Word: peloton
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...confirmation.' I don't know what it was last year. This year, for me, it's 'the year of the team.' This team is much stronger than it has ever been. It has made it easier for me." Armstrong's U.S. Postal Service team surrounded him in the peloton and provided protection so perfect it came to be known as the Blue Guard and the Lancemobile. "We put this team together specifically for this course, and it's the best team I've ever seen," said Belgian team director Johan Bruyneel, a former cyclist who rode in seven Tours...
With someone else bearing the burden of the golden fleece as the Tour sped through northern France, Armstrong settled in near the front of the peloton, where accidents are less likely to occur. (A near crash on July 13 cost him 27 seconds.) As expected, the Postal Service team didn't begin its express delivery until the first mountain stage, in the Pyrenees on July 18, when Armstrong was 26 seconds behind González de Galdeano. One by one the Posties burned themselves out and fell away like booster stages on a rocket launch as they led Armstrong...
...amazing performances, Armstrong still doesn't receive the deferential treatment from the peloton that past greats like Eddy Merckx (five Tour victories) did. "Every day we come to the start with the same desire: to ride the race the way we want," said Postie Viatcheslav Ekimov, a 36-year-old Russian who was riding in his 12th Tour and helping Armstrong to victory for the third time. "But that's become more difficult. It used to be that the yellow jersey was respected. In the '90s, for example, if there was any word from the yellow jersey that we should...
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