Did slade smiley train for the tour de France?

Answer 1

No. In order to compete in the Tour de France, one has to be a member of a professional cycling team, and there is no record of a "Slade Smiley".

Moreover, the only American-based team in the 1993 Tour de France was Motorola. As you can see, Mr. Smiley was not on the team's official roster: It would thus appear that he not only did not actually ride the Tour de France but was in fact not even a member of a UCI professional cycling team at any point in time.

Answer 2

No. In order to compete in the Tour de France, one has to be a member of a professional cycling team, and there is no record of a "Slade Smiley".

Moreover, the only American-based team in the 1993 Tour de France was Motorola. As you can see, Mr. Smiley was not on the team's official roster: It would thus appear that he not only did not actually ride the Tour de France but was in fact not even a member of a UCI professional cycling team at any point in time.

There are however records showing as of January 2014, Slade Smiley is presently ranked as a category 1 professional cyclist. In 1993, records show he was being coached by Chris Carmichael, the coach of imfamous and 7 times Tour De France winner Lance Armstrong. Sources indicated Carmichael was coaching several members of the 1993 Motorola Team at the time. Slade Smiley did attend the 1993 Tour De France with Carmichael, but it appears he was there taking part in a team development training camp.

USOTC (U.S. Olympic Training Center) records in Denver Colorado also show Slade Smiley was living on the campus and training with the US National Cycling team the same year he graduated from high school.

Answer 3

No. There were only 3 Americans in the 1993 tour . Andy Hampsten, Lance Armstrong, and Frankie Andreu,.