Tyler Hamilton, 34 years old, was 18 seconds faster than the defending champion, Vjatcheslav Ekimov of Russia, a teammate of Lance's (on USPS) and a mere thirty-eight years old. Bobby Julich, 3rd place in the Tour de France in 1998, was 26 seconds slower than Tyler and got the gold. Lance was in Texas celebrating his 6th Tour de France victory with 30,000 other fans recently, so he wasn't there.
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I am finding it strange that the swimmers are so much younger than the cyclists. The Phelps guy is only 19 and already has a world record, world championship and at least 3 gold medals. In cycling you wouldn't make it to the pro ranks at that age because you simply would not be able to keep up with the rest.
Congrats to the cyclists.
ReplyDeleteAnd, Tyler wore Tugboat's dogtag. That was sweet.