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Article: Comeback kids don't need to win to succeed
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2009
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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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