Lance Armstrong's Tour of Hope arrives in Washington

The Peninsula Clarion has an article about Lance Armstrong's Tour of Hope:
These days, that means threading himself in and out of a 3,500-mile, eight-day relay race across America by 20 cyclists dubbed the ''Tour of Hope'' and sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb. Each rider's life, like Armstrong's, has been touched by cancer. The ride began at midnight in Los Angeles on Sept. 30 with a few hundred people lining the street in darkness. . . .

Ranking his favorite moment along the way so far was easy. It was when Las Vegas officials closed off The Strip to make way for him and the pack of ''Tour of Hope'' cyclists.

''I've ridden down streets all over the world and they close down the streets and there's a lot of people there cheering,'' he said. ''But these people would never have that opportunity. So, to see their faces, to turn around and look at them as they realize, 'Oh my God, this is happening to me,' is really powerful.''


The tour arrived in Washington, D.C., Saturday, October 9th, 2004.

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