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Lance Armstrong tweeted today that he will be participating in Cape Town South Africa’s Cape Argus Cycle Tour on March 14th.  The 109 km event is billed as “the world’s largest individually timed cycle race” with around 40,000 participants.

Armstrong said his RadioShack teammate Daryl Impey of South Africa will be joining him.  South African Robbie Hunter who is now a member of The Garmin-Transitions has won the race on two occasions, but it is not known if he will participate this year.

Lance will be racking up some serious miles on him private jet this season after already racing the Tour Down Under in Australia.

Bloomberg BusinessWeek has named Lance Armstrong 10th in their annual Power 100 list of top athletes.  This is not the list of athletes with the biggest muscles or most endurance, but the athletes most sought after by companies to endorse their products. These are athlete with the most income potential as pitchmen.

I’m not sure Bloomberg is a big follower of pro cycling because they describe it as an individual sport.

The easiest route to a high ranking is competing in individual sports. While the NBA and NFL occupy the lion’s share of the rankings — with 22 and 21 players respectively — seven of the 20 most powerful athletes, and 34 of the Power 100, such as Woods, swimmer Michael Phelps, cyclist Lance Armstrong and tennis player Rafael Nadal, avoided sharing glory or camera time with teammates.

I’m not sure how Levi Leipheimer and the rest of Team RadioShack feels about their nonexistence as teammates, although it is true that Lance kinda dominates the cycling media coverage.

Here is the top 20 of the Bloomberg List:

1. Tiger Woods, Golf
2. LeBron James, Basketball
3. Phil Mickelson, Golf
4. Albert Pujols, Baseball
5. Peyton Manning, Football
6. Dwyane Wade, Basketball
7. Michael Phelps, Swimming
8. Adrian Peterson, Football
9. Shaquille O’Neal, Basketball
10. Lance Armstrong, Cycling
11. Rafael Nadal, Tennis
12. Kobe Bryant, Basketball
13. Larry Fitzgerald, Football
14. Ryan Howard, Baseball
15. Brett Favre, Football
16. Serena Williams, Tennis
17. Roger Federer, Tennis
18. Eli Manning, Football
19. Joe Mauer, Baseball
20. Tim Duncan, Basketball