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Electric cars, plug-in hybrids gain sales
CAR SALES Electric automobiles are gradually gaining in popularity - particularly plug-in hybrids that can use gas, like the Chevy Volt
In 2012, the electric car's critics were ready to write its obituary.
Sluggish sales made plug-in cars a favorite target of conservative commentators, a symbol of Big Government foisting pricey green technologies on an unwilling public. Critics rebranded the Chevy Volt as the "Obama car" and used its low sales figures to bash the federal bailout of General Motors.
But even as plug-in cars came under attack, their sales slowly grew. The numbers are still small, making up a tiny slice of the automotive market. But they rose steadily in 2012 as automakers introduced more models of electric cars and advanced hybrids.
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"It's definitely a strong showing by both all-electrics and plug-in hybrids this year," said Jeremy Acevedo, supervisor of industry analysis with the Edmunds.com auto information website. "We're seeing more cars for more people."
In 2011, Americans bought 9,754 electric cars and 7,671 plug-in hybrids, according to Edmunds. This year, sales of electrics reached 10,407 by the end of November, while plug-in hybrids hit 31,042.
And those figures don't count the new Tesla Motors Model S, which hit the market in June. Palo Alto's Tesla, which reports sales figures only once each quarter, has taken 13,000 reservations for the all-electric Model S and expects to deliver 2,500 to 3,000 by the end of the year.
The much-derided Volt, meanwhile, has emerged as the field's leader.
GM sold 7,671 Volts in 2011, the first full year of sales. This year, drivers bought 20,828 Volts through the end of November. At that pace, the car's sales total for the year could hit 22,000.
Volt gaining
Consumers seem to be warming to the Volt's technology. The car runs on electricity alone for the first 25 to 50 miles of a trip, then switches to gasoline - lessening the fear of running out of electric power, something that has dogged sales of pure electrics, such as the Nissan Leaf.
"With a Leaf's limited range, you really have to make that lifestyle choice. But with a plug-in hybrid, you get to experience an electric car without range anxiety," Acevedo said. "It's a really convenient, easy step."
The Leaf, the first all-electric car for the mass market, hasn't gained the same traction as the Volt, at least not in America. Sales through the end of November totaled 8,330, putting Nissan on pace to sell slightly more this year than the 9,674 it sold in 2011. Brendan Jones, director of electric vehicle marketing for Nissan North America, said the company has sold nearly 50,000 Leafs worldwide since the car hit the market.
"This does take time," he said. "We're happy with the trajectory we're on right now. We'd like to do anything we can to accelerate it."
Plug-in cars still face stiff headwinds. A recent survey by Pike Research found that only 35 percent of consumers were very interested in buying an electric car or advanced hybrid, down from 44 percent in 2010. Many of the people who responded didn't understand the technology, with 37 percent, for example, saying the cars' batteries were dangerous.
Prices remain high: $35,200 for a base-model Leaf and $39,145 for a Volt. And plug-ins must compete against a new generation of cheap, fuel-sipping cars that run on gasoline.
"There are more and more vehicles out there that get 40 miles per gallon, and people are very comfortable with that," said John Viera, global director of sustainability for Ford Motor Co. This year, Ford introduced an electric version of the Focus as well as a new hybrid, the C-Max.
The current wave of plug-in vehicles is still young, with sales starting in late 2010. So far, buyers have been limited to a clutch of early adopters who are interested in new technology, concerned about the environment and determined to break society's addiction to oil. A few even drove cars from the last wave of electric vehicles in the 1990s, cars that never reached mass production.
"The early adopters, you could send them a kit of parts and they'd build their own vehicle," Viera said.
Bill Gravitt of San Francisco has an old Jet Electrica, a compact plug-in from the 1980s. This year, he added a Mitsubishi i-MiEV, a no-frills electric car with a range of roughly 70 miles per charge. Small and shaped like an egg, it handles well, accelerates quickly and serves as his day-to-day car, while he keeps a Ford Explorer at home for longer trips.
Fighting Big Oil
Gravitt likes the lower cost of using only electric power. But he also sees the car as a way to fight Big Oil.
"I want to do the right thing," said Gravitt, a self-employed property manager. "I resent the hold the oil companies have over the United States. I do everything I can to boycott oil."
Mindful that they need to reach a broader audience, a few automakers have focused on making high-performance plug-ins, designed to appeal to people who love driving. That's true of Tesla, whose CEO, Elon Musk, brags that the Model S is the best car of any kind, not just among electrics. The car is priced accordingly, ranging from $57,400 to $105,400 before state and federal incentives are factored in.
San Francisco attorney Richard Zitrin bought a Model S this year. And while he, like Gravitt, wants to wean society off fossil fuels, Zitrin loves the Model S first and foremost as a car.
"It is far and away the best car I've ever driven - not even close," he said. "The acceleration from a stop is extraordinary, because there's no revving up. The handling, even at speed, is extraordinary."
So far, Tesla's only Model S sales update covered the period from the car's launch in late June through the end of September. During that time the company delivered more than 250 cars. Tesla executives, however, say that the pace of production at the company's factory in Fremont has increased substantially since then, and deliveries should rise as well.
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Newt Gingrich's big South Carolina primary win last weekend helped wipe away Mitt Romney's double digit lead in Florida, where the two are now neck and neck, a new Quinnipiac University poll finds.
The Jan. 19 - 23 poll found Mitt Romney with 36 percent support, Newt Gingrich with 34 percent, Rick Santorum with 13 percent and Ron Paul with 10 percent. The More than one in three likely Republican voters said they could change their mind before the Jan. 31 primary.
"Florida is essentially a dead heat and a two-man race between Gov. Mitt Romney and Speaker Newt Gingrich entering the last week of the campaign," said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. "Gingrich's South Carolina victory clearly gives him a boost in Florida. The question is whether there is more of that to come, or whether any bump from a previous victory will dissipate as happened to Rick Santorum in New Hampshire after winning Iowa and Romney in South Carolina after taking New Hampshire," Brown added.
Romney is viewed by more likely primary voters as best able to handle the economy and most sharing voters' values, while Gingrich is seen by more voters as having the knowledge and experience to be president, being a strong leader and better at handling foreign policy.
Gingrich gets 37 percent of men to 33 percent for Romney, while Romney is ahead 38 - 31 among women. Gingrich leads among white evangelical Christians 43 - 30 percent and among those who consider themselves to be tea party supporters 43 - 28 percent. Each makes up roughly a third of primary voters although there is substantial overlap among those two groups.
Romney is viewed more favorably, 71 - 19 percent, than is Gingrich, at 61 - 26 percent. Here again, Gingrich does better among voters polled after the South Carolina victory. Santorum gets a 58 - 13 percent favorability rating, while Paul gets a negative 36 - 40 percent score.
"Newt Gingrich's edge is that he is the candidate with momentum and the one viewed as best on a host of issues and characteristics important to voters. Romney, however, holds the potential trump card that on the question most important to voters - who can best fix the economy - he is seen as the best candidate," said Brown.

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Jack Sutte joined The Cleveland Orchestra as second trumpet in 1999. Prior to his Cleveland appointment, he was the principal trumpet in the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. A native of Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, where he earned a bachelor of music degree, and the Juilliard School in New York City, where he earned a master of music degree. He studied with Frank Kaderabek at Curtis, Raymond Mase at Juilliard, and Chris Gekker at the Aspen Festival. Mr. Sutte has performed as soloist with The Cleveland Orchestra with principal trumpet Michael Sachs, as well as with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, and the Haddonfield Symphony. He made his international solo debut in Argentina in 1995. Mr. Sutte is a lecturer of trumpet at the Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music, and has taught at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music.
Mr. Sutte lives in Euclid, Ohio, with his wife, Audra Zarlenga, their children, Maya and Louis, and four dogs. His hobbies include running, cycling, and multisport racing.
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With a newly renovated museum at its Atlanta headquarters, Delta Air Lines hopes to lure tourists to the company's original aircraft maintenance hangars on the north edge of the world's busiest airport.
The museum, housed in hangers that date to the 1940s, traces Delta's history from crop-dusting and air mail service to its first passenger flight from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi, on June 17, 1929.
Many airlines began flying mail for the US Postal Service, but Delta started by doing aerial crop dusting of cotton fields to protect them from the boll weevil beetle.
"That's what kept Delta in business during the Depression," says Marie Force, archivist for the Delta Flight Museum.
Huff Daland Dusters, which operated flights over the Mississippi River Delta region, later changed its name to Delta.
On Tuesday, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and Delta CEO Richard Anderson attended the museum's grand reopening.
Retired Delta mechanic Art Arace of Newnan played a key role in building and preparing many of the exhibits.
Arace, the museum's maintenance manager, built most of a full-size model of a Huff Daland Dusters plane by hand.
"You have to remember how you started so you can move into the future," Arace said.
The museum includes Delta's first Douglas DC-3 and its first Boeing 767 jet.
Known as the "Spirit of Delta," the 767 on display was purchased with donations from workers, retirees and others who contributed to a campaign to help the struggling airline in the early 1980s.
The oldest plane is a Northwest Airways Waco 125, purchased in 1928.
Northwest Airways later became Minnesota-based Northwest Airlines, which merged with Delta in 2008.
The older aircraft are among displays from aviation's propeller age, in Hanger 1.
This was Delta's original hanger near Atlanta's old airport municipal airport when the airline moved to the city from Monroe, Louisiana, in 1941, Delta Flight Museum President John Boatright said.
Hanger 2, connected by short walkways, focuses on the jet age beneath a large Delta Air Lines sign once used at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.
The letters were given to the museum when the airport was renovated.
Interactive displays allow visitors to watch Delta TV commercials from past decades and see how the airline's logo evolved.
Hanger 2 also includes a conference room inside a large section of fuselage from the first L-1011 TriStar jet built by Lockheed.
It has been used to film scenes from movies such as Passenger 57 and Quick Change, starring Bill Murray.
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Whitey Bulger Trial: Mob boss guilty of racketeering, including 11 killings
(CBS News) BOSTON -- Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger was found guilty Monday in a string of 11 killings in the 1970s and 1980s following a racketeering trial that spanned more than seven weeks and was marked by damning testimony from men that were once his closest confidants.
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Bulger, whose 16 years on the run exposed the FBI's corrupt relationship with its underworld informants, was also found guilty of counts including racketeering, racketeering conspiracy, extortion, money laundering, narcotics distribution conspiracy, and illegal firearms charges. He had been charged in 19 killings and an array of other crimes.
Bulger was found guilty of racketeering acts including the killings of Deborah Hussey, John McIntyre, Arthur Bucky Barrett, John Callahan, Michael Donahue, Brian Halloran, Roger Wheeler, Richard Castucci, Thomas King, Edward Connors, and Paul McGonigle.
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The jury found the prosecution didn't prove he killed Michael Milano, Al Plummer, William O'Brien, James O'Toole, James Sousa, the Notorangeli group, Al Notorangeli, Francis Buddy Leonard.
There was also no finding in the murder of Debra Davis.
Federal prosecutors called 63 witnesses over six and a half weeks, followed by the defense, which called 15 witnesses over one week. After hearing closing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys, the jury of 12 began deliberating last Tuesday morning.
Deliberations spanned 32 and a half hours before the verdict was read in court Monday.
It had been widely debated as to whether Bulger himself would take the stand. Bulger answered the looming question as the defense rested its case, telling a federal judge he had "involuntarily" decided not to testify.
"I feel that I've been choked off from having an opportunity to give an adequate defense," he said. "My thing is, as far as I'm concerned, I didn't get a fair trial, and this is a sham, and do what youse [sic] want with me. That's it. That's my final word," he said to the judge without the jury present.
(VIDEO: Reaction to Bulger verdict)
Bulger fled Boston in 1994 after being tipped off by a retired FBI agent about his indictment and was one of the FBI's most-wanted fugitives until he was captured with his longtime girlfriend in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.
During the trial, which launched with opening statements June 12, prosecutors portrayed Bulger as a vicious and violent criminal who "ran amok" in Boston for nearly 30 years, describing him as a "hands-on killer" who made millions through drugs, extortion, illegal gambling and loan-sharking. Several family members of Bulger's alleged murder victims gave emotional testimony about how their family members' deaths impacted their lives.
The defense countered that the prosecution's star witnesses, former Bulger cohorts who connected the 83-year-old to numerous killings and themselves convicted criminals, were not to be believed.
The defense also denied prosecution claims that Bulger was an FBI informant for years and provided information on the rival New England Mafia.
Convicted hit man John Martorano, former Bulger partner Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi and former Bulger lieutenant Kevin Weeks all took the stand for prosecutors, describing gruesome killings the reputed mob boss either ordered, approved or carried out.
The testimony was at times explosive. When Weeks described Bulger and Flemmi as "the two biggest rats," Bulger responded, "You suck," from his seat at the defense table, and an expletive-laced exchange erupted between the two.
Flemmi, who was once Bulger's right hand man, pinned the killings of his girlfriend and stepdaughter on Bulger, murders the reputed mob boss has adamantly denied. Bulger decided Flemmi's girlfriend Debra Davis knew too much and strangled her in front of Flemmi, the once-loyal Bulger associate told a rapt jury.
Allegations of pedophila emerged as Flemmi testified Bulger strangled Flemmi's stepdaughter, Deborah Hussey, because she was using drugs, getting arrested and dropping their names when she got in trouble. But Flemmi also acknowledged that he twice had oral sex with Hussey in what he called a consensual act and "a moment of weakness." He went on to accuse Bulger of engaging in oral sex with Hussey when she was a teen in the 1970s.
"You want to talk about pedophilia--right over there at that table," Flemmi said, gesturing towards Bulger.
Flemmi pleaded guilty to 10 murders and is serving a life sentence, avoiding the death penalty. Martorano and Weeks have both completed their sentences. Martorano served 12 years in federal prison, though he has admitted to killing 20.
Defense attorney Hank Brennan blasted Flemmi, Weeks and Martorano, saying they were in a position to benefit by testifying against Bulger.
"You have to sit there and ask yourself - why are they still walking the streets? If they're so vicious and violent and our government knows about it, why are they out there right now?" Brennan asked the jury.
The defense argued Flemmi, not Bulger, had a motive to kill the two women.
In an attempt to dispute allegations Bulger was a "rat" who informed on the rival Italian mob and people in his own gang, the defense called former FBI supervisor Robert Fitzpatrick, who testified he tried to terminate Bulger as an informant because he was not providing helpful information. The defense tried to show Bulger wasn't an informant in hopes of undercutting the credibility of prosecution witnesses. Bulger's lawyers claim his supposed FBI handler, John Connolly, fabricated Bulger's FBI file to advance his own career at a time when bringing down the Mafia was a national priority for the FBI.
The trial was marked by intrigue outside the courtroom as well, when staunch Bulger detractor Stephen Rakes was found dead July 17 in a Boston suburb. Rakes, a 59-year-old former Boston liquor store owner who claimed to have been extorted by Bulger and had hoped to testify against him, had recently been taken off the prosecution's witness list, according to reports.
Police announced Friday, Aug. 2 they had arrested William Camuti, a Massachusetts man who owed Rakes money, for allegedly poisoning Rakes' iced coffee and then dumping his body in the woods.


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It's been a while since I talked about the weather in Portugal, so today I'm going to talk about winter and spring here in the Algarve.
Winter and spring tend to merge together somewhat in Portugal, and these seasons have become rather unpredictable in recent years.
The winter of 2009 was so wet that our entire house went moldy – a fact that long-term readers of our blog will know plenty about, as will those who have read our book (details below).
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The last couple of winters have been dry and fairly warm. In fact, during Christmas 2010, the weather in Portugal was such that I sunburned my nose on Boxing Day! But clear, warm days make for sharp, cold nights.
Last year, the time between November and February was so dry that people started to mention the word "drought." Then April, a month that often sees us beginning to visit the beach regularly, brought weeks of wind and rain.
I'm not going to go all technical and start talking about climate change. These observations are aimed at those who are considering a move to Portugal. Sometimes, those who haven't lived here through a few winters are blinded by marketing literature that boasts of "over 300 days of annual sunshine." And while this information is perfectly true, it doesn't give the full picture. Not at all.
There are some key points to consider here. Firstly, many properties are poorly insulated and built so they stay cool in summer, rather than warm in winter. Secondly, central heating is absent in all but the most luxurious of properties, and anyone who tells you that reverse cycle air-conditioning is a realistic substitute is talking nonsense.
So, when you look online at the winter weather in Faro from a centrally heated property in a "colder" country and see lots of days that say "16C, Sunny," you can put the envy on hold. While, admittedly, we are feeling the occasional bit of sun on our faces, we are, in fact, spending most of the time running up extortionate electricity bills trying to stay warm indoors.
Even tourists get a false impression of the weather here at this time of year, with many enjoying drinks and snacks outside during the warmest part of the day on pleasant suntrap terraces. If you live here and have to work, you don't often get the chance to do this.
Now, all of this probably sounds like a big moan, and I guess, to a point, it is – because no one back in the UK ever seems to believe that people who live in the Algarve find themselves willing on the start of summer just as much as they did before they moved. The point of this post is to provide a strong warning that winter can be just as cold, crappy and disheartening in Portugal as it is anywhere else.
On the bright side however, it is sunny rather a lot, and once summer arrives, you can guarantee it will stay put. I would never want to return to those UK years where you get to September and have to accept that you're simply not getting a summer this year. You can avoid that by moving to the Algarve, but you can't avoid feeling cold in the winter. Unless, perhaps, you move to Madeira…
PS. The above details our experiences of weather in the Algarve. Far more varied and extreme weather can be found elsewhere in the country – just pointing that out before anyone else feels compelled to!


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Two US soldiers and an Iraqi have fallen victim to continued violence in the occupied country, as a letter purportedly written by former president Saddam Hussein called for jihad, or holy war, against "the hated invaders."
US President George W. Bush, meanwhile, said a new audiotape purportedly made by Osama bin Laden meant that "the war on terror goes on."
Coalition officials announced that two soldiers of the US Fourth Infantry Division were killed and one wounded in an attack late Saturday near the northern oil center of Kirkuk, 260km north of Baghdad.
The two deaths confirmed by the coalition bring to 103 the number of Americans who have died in combat since Bush declared an end to major combat on May 1.
deadly strikes
And in the city of Fallujah, an Iraqi was killed and another wounded when US soldiers opened fire after they came under attack while removing a military vehicle hit earlier by a rocket-propelled grenade, witnesses and hospital sources said.
The US vehicle had exploded when assailants attacked a convoy apparently transporting weapons and ammunition in the town, 50km west of Baghdad, witnesses said.
US troops left immediately after the attack but returned a little later and then opened fire, wounding two Iraqis, the witnesses said.
A local hospital doctor, Aiman Abdul Qader, said five Iraqis were wounded in the first incident, three of them seriously.
Following the attack, a number of people in Fallujah chanted slogans in support of ousted strongman Saddam, toppled by US forces six months ago, and al-Qaeda, the Islamist militant group led by bin Laden.
At least eight explosions later were heard from the US military base in Fallujah. And an anti-tank rocket was fired at an American convoy in the town of Khaldiyah, witnesses said.
"This is a first reaction after bin Laden's declaration," said witness Ahmed Suheil, 40.
In two "messages" to the Iraqi and American people aired by Qatar's Al-Jazeera television Saturday, a recorded voice claiming to be that of the al-Qaeda leader threatened to send suicide bombers to the US and to attack any forces joining the coalition in Iraq.
Bush, in Bangkok for a state visit and an Asian economic forum, said the recording reinforced his resolve for Washington's "war on terror."
"I think that the bin Laden tape should say to everybody, the war on terror goes on; that there's still a danger for free nations and that free nations need to work together more than ever to share intelligence, cut off money, and bring these potential killers, or killers to justice," he said.
But another specter emerged, as a letter purportedly from Saddam urged tribal leaders to launch holy war against "the hated invaders" and those who cooperate with them.
"I urge you to help your brothers in the resistance. Call the sons of your tribes to the jihad because the day of salvation is near," said the message, obtained by reporters.
"Your strikes, which they did not expect, hurt them. Their demons made them believe Iraq would be just a mouthful. To the contrary, it has been poison for them."
The letter, dated Oct. 9 and bearing Saddam's signature, was distributed Oct. 13 to about 20 people in Saddam's stronghold of Tikrit -- a flashpoint of anti-US violence -- according to people who called themselves "men of Saddam Hussein."


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2013 Paris-Camembert
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The peloton winds its way through the back roads of Normandy, 2005 Paris-Camembert.
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Info, links, photos and video below.
2013 edition
- Results: 2013 Paris-Camembert Results
- Once again no live TV coverage, even in France. Possible video highlights later today.
- 2013 teams and start list here.
- Official website is here.
2012 edition
- Video: Race finish and podium (French, 04:51)
- Results: 2012 Paris-Camembert Results
- No live TV coverage, even in France. Possible video highlights later today.
- Official website is here.
2011 edition
- No live TV coverage, even in France. But I hope to have some video later today.
- Endura Racing is providing live updates here.
- Official website is here. Start list here.
Just in: 2010 Results:
1. Sébastien Minard (Cofidis)
2. Maxime Méderel (BigMat)
3. Laurent Mangel (Saur-Sojasun)
The 71st edition of Paris-Camembert is today. On the start line: Casar, Geslin, Vaugrenard, Fedrigo, Vogondy, Lhotellerie, Dumoulin, Vanmarcke, Moreau, Dessel, Roche, Curvers et al.
There's something I really like about this race and I'm not sure what. It's not an important race internationally despite being around for decades (the first edition was in 1906, then it was not run again until 1934). Even in France, there will be no live coverage on television. It doesn't start in Paris and it doesn't finish in Camembert, though the race will travel through the tiny village by that name where the famous cheese originated, 14.5km from the finish. It's a tough, bumpy race that makes for good training for the Ardennes classics.
Each year, one can sample Camembert cheese at the race start.
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2003 Paris-Camembert: Camembert served with a smile.
Organizers also distribute official event posters to spectators who want them.
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No American has ever won this race but Andy Hampsten (1993) and Lance Armstrong (2000) both finished second. Winners include Bernard Hinault (1976), Joop Zoetemelk (1978), Laurent Fignon (1988), and Laurent Brochard (2001, 2003, 2005). Brochard is the only 3-time winner in the race's history. Alejandro Valverde won in 2008, using the race to prepare for the Ardennes classics, notably Liege-Bastogne-Liege which he also won, for the second time.
Paris-Camembert departs from the town of Magnanville and finishes in Vimoutiers.
-Pete Geyer
2010 Paris-Camembert Profile
Flashback: 2005 Paris-Camembert
In 2005, the peloton (photo at top) included Lance Armstrong and his Discovery Channel team, notably Tom Danielson, Benjamin Noval and Jason McCartney. And Sheryl Crow in the team car. Lots of media attention was assured.
2005 Paris-Camembert: Lance Armstrong signs in.
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It was at the 2005 edition of the race that Lance Armstrong announced.......that he would make an announcement later that month at the Tour de Georgia. French sports daily L'Equipe was furious, but made plans to send a reporter to Georgia. In Georgia, Armstrong announced that the 2005 Tour de France would be his last.
Armstrong finished the 2005 Paris-Camembert in 24th place, behind winner Laurent Brochard.
A few more photos from the 2005 Paris-Camembert:
2005 Paris-Camembert: Lance Armstrong responds to a French TV broadcaster
as he leads his Discovery Channel teammates onto the podium before the race.
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2005 Paris-Camembert: Armstrong is interviewed by Daniel Mangeas, the "voice of the Tour,"
in front of the crowd as Discovery Channel climbs the podium to sign in.
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2005 Paris-Camembert: You can tell by the looks on their faces that
pro riders just love to stand on the podium in front of the public...
From left to right: Armstrong, McCartney, Noval, Danielson, Hesjedal, Van Den Broeck, Beppu.
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Discovery Channel directeur sportif Sean Yates is interviewed by OLN TV.
Samuel Abt of the International Herald Tribune speaks with Sean Yates.
Lance Armstrong is interviewed by OLN TV.
Sandy Casar finished in third place in 2005.
American Saul Raisin signs an
autograph for a fan.
2005 Paris-Camembert: A breakaway group of three riders passes in front of a Normandy house.
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2005 Paris-Camembert: The three-man breakaway on one of the climbs.
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2005 Paris-Camembert: Eager to test his younger teammates, Lance Armstrong
has put Ryder Hesjedal, Benjamin Noval, and Tom Danielson on the front to chase
the breakaway. They are being auditioned for the Tour de France.
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2005 Paris-Camembert: The peloton chases the breakaway.
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Paris-Camembert Official Website
Race starts at: 11:15 CET (5:15am U.S. Eastern)
Expected finish: 16:18 CET-17:14 CET (10:18am-11:14am U.S. Eastern)
Live coverage: There is no live TV coverage
Eurosport France video from 2008 edition of Paris-Camembert here (09:23)