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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| What kind of bike is ridden by 3 time tour champion Lance Armstrong during his latest Tour de France victory? | Cycling
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| Armstrong is only the second American to win the Tour de France three times. Who was first? | Cycling
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Greg LeMond. Phinney is a tour stage winner, Nothstein is an Olympic Track Gold Medalist, Hincapie is one of Armstrong's quality domestiques.
| Fausto Coppi had tremendous racing duals with a fellow champion. Who was it? | Cycling
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| In 1989 Greg LeMond won his second Tour de France. His victory was won in the final time trial and then the last final into Paris where he made up the time that separated 1st and 2nd place. How many seconds did he win by? | Cycling
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8. 58 seconds is how much time he won the time trial by.
| Who did LeMond pass and win this tour from? | Cycling
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Laurent Fignon. People forget that Fignon won the tour back to back in 83 and 84, they only remember him losing by eight seconds in 89. Kelly is a four time green jersey holder and Riis ended Indurian's reign with his victory in 1996.
| American 2001 National Champion Freddie Rodriquez rode for a European team during that year, what is the team's name? | Cycling
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| Noted sprinter and multiple Tour de France stage winner Mario Cipollini is noted for riding with what team? | Cycling
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Saeco. He is also noted for his aggressive sprinting style.
| Davis Phinney rode to a Tour de France stage win with what American based team? | Cycling
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7-Eleven. The Seven Eleven team not only sparked interest in cycling within the US but also this group of riders ended the choke hold of stage wins by mostly europeans.
| In 1972 Eddie Merckx broke the hour record set in 68 by what Danish rider? | Cycling
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| Chris Boardman retired at the end of the 2000 season, but how many times did he win the Tour de France prologue in his career? | Cycling
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3. In 1994, 1997 and 1998.
| In the 2001 edition of Paris-Roubaix, one team managed a 1-2-3 clean sweep of the podium. Which team was it? | Cycling
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Domo-Farm Frites. Servais Knaven won, followed by Johan Museeuw and Romans Vainsteins.
| Oscar Freire Gomez won his second world road title in 2001, but when did he win his first? | Cycling
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1999. When he won in 1999, he was a relative unknown and surprised the favourites such as Francesco Casagrande, Jan Ullrich and Frank Vandenbroucke.
| When Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France in 1999, only one other rider wore the leader's yellow jersey in the entire race. Who was it? | Cycling
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Jaan Kirsipuu. Armstrong won the prologue, before Kirsipuu took it off him after taking time bonuses on the flat stages. Armstrong then recaptured it in the mountains and held it all the way to Paris
| In 1974, Eddy Merckx completed a unique treble of Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and World Road Race Championships. Which rider later equalled this feat? | Cycling
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Stephen Roche. The Irishman achieved this in 1987.
| In which year did the 'Festina scandal' erupt, which led many teams to quit the Tour de France and meant the race only had 96 finishers? | Cycling
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1998. The team's soigneur Willy Voet was stopped at the Franco-Belgian border with large quantities of drugs in his car. This lead to a massive overhaul of the drug testing procedures in world sport.
| Who was the first cyclist to break one minute for the 1km time trial (on the track)? | Cycling
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Arnaud Tournant. The Frenchman achieved this in 2001 at altitude in Mexico City at the tender age of 23.
| Which American won their national road race championship in 2000 and then successfully defended it in 2001? | Cycling
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Fred Rodriguez. He now rides for the Domo-Farm Frites team.
| What nationality is Sydney 2000 road race bronze medallist Alexandre Vinokourov? | Cycling
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Kazakh. He finished behind Germans Jan Ullrich and Andreas Kloden in the Olympics.
| The British Linda McCartney team had to be disbanded in late January 2001 due to lack of finances. They had already won one stage of the Tour Down Under in mid-January, but who won the stage for the team? | Cycling
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David McKenzie. The team had riden in the Giro d'Italia in the previous season and had high hopes for the 2001 season, but unfortunately there was no money available for the team to meet its liabilities.
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