provided by the US GPS System.
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