anonymous coward wrote:
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 03:07:49 +1000, dannyfrankszzz wrote:


I was just wondering about this. How come there are no riders in the
Tour de France who are from a non-European ethnic background?

I thought that there were Japanese riders and some other Asian riders
who could make the cut.

Just wondering......

Wasn't there a Kenyan cycling team that got pulled over on the
motorway here a while ago - they were only doing 45mph which was
considered dangerously slow.

C4 was showing the Tour of Lang(a?)kawi a while ago, and there were
many Asian riders there.

AC

Probably the best known Asian rider is Wong Kam PO (Hong Kong ) who has
been quite successful on the track as well as on the road in such races as
the Tour De Langkawi.
There was a plan this year to send young Malaysian riders to Europe to gain
experience.

Jan