Eki Shuts It Down

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The oldest rider in the Tour de France, Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery
Channel), will retire in September, according to his team. The 40
year-old was able to bid fans on the Champs-Elysées farewell as the
Tour came into Paris on Sunday by riding ahead of the peloton and
waving to the crowd. In the final lap, he also tried an attack, but it
was unsuccessful. Ekimov finished his 15th Tour de France in 84th
position, but will be remembered in recent years for his superb work
for Lance Armstrong, who he helped to several of his Tour victories.

After retirement, Ekimov will take a role as a team director for
Discovery Channel next year.

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The oldest rider in the Tour de France, Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery
Channel), will retire in September, according to his team. The 40
year-old was able to bid fans on the Champs-Elysées farewell as the
Tour came into Paris on Sunday by riding ahead of the peloton and
waving to the crowd. In the final lap, he also tried an attack, but it
was unsuccessful. Ekimov finished his 15th Tour de France in 84th
position, but will be remembered in recent years for his superb work
for Lance Armstrong, who he helped to several of his Tour victories.

After retirement, Ekimov will take a role as a team director for
Discovery Channel next year.


Who inherits the title of Best Mullet In the Peleton?

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The oldest rider in the Tour de France, Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery
Channel), will retire in September, according to his team. The 40
year-old was able to bid fans on the Champs-Elysées farewell as the
Tour came into Paris on Sunday by riding ahead of the peloton and
waving to the crowd. In the final lap, he also tried an attack, but it
was unsuccessful. Ekimov finished his 15th Tour de France in 84th
position, but will be remembered in recent years for his superb work
for Lance Armstrong, who he helped to several of his Tour victories.

After retirement, Ekimov will take a role as a team director for
Discovery Channel next year.


Who inherits the title of Best Mullet In the Peleton?


The words 'best' and 'mullet' don't belong in the same sentence.

Fred

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The oldest rider in the Tour de France, Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery
Channel), will retire in September, according to his team. The 40
year-old was able to bid fans on the Champs-Elysées farewell as the
Tour came into Paris on Sunday by riding ahead of the peloton and
waving to the crowd. In the final lap, he also tried an attack, but it
was unsuccessful. Ekimov finished his 15th Tour de France in 84th
position, but will be remembered in recent years for his superb work
for Lance Armstrong, who he helped to several of his Tour victories.

After retirement, Ekimov will take a role as a team director for
Discovery Channel next year.

With nothing but the utmost respect for Slava, but "deja vu all over again".
Well done, awesome career.

Maybe not- He appears to have been happy with his 7th place in the last
chrono.

Ekimov décidera en août

Viatchelav Ekimov qui vient participer à son 15e Tour de France a d'ores et
déjà renoncé à s'aligner pour un 16e Tour et par là même égaler le record de
16 participations détenu par Joop Zoetemelk.
Par contre, ce ne sera que fin août qu'il décidera si oui ou non il poursuit
sa carrière cycliste d'une année supplémentaire.
A 40 ans, le coureur de Vyborg se dit las, mais sa 7e place au dernier
chrono du Tour pourrait le convaincre de prolonger son bail d'une année.
Source : Gara