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Article: CYCLOCROSS RACER; MARY MCCONNELOUG
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- Pacific Sun
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- August 19, 2005
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As Lance Armstrong has proven, riding a bike is one way to get rich these days. Never mind team sports such as football, baseball or basketball, grab that old rust bucket out of the garage and get pedaling. Why, Lance made $20 million this year in endorsements alone!
Of course to score the mega-bucks, first you have to win the Tour de France at least half a dozen times against the best riders in the world. For most competitive American cyclists, champions or not, the reality of racing is something a bit different. For professional cyclist Mary McConneloug of Fairfax, it means living out of a van 10 months of the year, washing clothes in local Laundromats on the way to races, and cooking ...