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                          Coca Cola and jam butties

> Londoner Luke Bream, 33, sporting a pink and white jersey, is attacking a
> punishing mountain leg of the world's most famous cycle race, the Tour de
> France. It is clearly hard going.
>
> …
>
> At least he is well in front of the 152 remaining riders (189 set off from
> London) in the three-week long Tour. In fact, he is 24 hours ahead as he
> has been along the entire route so far.
>
> …
>
> And amid the backdrop of accusations of cheating among official Tour de
> France riders, [his mother] assures the Guardian Luke is on nothing but his
> own adrenaline.
>
> “Oh no, Luke doesn't take drugs at the best of times, not even an aspirin
> if he has a headache. He does take some cod liver oil tablets, but apart
> from that he's doing this largely on Coca Cola and jam butties.”
>

Via Flutterby [1], “ The Englishman who is leading the Tour de France [2]”

For Wlofie [3], who might get a kick out of this …

Update on Tuesday, July 31^st, 2007

The Englishman won [4] (link via Flutterby [5]).


[1] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/comments/10295.html
[2] http://sport.guardian.co.uk/tourdefrance2007/story/0,,2134809,00.html
[3] http://wlofie.dyndns.org/
[4] http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,31200-1277618,.html
[5] http://www.flutterby.com/archives/comments/10304.html

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