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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

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Lance Armstrong Hits Two Parked Cars, Lets Girlfriend Take Blame

The Aspen Daily News is reporting that after an evening of partying on December 28, Lance Armstrong hit two parked cars, but worked out a plan with his girlfriend, Anna Hansen, for her to take the blame.

Lance Armstrong at the 2010 Tour of Flanders. Sirotti photo

The original story Hansen told was that she was driving home from an Aspen Art Museum party because Lance had a little bit to drink. The owner of one of the damaged cars said Hansen told him, 'I'm Anna, we're the Armstrongs, my husband's Lance, he was just driving maybe too fast around the corner or something.''

The man called the police, but Armstrong left before the police arrived. Later, a police investigation showed Armstrong was driving but the couple had decided to let Hansen take the blame.

Police cited Armstrong for failing to report the accident and speeding. Hansen was not cited.

Upcoming Racing

Three stage races start tomorrow, February 4:

• Herald Sun Tour (2.1), Australia
• Dubai Tour (HC), United Arab Emirates
• Etoille de Bessèges (2.1), France

It is my intention to post complete results for all three competitions.

Lampre-Merida Plans for Dubai Tour

This press release came from Lampre-Merida:

"Team Lampre-Merida is flying to United Arab Emirates in order to take part in the second edition of the Dubai Tour. In the Arab race (4-7 February) there will be 4 stages and the course will be tougher than the past edition:

- 4 February, Union Flag stage, 145 km;
- 5 February, Palm Stage, 185 km;
- 6 February, Desert Stage, 205 km. Dubai Hatta Dam, arrival on a 200 mt hill with max degree of 17%;
- 7 February, Burj Stage, 128 km. Finish line at Burj Khalifa,the highest skyscraper in the world (828 mt).

Filippo Pozzato will captain the Lampre-Merida team at the Dubai Tour. Here he descends the Poggio late in the 2015 Milano-San Remo.

"Filippo Pozzato will be the team captain for the overall classification, Davide Cimolai will fight in the sprints: they both will receive the support by Jan Polanc, Luka Pibernik, Rafael Valls and Xu Gang, who all will have the chance to be in the breakaways.

"Two important debuts in Lampre-Merida: Ilia Koshevoy will take part in his first race as pro, after having spent the second part of 2014 as trainee in blue-fuchsia-green; Chun Kai Feng will set a new limit for the Asian cycling, being the first Taiwanese rider to race in a World Tour team.

"The team will be directed by Marco Marzano and Simone Pedrazzini, who'll receive the support by the masseurs Capelli and Napolitano, by the mechanics Romanò and Viganò, by the doctor Beltemacchi, by the press officer Carlo Saronni and by the media manager Zhao Haoyang.

 

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