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Its not about the bike!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 27, 2009, In : general 


 
The 2009 version of Tour de France just finished. Alberto Contador won it quiet easily in the end, but there is a bigger story there for all of us to hear and learn from.

Here is a brief introduction to the sport's most famous personality.
 

Lance Armstrong

1971 - born in Texas, USA
1993 - stage win (stage 08th) in Tour de France
1995 - stage win (stage 18th) in Tour de France

1996 - diagnosed with stage three testicular cancer, which had spread to his lungs, abdomen and brain

1999...

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Just returned!

Posted by Sid on Monday, July 6, 2009, In : general 
Just returned from a 10-day business trip to Stuttgart Germany, Copenhagen Denmark and Paris France.

Stuttgart is squeaky clean and of course, Germany has one of the best rail networks in the world. I found the German people to be kind, helping and very efficient. "Danke" to you!

My visit to Copenhagen was limited to a night in the hotel followed by a meeting in the morning. The Danish are very down to earth and honest as well as helpful. Oh, and they really have very many wind mills there. Exc...

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