Did anyoone else catch OLN's Tour de France preview show yesterday? At the end the guys all picked their top 3 for the race. ALL OF THEM HAD HINCAPIE UP THERE!!!!!!!!!
I think Landis gets the best drugs. I read his interview in Outside (a good interview btw), and one point they made was that he doubled his victory count from the last 4 years this year. Keeping in mind that the 3 races he won this year are the Tour of Cali, Paris-Nice, and the Dauphine Libere; he basically went from a typical domestique palmares to winning 3 mid-level tours.
I think Landis gets the best drugs. I read his interview in Outside (a good interview btw), and one point they made was that he doubled his victory count from the last 4 years this year. Keeping in mind that the 3 races he won this year are the Tour of Cali, Paris-Nice, and the Dauphine Libere; he basically went from a typical domestique palmares to winning 3 mid-level tours.
I think Landis gets the best drugs. I read his interview in Outside (a good interview btw), and one point they made was that he doubled his victory count from the last 4 years this year. Keeping in mind that the 3 races he won this year are the Tour of Cali, Paris-Nice, and the Dauphine Libere; he basically went from a typical domestique palmares to winning 3 mid-level tours.
He won the Tour de Georgia this year too didn't he? I like Floyd, but I've got a vibe about Levi doing well. We'll see. I still pick Basso to win the G.C..
I'm not a big follower of road cycling, and some of the recent stories I've seen in cycling news has really soured me on watching this year's Tour de France.
It basically seems like a sport where the big bucks, and high pressure from teams force or lure riders to cheat to compete (and win)- and to me that is just wrong.
Performance enhancers only work for cyclists, not to mention cycling is the only pro sport where enough money is involved to make it worhtwhile.
Cycling is just the only sport that really seems to make a real effort to clean things up. Other sports are more concerned with protecting their image than the integrity of the sport. I guarantee that the majority of NFL, NBA, and NHL players dope, those sports just don't go after their players that hard. NFL players get tested but never suprised tested. If all those cyclists can pass random tests while doping their asses off you know anyone can pass a scheduled one.
I had a very interesting conversation with a guy who used to be the starting quarterback for Eastern Carolina University. He said that 90% of his college team mates took steroids. Of course he denied it.
Levi won the Dauphine - that was the Tour of GA that Floyd won.
I didn't watch the tour of CA, but the tour of GA definitely didn't have the same caliber of competition- how often do you see "Team Jelly Belly" racing in a European classic?
Levi won the Dauphine - that was the Tour of GA that Floyd won.
I didn't watch the tour of CA, but the tour of GA definitely didn't have the same caliber of competition- how often do you see "Team Jelly Belly" racing in a European classic?
Tour of Cali was pretty serious comp: Levi, George, Simoni, Julich, Savodelli. It was an early season race, but considering Floyd smoked them at the Paris Nice as well, he was obviously ready for the early season.
I think Landis gets the best drugs. I read his interview in Outside (a good interview btw), and one point they made was that he doubled his victory count from the last 4 years this year. Keeping in mind that the 3 races he won this year are the Tour of Cali, Paris-Nice, and the Dauphine Libere; he basically went from a typical domestique palmares to winning 3 mid-level tours.
he went from being a domestique on a team where everyone of the domestiques could have easily been contenders on other teams. easily. lance hand picked all those guys so he knew he'd have the strongest team he could possibly have.
and physically there isn't a whole lot that seperates those "domestiques" from their GC boys. biggest thing is motivation or lack of.
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