The Tour Down Under is into its penultimate stage and it's been a huge success by any measure: full of incidents and news, led by an Aussie rider, biggest crowds ever, international TV coverage, 7000-strong fun ride, etc etc. Oh, and Lance Armstrong happens to be there, having risen again. The best online coverage seems to be on AdelaideNow: short clips but you get the flavour of it.
You know you're famous when you can't fart without everyone wanting to know how it smells, your twitter feed has 40,000 followers and the tiniest detail of your bike is the subject of huge press speculation. Lance can certainly pull 'em in.
The big question – is he just doing it for Livestrong or is he going for an 8th TdF win? – now has an answer. He's riding with the hard men, turning in better-than-expected performances, looking as good as he ever did. It's turning into a huge year for Lance, his campaign and competitive cycling generally, and hard to recall a cycling calendar so charged as the 2009 one. If the Tour Down Under is owt to go by, the rewards are there for everyone.
For all LA fanboys who can't wait the few weeks til the start of the Tour of California, check out Liz Kreutz's site. (click "index" and go from there) She's the LA official photographer and the record she has of his comeback to date is awesome.
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