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- tkmeister0
yeah, JazX, i just got 55 shares just around $1000.
i can put more but... what do you think?
- fusion410
I respect him but wish someone would beat him. I’m just sick of the OLN collective Lance circle jerk.
I wish someone would take Al Trautwig and throw him off an alpine cliff.
- brozilla0
EPO LANCE!
I kid.
- ********0
I'm not sure who the f*ck his competitors are but they can kiss it goodbye. Fight for second gents, cause he just one again in the mountains.
Grueling! He kills!
- piperboytoy0
I really can't stand him anymore. I hope he fails his drug test, that would make my day.
- ********0
im workin on wearyellow right NOW
- brtman0
this weekend will be decisive, two very interesting trips in the pyrenees. will be watching it all weekend.
LA will crush the competition, but rasmussen will be able to keep up.
he is superior, definitely took the sport to a higher level.
- ********0
Not sure if it matters now. LA can just pretty much coast. Obviously, his strategy works.
- tkmeister0
he is sticking to his strategy and will win unless he get into an accident which is not very likely with his teammate protecting him.
today was really exciting, the last sprint was pretty amazing.
- tkmeister0
though Cadel Evans didn't win today, he made an amazing effort to lead.
he rode wearing black tape on his sleeve today, in memory of Amy Gillett, who was hit by a car while training with the women’s team in Germany.
- ********0
it's over. 7 straight, love him or hate him, he's amazing, especially since he had cancer all over his entire body.
- tkmeister0
Lance's setting the record straight by winning the stage 20, time trial. 22nd stage win. Amazing race.
- brtman0
outstanding performance. didn't make the mistake the other big winners made: riding one too many Tour.
Rasmussen deserved better, must have been the pressure.
- tkmeister0
yeah, it's very unfortunate for Rasmussen. Now the general classification is exactly what Lance said to a reporter a few days ago. Lance, Basso 2nd, Jan 3rd.
- ********0
Four minutes, forty seconds. That's the lead Lance Armstrong takes into the final stage of his Tour de France farewell party. Barring disaster, he'll toast Paris a seventh time.
- Timson0
I don't get people being all into lance winning the tour. He made it the most boring event of the last seven years.
Allways relying on teammates, never taking anymore risks himself the last three years.
He did win it the seventh time now but it's definately without any glance.Go Jan!
- version30
I think it's weird noone noted the facts about lance;s abilities
i honestly think that all of the usps funding and nike/gatorade training, engineering and research all help make him the man he is. he is paid to train and all of his sponsors pour dollar after dollar into him as an investment
from year 5 - 6 hey developed over 10 bikes specifically for him years 6- 7 he had suits, helmets and shoes developed to be the most aerodynamic for his riding style
his bike weighs less than a horseshoe. the helmet molded to his skull and back. shoes like another layer of skin
his competition doesnt have the edge that hes been given
- ********0
v3, fafaik there's a miminum weight rules for bikes in the Tour.
secondly, Lance (i have not been reading all the responses but..) has always been training as a non-pro with very simple methods and material compared to pro's. he would fix his own bike when practicising on the dangerous roads of Texas and he would feed himself with one Mars bar and a Coke every hour!
the way i admire Lance is the fact that he dares to make a statement (ie. i WILL win) and then needs to make that come true.
he has a huge level of concentration when he is on his bike, even more so then most other competitors..
- brtman0
those are the things that LA contributed to the sport: a professional, dedicated attitude towards it.
the main factor he won the tour 7 times is because he adjusts his training schedule to peak at the right moment.
other cyclists can not afford that. they need to ride courses all the year through, just to make a living. this is no millionaire sport, if you win a tour stage, you get like a couple of thousand euro or so.
the fact that LA has sponsors that allow him to only ride the tour give him the edge.
- ********0
I don't get people being all into lance winning the tour. He made it the most boring event of the last seven years.
Allways relying on teammates, never taking anymore risks himself the last three years.
He did win it the seventh time now but it's definately without any glance.Go Jan!
Timson
(Jul 24 05, 00:56)Yo! Blame the Tour, not Lance.
If you can win like this he wins by the rules, and it is not that easy to maintain this position without winning any stage.
the main objective is: winning the Tour.
That's what he is doing.
btw. Lance is really not the only one relying on his teammates. It's strategy and it has been going on like this forever in the Tour.
Go Lance!
;D