temperature regulation mechanisms and how they affect safe sports participation for athletes competing in the Tour de France. The Tour De France is a multiple stage bike-riding event competed in France every year. Starting on the 2nd of July at Passage du Gois and finishing at Champs-Elysées on the 24th of July. It consists of 21 daylong stages over a 23-day period. Based on the Tour de France in 2011‚ the race consisted of 10 flat stages‚ 6 mountain stages and 4 summits finishes‚ 3 medium mountain
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Good morning‚ my name is William mathews and I’m going to tell you why Lance Armstrong should not be allowed return to international competition after confessing to Oprah winfrey of using prohibited substances to prevail and win those seven Tour De France titles which he was deservingly stripped of. Is it okay to cheat? To break the rules? What if I was sitting in an exam and I pulled out my phone to Google an answer‚ That’s cheating‚ if I was caught doing that my paper would be ripped up in front
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attitudes. In the autobiographical text‚ It’s Not about the Bike by Sally Jenkins and Lance Armstrong gives us insight to Lance’s personal life as we are exposed to Lance’s life of success‚ near fatal cancer‚ survival‚ recovery and triumph in the Tour De France. Lance’s values are evident throughout the text‚ such as Competition and Family which are evident through various textual features such as Descriptive language and Pont of view. Autobiographical texts have demonstrated representations‚ which
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bike! Going down and up hills what are huge. It’s called “ The tour de France”. This bike race is insane‚ bikers from all around the world come to this race and compete against the best. This race is in eastern Europe‚ the bikers who come to complete take months and months of preparation. Working out their lower body continually. The Pyrenees played host to the Tour De France for more than 100 years (Tour De France). In 1903‚ tour de France organisers decided to include the Pyrenees route in 1910. This
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I. Intro A- Lance Armstrong B- Background 1) By the age of 16 Lance Armstrong was already a professional athlete. 2) During the time when Lance was diagnosed with cancer Lance created the Lance Armstrong Foundation. 3) Lance Armstrong became the national rookie of the year at the age of 16. 4) Instead of attacking Lance’s brain tumors with radiation‚ which can affect the sense of balance‚ he chose to undergo surgery. C- Lance Armstrong should be inducted into the Hall of Fame because of his
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coming at you so fast. You have about a 10% chance to save the kick 9 Running A Marathon Running a marathon is extremely hard because you have to run 26.2 miles The average time for running a marathon is 4 hours and 32 minutes 8 Tour De France The Tour De France covers 2‚500 miles over 3 weeks of time It is hard because there are so many turns and hills 7 Swimming and Diving Swimming and Diving is very difficult. It is difficult because it is very tiring. Swimming is very hard because you are
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discuss today is Drugs in Sport. My contention is that drugs should not be made legal in sports. Drugs in sport is an issue that is always in the spotlight‚ especially during major athletic events such as the recent and highly controversial‚ Tour De France. However‚ now the issue has risen to such an extent that sport itself is almost a side issue. There have been numerous drug busts over the years as more and more athletes succumb to the temptation of an easy win by using steroids and various
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of. Looking back on the hardship and adversity the men faced was a significant accomplishment in itself‚ knowing that they were able to push through it‚ no matter how difficult. Though Lance Armstrong’s journey leads him to a medal at the tour de France‚ he more importantly gains a value for life itself when fighting his way back to it after being diagnosed with cancer. Even though cycling is “so hard” and “so intense‚” Lance realizes that cancer is an even greater challenge‚ because the “biggest
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Armstrong would scarlet letter tear a D for drugs‚ just like Hester Prynne had to wear the scarlet letter A for her adultery. From the years 1999 to 2005‚ Lance Armstrong used Performance- Enhancing drugs. During this time period he had won the Tour de France 7 times‚ which cause controversy in the biking world. Because of his use of drugs‚ the USADA‚ U.S. Against Drugs Agency‚ decided to recently press charges in June of 2012. Lance Armstrong was not just shunned by the Media‚ but also by his
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Cris Froome is the three-time champion of the Tour de France. It all started on July 2‚2016 when "Froomy" began his third adventure. He obviously had some other races in the past or this would not be his third attempt to take the world by storm. Some other races that Froome has done are Men’s Road Race and placed 12th then also Men’s Timed Trial and placed 3rd. The more prestigious of the three races is the race where he won his very first bronze award at the Olympic games. All though Cris Froome
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