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...Tour de France is punishing enough. But American cyclist TYLER HAMILTON went on to tackle the climb of the Pyrenees while continuing to nurse a broken collarbone. Allowed only limited pain medication, Hamilton grimaced through the injury, advancing to fifth overall in pursuit of four-time tour winner Lance Armstrong...
...Chris Armstrong, an engineer who now lives in Britain, worked in Hong Kong for more than three years and many of his weekends were spent at Kai Tak. "I arrived for the first time in Hong Kong via a Runway 13 approach, and it never ceased to amaze me how close you got to the houses," he says. "It's a special place. There is nowhere in the world to equal it." Meanwhile, his friend David England had worked on the design of the Airport Railway Link and his Kowloon Bay office overlooked Kai Tak's southern runway. "I kept...
...There were several good vantage points for watching the final approach and turn onto Runway 13. Ironically the Spectators Terrace above the main terminal building was not one?its glass was thick and usually too dirty to see through. According to Armstrong, "a thrilling experience was standing in the street under the approach in and around Kowloon Tong. There was a shopping center there and the planes turned directly over you. It felt like you could touch them...
...busy airport right in the middle of town and loved by all," says Armstrong. "Chek Lap Kok is like any other airport?straight in approach, and boring. It simply doesn't generate the same fun, excitement or mystery that the old airport did. Long live...
...Tour manager Jean-Marie Leblanc doesn't believe that Armstrong or other U.S. cyclists will encounter any hostility, but he did raise the issue of security during a May meeting with France's Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, who ordered his staff to determine whether additional measures should be taken to reassure the American riders. "I am convinced that it will be the same as last year," Leblanc predicted. "There'll be no particular reason to smother Mr. Armstrong with protection." During last year's Tour, observers detected a warming trend in Franco-Lancian relations. Armstrong conducted more interviews in French...