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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, February 3, 1993                   TAG: 9302030102
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C7   EDITION: METRO 
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ETC.

A revamped route, the return of former winner Raul Alcala and the possibility that Greg LeMond might turn out to defend his title were announced by Tour Du Pont officials.

The fifth annual event, the country's largest multiday bicycle race, will be held May 6-16, beginning in Wilmington, Del., and ending in Greensboro, N.C. Alcala of Mexico, winner of the 1990 event, is expected to return as is sprinting specialist Eric Vanderaerden of Holland, who won three stages in 1989.

Race officials said LeMond, the three-time Tour de France champion, is reconsidering his choice to ride in the Tour of Italy.

The 11-day Tour Du Pont will progress 1,085 miles through Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and North Carolina, the race will not include any criterium stages. The uphill stage finish at Wintergreen, Va., has been replaced because the resort is undergoing renovation.

The course changes will result in several new stages, including the 150-mile Blacksburg, Va., to Beech Mountain, Va., ninth stage, the longest stage in race history.

The 1996 Olympics will cost $1.47 billion to stage and should bring in $1.59 billion, an increase from previous estimates on both ends, organizers of the Atlanta Games said.

Irina Privalova set a world indoor record in the 50-meter dash, clocking 6.05 seconds, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. The previous record was 6.11

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