Tag: Lance Armstrong

  • 2022 Tour de France: The Dane who became king of the mountains

    2022 Tour de France: The Dane who became king of the mountains

    The winner of four Tour de France stages and former mountain bike world champion, Michael Rasmussen, can be counted among the legends in Danish cycling. He also won the famous Polka Dots jersey – the Tour de France classification awarded to the rider who achieves the most points by reaching mountain peaks before anyone else…

  • 2022 Tour de France: There’s no race like home!

    2022 Tour de France: There’s no race like home!

    It’s one of the most iconic sporting events in the world. When it comes to cycling, nothing else comes close. It’s the Tour de France and it’s here in Denmark. What started as a marketing stunt for a French newspaper is now an event that some say transcends sport. It’s a celebration of history, a…

  • Top rider in a dark time

    Top rider in a dark time

    The career otherwise offered many highlights. After helping Lance Armstrong to the first Tour victories in 1999, 2000 and 2001, and otherwise winning Around Denmark, Tyler Hamilton switched to Bjarne Riis & apos; CSC. Here he was the favorite of many Danes at the Tour in 2003, which, however, became a painful affair when he…