true.Bill Davidson said:Chris BeHanna wrote:
> Ekimov (a Postie) is 38 years old and rode in the TdF this year,
> and will be riding next year, too. I don't know when he started
> either, but it was probably a bit later than Lance started.
Ekimov started training at a bicycle school at age 12. He won a junior
track championship in the mid eighties. He won Olympic Gold in 1988 in
Team Pursuit at age 22. He won his first TdF stage in 1991 at age 25.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/teamprofiles/2001/ekimov01.shtml
That article is a little old. At this point he's been in 13 of the last
14 TdF's and finished all 13 times.
Did Lance start training to be a top cyclist before age 12?
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