what are the difference between the obstacles armstrong faced as a boy and the one he encountered as an adult?
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Pedaling strong through the Pyrenees Mountains at remarkable speed, Lance Armstrong approached the tenth stage of the Tour de France. Beginning at an elevation of thirty-three feet above sea level, Armstrong was in sixteenth position with five minutes and fifty-four seconds separating him and the leader. For many this would be an insurmountable amount of time to makeup, especially on a stage containing such a grueling and exhausting climb, but Armstrong saw it as an opportunity to put his great mountain-climbing skills to work (Stein 60). Pacing himself through the majority of the stage, he remained well behind the leader. Then it happened; he reached the horrendous Mount Hautacam, and began his "eight-mile sprint through the rain and up…show more content…
The most grueling climb in Stage 10, Mount Hautacam, was ranked "hors de categorie," meaning the ascent to the top is so steep it cannot be appointed a specific number (Thomsen 42). It is "the Tour's way of saying, You [sic] don't want to know"