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Tour DuPont
The Tour DuPont was a cycling race in the United States held 1991–1996. It was an effort to create a North American cycling event that would be at least somewhat analgous to the Tour de France. It was sponsored DuPont. As the entire United States would prove to be too large of an area over which to conduct the event, it was held in the Middle Atlantic states, including areas near DuPont's Wilmington, Delaware headquarters.
The event attracted some high-level competitors, notably Lance Armstrong and Greg LeMond, but never received much attention outside the cycling community and DuPont dropped its sponsorship.
The Tour DuPont continued the Tour de Trump 1989–1990 which was sponsored by Donald Trump.
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