A little belated, but obviously congratulations are due to
Lance Armstrong on his historic fifth Tour de France win. (For ordinary human beings, just riding a bike for more than 30 minutes counts as historic... {raising my hand as one to whom this applies!})
Lance, in Words --
Extra Ordinary in Ways Unseen (Washington Post)
The Tour, in Photos --
Tour de France Photo Gallery (Washington Post)
and of course, the
official Tour de France site!
For more on Lance (and links to his cancer survivors foundation), go to
LanceArmstrong.com. I've always been a casual fan, just 'cuz Lance is a Texan and a survivor. But the more I've read about him, and in particular the more of
his writing I've read, the more I've begun to want to learn more and share.
PS: Pay attention to cyclists on the roads and exercise courtesy. They are street legal too, and just because you drive a lift-kitted mud tire outfitted truck or a posh sports car doesn't mean you can harass cyclists -- casual and hard-core athletic riders alike -- on the roads. Just a PSA, based on some of the horrible wrecks I've heard cyclists I know share and some of the horrible wrecks Lance and other Austinite riders have documented over the years (and Austin's a much more "bike friendly" city than San Antonio, where I am).