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Armstrong recovering after surgery
Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was recovering Wednesday after surgery to repair his right collarbone, which was broken into four pieces in a crash on Monday at the Vuelta a Castilla y León. In an article posted on the Astana team website, doctor Doug Elenz, the orthopedic surgeon who performed the procedure in Austin, Texas, said it wasn't yet clear when Armstrong would be able to return to racing.
The Explainer – Them there’s fightin’ words
Dear Explainer,
An announcer on a Birmingham, Alabama, sports talk show on WJOX 94.5 called “The Roundtable” recently went off on an inexplicable rant on cyclists, which included support for the idea of cars running down cyclists simply for being on the road.
"I wish people would hit them, just clip them and send them flying over their handlebars," he said.
It’s pretty sick and irresponsible for a radio announcer to advocate killing or severely injuring another person for any reason at all.
Jerry
Birmingham, Alabama
No velodrome? No problem for O’Loughlin
Ireland may have no velodrome, but that has not stopped one of its favorite sons from mixing it up with the men's individual pursuit contenders at the world track championships in Pruszkow, Poland. David O'Loughlin, a road rider with the An Post Sean Kelly team, already achieved a significant feat last year by qualifying for the Olympics, where he finished in 11th place behind Britain's Bradley Wiggins. Ireland has no velodrome, but that has not discouraged O'Loughlin, a three-time national road champion, from trying to excel in his favored track event.