Chris Brewer at Livestrongblog.org gives a detailed report of Lance Armstrongs prep, race and results. There are pictures as well.<\/p>\n
An excerpt, “While the history was there, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s doubtful that anyone would have picked Gruene, Texas as the start of Lance Armstrong\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s historic comeback to professional road racing. Back in 1996 it was a very different story as Lance, who admittedly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153barely could ride a bike\u00e2\u20ac\u009d due to cancer treatments, rode with legendary Eddy Merckx in a ceremonial Time Trial circuit. Then in 1997 he rode with teammate Kevin Livingston notching a 2nd place result.”<\/p>\n
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