Mr. Estes was almost a caricature of the big-talking, big-dreaming Texan.

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Cycling hadn't wanted to see Lance as anything other than the big, brash, bold Texan.

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Among Texan artists the big change, in Mr Auping's view, is that they have dropped the wildcatter mentality of a generation ago and abandoned any last trace of regional folksiness.

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