Article: Comeback kids don't need to win to succeed

The Last Word Returns can end in ignominy but Armstrong and Schumacher will earn public's respect and affection

One travels on four wheels, powered by the most sophisticated engine that modern technology can assemble. The other moves on two wheels, driven only by the muscles God gave him.

If Michael Schumacher and Lance Armstrong inhabit very different worlds, there are also a host of parallels that link the motor racing driver and the cyclist. Might Armstrong's example, when he returned last month after four years away from the Tour de France to finish third in the world's most demanding bike race, have played a tiny part in Schumacher's decision last week to return to Formula One?

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