Armstrong warns rivals he will be ready for Tour: http://sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=reu-armstrongdc&prov=reuters&type=lgns
Armstrong warns rivals he will be ready for Tour
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When will they learn. Same thing every year. Lance peaks at the TdF. It's what he does.
Arguably the most successful and uncopied strategy in professional sport.El Jefe said:
For the sake of keeping things interesting I hope that Basso's performance in the giro is not a fortelling of his performance in the TdF.
Before the giro I thought Basso might be Lance's only legit threat, but now I'm not so sure.
Before the giro I thought Basso might be Lance's only legit threat, but now I'm not so sure.
What is your thinking behind this? I thought Basso did not contend because of stomach issues, he was riding strong until puking his brains out for a stage. Was he too strong at the Giro? For a peak at Le Tour he certainly would not have to have been all that strong during the Giro, Lance wouldn't either try nor could contend at the Giro if he was concentrating on the Tour.Damn True said:
Either way Basso is a class act and I would love to see him win.
you speaka engrish?stosh said:
Westy said:
I dig him too, and I hope he is in shape to contend. I think that if Basso and Lance remain healthy and their respective teams stay intact that he is Lance's only real threat. But I would prefer another victory for Lance.
ullrich needs to go away Vino for #1!!!!
I like Basso for all the reasons I'm not the biggest Lance fan. The dude is a humble and classy competitor, he just lets his performance do the talking.Damn True said:
My prediction? Pain
You don't see Ullrich, Kloden, Vino, Floyd, Levi, or someone from the spanish armada as real threats? Plus, I believe Basso was peaking for the Giro this year. Bjarne Riis wanted him to get a giro win under his bent before making a run for the TdF. It was just unfortunate that he came down with a stomach virus. I see him being an animatior of the tour, but not a threat for the overall.Damn True said:
Westy said:
Haha, now now. What I'm saying is that while other riders train to peak at TdF, they also have other races on which they focus a bit more attention than does Lance.
While all of those guys are fantastic riders, I don't think any of them have a strong enough team to handle Discovery/Lance.
So will Lance sweep the field again this year?
Or should he have hung up his lycra after last year because he is gonna have the smackdown given to him?
Or should he have hung up his lycra after last year because he is gonna have the smackdown given to him?
I like Lance but I'd like to see someone else win this year...
if mobile would support 'A' rider (vino) they could possible beat him. Their triple threat strategy sucks.Damn True said:
I say he should just kill himself before the TdF, to avoid the agonized life of the athlete whose fame dies before he does! Actually, I have to admit, I kind of got the idea from A.E. Houseman:N8 said:
To An Athlete Dying Young
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the marketplace;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high.
Today the road all runners come,
Shoulder-high we bring you home,
And set you at your threshold down,
Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early through the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears.
Now you will not swell the rout
Of lads that wore their honors out,
Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man.
So set before its echoes fade,
The fleet foot on the sill of shade,
And hold to the low lintel up
The still defended challenge cup.
And round that early-laureled head
Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead,
And find unwithered on its curls
The garland briefer than a girls.
Why would any other outcome other than the one from the last 6 years be expected?
One challenger will most likely step up but eventually that person will crack on one of the climbs or give it away in a time trial.
One challenger will most likely step up but eventually that person will crack on one of the climbs or give it away in a time trial.
maybe somebody has found the secret to lances success?DRB said:
I couldn't have said it better myself.luken8r said:My prediction? Pain
I think they split up!!! Great pic/w nipple showing... A+stinkyboy said:
