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To: Boplicity who wrote (4463)8/31/2000 3:05:19 PM
From: T L Comiskey  Read Replies (1) of 13572
 
Greg...

Car Hits Armstrong
Cyclist Suffers Minor Injuries in Accident in
France

U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong was
injured after he and another cyclist
were hit by a car (Francois Lenoir/Reuters)


Aug. 31 — Two-time defending Tour de France
champion Lance Armstrong was injured after he and
another cyclist were hit by a car while training in
southern France.
X-rays proved negative, said Dan Osipow, a spokesman
for the San Francisco-based sports marketing firm Disson
Furst and Partners. But Armstrong reported on his Web site
that he was “banged up.”
Tyler Hamilton, another member of Armstrong’s U.S.
Postal Service team who helped Armstrong repeat as Tour
de France champion in July, suffered minor scrapes when he
swerved to miss the car.

Tumbling, Tumbling
Armstrong, Hamilton and another teammate, Frankie
Andreu, were training on a country road outside Nice on
Tuesday when a car coming in the opposite direction missed
a turn and ran right into them.
“All of a sudden a speeding car appeared out of
nowhere,” Hamilton recounted on his Web site. “The car
drove straight into Lance — but luckily his bike took most of
the impact. Lance went flying off his bike and tumbled down
the road.”
Andreu was not injured in the accident. Armstrong’s wife,
Kristin, drove from their home in France to pick up the trio,
Hamilton reported.
The accident is not expected to impact Armstrong’s ability
to compete in the Sydney Olympics next month, said Osipow.
The 28-year-old Armstrong will not leave for Sydney until
mid-September.
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