Originally Posted by khuon
...the USA has dominated in other cycling events before and no one took notice... not even our own country. Just look back at the first International Mountain Bike Championships when the US swept the competition. Look at the records held by Ned Overend, Alison Dunlap, John Tomac, Juliana Furtado, etc... They fought on an international stage too and dominated just as equally as Armstrong.
- - Well said. Those events did not get the publicity they deserved; the TDF steals the show once a year and that's it.
I hope that when Lance retires, he will use his celebrity status to highlight the other cycling events.
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