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Explore the Science Channel feature, Tour de Lance

The Science of Lance Armstrong
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Just in time for the July 2nd start of the Tour de France, this hour-long special explores Lance's high altitude training methods, superhuman physiology and high-tech equipment. Did you know that by raising only his thumb while riding at full speed, Lance adds 20 grams of drag? Or that his lungs have more than double the oxygen capacity of the average man and his heart is one-third larger? He even saves a full minute-and-a-half over a 200km stage of the Tour due to the aerodynamics of his Trek Madone bicycle.

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