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UPDATE: What is Lance Armstrong's dirty little secret?

Published Friday, July 23, 2004 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

ESPN's Jeremy Schaap reported Friday on SportsCenter about how important the rest of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team is to Lance Armstrong's success. Schaap said the other eight cyclists gear the entire Tour toward getting Armstrong the yellow jersey, and in return, Sir Lance rewards them with the $400,000 championship prize, plus another $400,000 bonus for their help -- meaning each of the eight cyclists wins $100,000 for helping him win.
Not that I told you so, but I told you so.