Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/21/10 - Rest Day

Of the 7 man group that escaped the peloton and finished ahead of everyone else on Stage 16, 3 of them were among the oldest men in the Tour de France. Christophe Moreau, Lance Armstrong, and Chris Horner were all born in 1971, but Moreau was born in April, making him the oldest at 39 and the oldest overall. Armstrong and Horner are still waiting for their 39th birthdays in September and October, respectively. There is one more man in the peloton born in 1971 who likes the breakaways, just not in the high mountains: Jens Voigt. He is only one day older than Lance Armstrong.