The squad met at Cardiff Castle at the beginning of last summer to discuss how they could continue to progress. All the bowlers and three batsmen Cook, Trott and Pietersen were regarded as having attained worldclass status after the Ashes, but others were lagging behind. By the end of last summer, during which the bowlers continued to reign supreme, England had four batsmen (now including Ian Bell) in the world top 10, two genuine allrounders (Broad and Tim Bresnan), plus Matt Prior, who had the best batting average of any England wicketkeeper.Lance Armstrong competes in a sport whose "main event" (the Tour de France) is the biking equivalent of running a marathon on steep hills each day for three weeks. His workout routine is RIDICULOUS! After taking a couple of years "off" (and I use that term VERY loosely) to focus on his charitable work, he returned to the Tour in 2009. When he's racing, Lance is a silent assassin.

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