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2004 TOUR DE FRANCE
Chris Carmichael
About Chris Carmichael
Chris Carmichael is the coach for five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and the founder and chairman of Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. He's also a cycling coach for three-time Olympian George Hincapie, former World Champion Dede Demet-Barry, 2000 Olympian Dylan Casey, 2000 Paralympian Ron Williams, and a host of other elite cyclists. In addition to training world-class athletes, Carmichael devotes his time to educating coaches in economically disadvantaged countries.
Carmichael was inducted into the U.S. Bicycle Hall of Fame in May of 2003, and has been honored as the U.S. Olympic Cycling Team's Coach of the Year (1999). Athletes under his direction have won 33 Olympic, World Championship, and Pan American Games medals. In 1997, he joined the Union Cycliste Internationale (the international governing body for cycling headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland) as Olympic Solidarity Coaching Instructor. Carmichael was a member of the U.S. National Cycling Team from 1978 to1984, rode in the 1984 Olympics, and was part of the first American team to ride in the Tour de France in 1986.
Chris Carmichael's
Chris Carmichael is the coach for five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, and the founder and chairman of Carmichael Training Systems, Inc. He's also a cycling coach for three-time Olympian George Hincapie, former World Champion Dede Demet-Barry, 2000 Olympian Dylan Casey, 2000 Paralympian Ron Williams, and a host of other elite cyclists. In addition to training world-class athletes, Carmichael devotes his time to educating coaches in economically disadvantaged countries.
