Tour de France Winner Spotted Outside Phoenix, Arizona

Tour de France Winner Spotted Outside Phoenix, Arizona

While on a road trip in February and holed up for the night in a campsite shared by equestrians, mountain bikers, hikers and motorcycle riders, Jimmy Mac On Two Wheels spotted who we feel was none other than the 1984 Tour de France winner, American Marianne Martin.

The encounter was brief and we only had seconds to grab a camera and shoot a few photos before the rider noticed the paparazzi and, with cat-like reflexes, changed directions to evade our camera. Guess she is used to stalker photographers.

You be the judge: Was it or wasn’t it? Does the Tour de France winner (who lives in Bolder, Colorado), winter in the Arizona desert? And why was there snow on the mountain? And isn’t that Jimmy Mac’s wife standing in the background?

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