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KEVIN McCALLUM: Lance in a tickle, Geraint in a pickle, call out the dogs!
Tour de France trophies can’t have a big market. Someone somewhere is sitting looking at it
It was surely a coincidence. This week Geraint Thomas had his Tour de France winner’s trophy stolen from a bike show. On Thursday Lance Armstrong tweeted Thomas a message: “G — bummer, dude. I got 7 of em if you wanna borrow one.” Just after noon, Thomas posted a picture of himself and his wife with glasses of champers on a plane: “USA here we come.” Coincidence? Well, of course. No current professional cyclist would be seen with Armstrong these days. Although, the rehabilitation of Armstrong has been on an upward curve. He has, after a fashion and in a fashion, embraced who he was and what he did. His life ban remains in place, but he still competes in those events not sanctioned by the enforcers of the ban. He hosts a podcast during the Tour that is sharp, sardonic and insightful. He has paid back some of the money he made while doping and racing, enough so that Floyd Landis, who helped blow the whistle on him, can now afford to start a cycling team to go along with his dagga busi...
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