Its official... Lance is back. Unless you were here last time, you wouldn't believe what follows this guy around. Its seriously insane. I visited the TDU teams & mechanics tent during the race week and at the time the Astana mechanic was working on this big guy's bike and the crowd that surrounded that booth was about 5 deep all round, just to get a photo of Lance Armstrong's bike! Crazy.
There were stories from my fellow riders all throughout the leadup about who saw Lance, and who rode with the Astana team (or tried to pick them up at least...) - then the event began. Crowds to a cycling event second to none. Never has SA pulled bigger numbers for The Tour and it was due to one man... pure and simple. Sure it was the first time the event was recognised on the UCI calendar as an official pointscoring event, but that had nothing to do with the fact... it was due to Lance.
AND he's coming back. This year under his own team, which will be exciting in itself. Lance Armstrong and hand picked bunch of young guns who will battle it out with the best of the best pro's from around the world. Something to watch... I think so.
SOOOO.... Im going to ride the tour again this year. The public ride, but 111km. Me and the boys... so it will be good fun. I like the challenge of being the only girl. To my mind, there aint no excuse for me to be able to do what they can.... so I will!! Stay tuned, more info to follow.
Lets just say, Ive been bitten by the Lance bug. Back on the bike again.
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