Lance Armstrong has surrounded himself with veteran cyclists in their assault on the eighth Tour.

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The American rider has recruited for the next edition of the French round of his most trusted people, a great tactical and tanned in a thousand battles, but larger. Proof of this is that the present nine contesting the RadioShack has a mean age of 34 years, well above what is customary in the Grande Boucle.
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Armstrong runs the Tour at age 38 (39 Sept. 18), Horner served in November of 39, while Leipheimer arrived in France with 36, 37 in October. For its part, Klöden has already reached 35 and Popovych, Gregory Rast and Muravyev already have 30 Springs. Brajkovic, brilliant winner of the Dauphine Libere, is the only one who is saved from the thirties, as it will on December 27.

The nine Johan Bruynel lead in the next Tour is well-defined roles. Armstrong is the boss. The leader with gregaruios luxury, able to be with the best at all times. Leipheimer and Klöden, as we saw in the Tour of Switzerland will be with the Texan in the high mountains, while for stages with less difficulty, in charge of escorting the seven-times Tour will Horner and Brajkovic.

For its part, Popovych is the shadow of the American and the man assigned to assist in the dreaded stage of the pavé. In addition, Portuguese Sergio Paulinho, inseparable from a year ago Contador, who joined Astana to follow the footsteps of the American, with Gregory Rast and Dmitry Muravyev road will be the men that are so important in the early stages.

NO SPANISH This is the team that has surrounded the American. A block in which in addition to their seniority also highlights the lack of Spanish riders in their first assault on the French Cerrera. After the injury of Gipuzkoa Haimar Zubeldia, called to be a faithful squire Armstrong, the only options to help the Texan was the Spaniard Chechu Rubiera. Eventually, however, the veteran runner Gijón has been left out of the American team and will have to watch the race on television.