Tour De France

[KYTGuy]

& the Flying Lance!!!

The man is a legend in his own time.

 

[lini]

Yuck, sweating male cyclists. Who on earth would want to see that? Instead, I'd recommend yet another Tour de France - this one by Senor Coconut: http://theonenetwork.com/music_video...de_france.html

Grinnings from Hannover!

Manfred / lini

 

[daycart1]

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Originally Posted by KYTGuy & the Flying Lance!!! The man is a legend in his own time.

Amazing. He would have won the prologue had he not had an odd problem with his cleat.

 

[bundee1]

Hes as close to a hero as I have. The man is AMAZING!

 

[450]

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Originally Posted by daycart1 Amazing. He would have won the prologue had he not had an odd problem with his cleat.

What happened??

 

[daycart1]

Just as L.A. was leaving the starthouse his cleat popped out of his pedal. He did a good job of snapping it back in, but he surely lost at least the two seconds by which he lost the prologue.

 

[socrates63]

I don't follow cycling but what the man has done and is doing is beyond words. The accomplishments are amazing in and of themselves but to do them competing against the world's best at his age and performing at world-class level after cancer... simply amazing.

 

[djgustashaw]

Armstrong is truly amazing. I wasn't expecting much from him this year simply because he's getting older, and also because he admitted early in the calendar year to not having yet put much focus into his cycling. However, his prologue performace was staggering. Eddy Merckx predicted after Lance's third win that he would finish with seven yellow jersies... lets see if that happens

 

[Nightfall]

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Originally Posted by bundee1 Hes as close to a hero as I have. The man is AMAZING!

I strongly second this. The announcers acknowledged today that he is "simply the best bike racer who has ever lived". To have accomplished that, after once having been told he only had months to live after cancer had spread through his body............simply incredible.
His foundation and his unrelenting efforts at fund raising for cancer research are now close to hitting 100 million dollars. Now thats heroic!


JC

 

[Nightfall]

oh, and as for his performance today, it was tremendous. He is now up by a minute on all of his possible rivals, and that after ONE stage! Many Tour's have been won by far less than a minute.
He's incredible.



JC

 

[Nightfall]

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Originally Posted by daycart1 Just as L.A. was leaving the starthouse his cleat popped out of his pedal. He did a good job of snapping it back in, but he surely lost at least the two seconds by which he lost the prologue.

One of the announcers (possibly Bob Roll) later commented that Lance appeared to let up a little near the finish. His analysis was that Lance may well have intentionally done that to leave the yellow jersey to someone else.
He dosent need the hoopla, and everything that goes with that after one single stage. And also, he may have additionally wanted an amazing performance from a fellow American, in his FIRST Tour, to be left alone.


JC

 

[djgustashaw]

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He is now up by a minute on all of his possible rivals, and that after ONE stage!

Not even a stage, just the prologue! I can't believe how much time he put in over such a short course.

 

[hciman77]

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Originally Posted by Nightfall I strongly second this. The announcers acknowledged today that he is "simply the best bike racer who has ever lived". JC

Sorry, however remarkable LA's accomplishments are, and they are remarkable, that particular epithet would belong to Eddy Merckx.

Though 6 TDFs is pretty spectacular and , 7 would be a record to stand for a long long time

 

[saint.panda]

I can't believe Armstrong overtook Ullrich in the time trial. That must have been a hard and immensely demoralising slap in his face.

 

[virometal]

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Originally Posted by hciman77 that particular epithet would belong to Eddy Merckx.

Yes, indeed, Armstrong isn't even close. Here is a good opinion on the subject:

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200407/s1162272.htm

That doesn't mean Lance is an also ran. His dedication to the Tour is amazing. I have followed cycling's flag ship race since the Lemond era and Lance has by far provided the most thrills.

As for stage two, it was quite a nice beginning. Tom Booden once again showed he is the new king of sprint after out dueling Robbie McEwen.

And how about Thomas Voeckler grabbing the king of mountains jersey? Smart lad; you know he will get lost when the real climbs arrive, but like last year, he grabbed the torch early for his country and team. I dig that scrappy cat.