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Lance Armstrong Just Finished Third (By About 5 Minutes)in the 2009

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Lance Armstrong just finished third (by about 5 minutes) in the 2009 Tour de France cycling race.This was an incredible feat for the 37-year-old father of 4.First and second-place winners,Alberto Contador (age 27) and Andy Schleck (age 24) ,respectively,have no children.Which of these three men shows the greatest evolutionary fitness?


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E1 Reactions

A type of unimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction where the rate-determining step involves the loss of a leaving group to form a carbocation intermediate.

Alkyl Halides

Organic compounds containing a halogen atom (chlorine, bromine, fluorine, or iodine) bonded to an alkyl group.

Rearrangements

A type of chemical reaction in which the structure of a molecule is rearranged to form a new structure.

Rate

A measure of how fast or slow a chemical reaction occurs.

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