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Tuesday, 24 August 2004 Lives Of Screaming Exultation
CREDIT: © Russell Standring/Grenoble Cycling Pages WHERE: L'Alpe d'Huez, France. WHAT: one of bicycle racing's great moments. MAP: L'Alpe d'Huez. Thumbnails [1][2] pop-up larger images. ![]() ![]() However, just like there are lottery winners, there are always bystanders when events of significance occur. At the Tour de France 2004 stage of l'Alpe d'Huez, Russell Standring won the cycling spectators lottery. Lance Armstrong blasted up the mountain in the time trial, going so fast that he passed the second man in the overall classification, Ivan Basso, who had set off two minutes in front. The catch happened directly in front of where Russell was standing, and he has the pictures as proof. Thoreau was born in the year that Baron Karl Drais von Sauerbronn 'invented' the first bicycle, but died before the first bicycle [1][2] races in 1868, so we assume he never screamed in exultation as bicycle racers flashed past. Le pauvre. |
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