Tour Down Under to start in Armstrong shadow
- Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 11.45
- Online news: World
World road race champion Philippe Gilbert says this week's season-opening Tour Down Under is the perfect opportunity for cycling to put the Lance Armstrong controversy behind it.
Belgium's Philippe Gilbert (C) at the start of the 51km People's Choice Classic in Adelaide on January 20, 2013. Gilbert says this week's season-opening Tour Down Under is the perfect opportunity for cycling to put the Lance Armstrong controversy behind it.
Belgium's Gilbert said the riders on the professional circuit were sick of talking about Armstrong, who during the week confessed to systematic doping during a televised interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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