I am a huge Lance Armstrong fan, but I'd never bet against Eddy Merckx. While Lance has spent his entire career training only for the Tour de France, Eddy rode in almost every race he could and won a large majority of them.
From the Cycling Hall of Fame website, you can find this information:
"He won the Tour de France five times, the Giro d'Italia five times and the Vuelta a Espana once for a total of eleven Grand Tour victories.
He won each of cycling's five monuments (Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Tour of Lombardy) more than twice, for a record of nineteen victories in these races."
Eddy won 525 of the races he participated in, a record that will probably never fall. Additionally, Lance Armstrong has won his titles with a team that was built specifically for him, and with a team of engineers and other professionals who have dedicated years to making his equipment the best in the world. While I can't fault Lance for this, I have to believe that given the same conditions, team, and equipment, Lance would find himself watching Eddy pull away to an eventual victory.
While Greg Lemond certainly made his contributions to the world of cycling, I simply don't feel that he is in the same league as Eddy Merckx, although he might give Lance a run if given the same conditions.
Of course this is all my opinion, and there is absolutely know way to ever know for certain!
Yes
Road bicycles.
Walk, bicycles, motorcycles, cars, buses, boats, airplanes, trains... their technology isn't much different than the rest of the world.
yes they are
Bicycles are raced in the Tour de France
Marie France Armstrong has written: 'Ronds de nacelle'
The metro, motor scooters, bicycles, walking.
Lance Armstrong rode his first Tour de France in 1993.
Lance Armstrong lives on 345 Rue Mirassoue ,Lyon, France. he lives in Austin, Texas U.S.
In 1999, Lance Armstrong won the Tour de France for the first time, using a Trek 5200 bicycle. In future races, Armstrong rode other Models of Trek Bikes, notably including the 14.5 pound Trek 5900 SL in 2003, which was banned the following year due to new weight requirements for the Tour de France (the rule required all bicycles taking part in the race to weigh at least 15 pounds - or 6.8 kilograms).
Peugeot was founded in France and originally produced bicycles.
I believe computer and internet is still the common technology in France.