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Article: TOUR DE LANCE: CYCLING PHYSICS.(Lance Armstrong)
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- Science World
- Article date:
- October 1, 2001
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What does it take to be the fastest and most resilient rider on two wheels? Sheer devotion to cycling and physics! Take a spin with Lance Armstrong as he speeds through a winning day in the 2001 Tour de France.
On July 29, 2001, world-champion cyclist Lance Armstrong became the firs American to win three consecutive victories in the Tour de France, the world's most grueling and popular cycling race. The three-week, 3,489-kilometer (2,168-mile) Tour is divided into 20 "mini-races" called stages. They include speed battles up and down brutally steep French mountains (see map).
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The 29-years-old Texan conquered the entire ...