But he was also a superb rider, winning a remarkable 191 races, including a record 42 stages in the Giro d'Italia, and he has lost nothing of his natural self-confidence and penchant for the sound-bite.
Technological progress, and (it should follow) increasing global integration, are in some ways natural and self-fuelling processes, depending chiefly on human ingenuity and ambition: it would be hard (though, as history shows, not impossible) to call a halt to innovation.
With this method, Volkswagen easily outpaces the No. 2 automaker on the list, Toyota, which is recovering from a series of natural disasters and self-inflicted wounds, and No. 6 GM.
He also said there was no resolution so far of the basic contradiction between the two sides: the Azeris demand that its territorial integrity be maintained, and the Armenian demand that Armenians in Karabakh had a natural right to self-determination.
Each morning I would try to change my natural tendency by exerting self-control.
Grown in a petri dish, the synthetic bacterium looks almost identical to the natural version and can similarly self-replicate.
Observe your child: Is she a natural saver who is great at self-regulating?
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Without the process the U.S. would go from being self-sufficient in natural gas to depending on shipments of LNG from the likes of Qatar.
Those with RLC have a natural tendency to focus on the self-interest of others, and how it can be satisfied to make a better trade for all.
First, fracking made the U.S. self-sufficient in natural gas.
Private sector entrepreneurs and corporations, working in their own financial self-interest, discovered the natural gas and developed the technologies to recover it in an economically productive manner.
His own rootless childhood had made him extremely self-sufficient, and his natural confidence - some would say arrogance - has made him very sure about his own abilities and opinions.
Self-driving cars are a natural extension of this development.
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Dr Venter's was the real McCoy: when he put the viral DNA into host cells they started to spit out new viruses just as self-destructively as cells infected with the natural Phi-X174.
The oil find, along with a nearby natural gas discovery, has analysts contemplating the idea of an energy self-sufficient or even energy exporting Israeli state.
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As The Shins' lineup changes and the band switches to a new label, it's only natural that Mercer would want to try something new, and Broken Bells' self-titled debut feels like a fresh start.
In the last six months there have been natural disasters of epic proportion, but the worst disasters are man-made and causing self inflicted wounds.
Grasp Lab team leader, Dr Vijay Kumar, believes such autonomous, self-learning UAVs could be used to search buildings for signs of life after natural disasters, for example, or check for chemical or radiation leaks.
We face competition from some of the most vibrant economies in the world, we have no hinterland or natural resources of our own to fall back on, and our future depends on being a dynamic and self-reliant people who strive our utmost to excel and create wealth for ourselves, our families and our society.
It turned out to be partly a self-help book, partly a management manual, and partly a treatise on the principles of natural selection as they apply to business.
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