http://www.tdf-tours.com/ In the build up to Spyns 2010 Tour de France trips, a recent poll shows that Lance Armstrong star continues to shine. Just 2 1/2 months from attempting to win his eighth Tour de France title, Armstrong is the most influential athlete in the United States, according to surveys by Encino, Calif.-based E-Poll Market Research. Spyns tours has experienced Armstrong's star power via double-digit growth in its 2010 Tour de France trips.
The firm measures 46 attributes of more than 5,000 celebrities, including influence, awareness and likability.More than half of all Americans know who Armstrong is, according to E-Poll data, more than Peyton Manning or LeBron James. Nearly a third consider him to be "influential," while 46 percent profess to "like him a lot." Talent is just a part of why the public would consider an athlete as "influential." The rest, according the research poll, "is drawn from endorsements and media attention, along with off-the-field image (cancer awareness work only helps, of course). In short, has the player raised interest in the sport he plays?"
"It means that people feel he's making an impact," said Gerry Philpott, E-Poll's chief executive.Notably missing from the list: Tiger Woods, whose scores placed him at or close to the top less than a year ago, according to Philpott. "No one can doubt Woods' enormous influence on golf over the years," Philpott said. "But the retreat of several of his sponsors in the wake of his personal problems has people naturally assuming that his influence is waning."People hear about Accenture, AT&T and others pulling out, and they figure he's just not as influential any more," Philpott says."
Armstrong on the other hand, seems untouchable. That is, unless you're Alberto Contador!
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