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Originally Posted by Ben Lauer
Interesting fact: The USPS team no longer exists. Lance now rides for the new "Discovery Channel team."
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Yeah they stopped being the primary sponsor last year. When they announced it there was a lot of talk of No Lance this year, but he couldn't resist and entered again.
Their New Jersey Apparently the CEO of Discovery got the idea on a flight one day.
Some more intresting facts I found
Calories burned by a Tour rider, per day: 5,900 average; 9,000 max.
Calories burned by an average 28-year-old male, per day: 2,200 average.
Most stages won by a single rider, career: 34 (Eddy Merckx)
Year that the yellow jersey was introduced: 1919
Most riders to wear yellow jersey on one Tour: 8 (1987)
Smallest margin of victory: 8 seconds (Greg LeMond over Laurent Fignon in 1989)
Fastest individual time trial: 54.545 kph (Greg LeMond in 1989 over 24.5 km)
Rest days in the 2005 Tour: 2 (July 11 and July 18)
Riders in each team: 9
Spectators expected to line the route: 15 million
Riders who will start this year: 198 (split over 22 teams)
Shortest flat stage on the course: 19 km (Stage 1)
Longest stage in the tour: 239.5 km (Stage 17)
Number of water bottles used in the race, per team: approx. 42,000