By Tim Dornin
December 4th 2009 @ 4:59am
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Armstrong to go head-to-head with Evans
Tour de France legend Lance Armstrong will go head-to-head with Australia’s world champion Cadel Evans in the Tour Down Under in January.
The American has always indicated his enthusiasm to return to the Adelaide race in 2010 after launching his comeback to the professional peleton at this year’s event.
But now his new RadioShack team has confirmed [...]
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