Oscar is fighting hard but Floyd has about 50 seconds on the Mellow Johnny. :trophy_br :trophy_br
Besides being de rigeur to attack on the ride into Paris, no matter how strong a rider is, no one could break away from the peleton on a flat stage. It is guaranteed at least 3 teams would chase down Sastre/Kloden or anyone else, and while Landis was able to be superhuman on a climbing stage, no one could hold off 20 guys taking turns at 35mph.LordOpie said:isn't tomorrow a flat stage? I think it's very difficult to attack on a flat stage which is why TTs and mt. stages are where the race is won.
Well, surprisingly the day after Floyd's stage 17 ride L' Equipe's headline read "The ride of the Century." The frenchies aren't all badbinary visions said:Wow... that's unbelievable. Floyd is the man! The Frenchies must be pissed that Armstrong is finally gone and another American steps into his place
Didn't Hinault do that once?sanjuro said:Besides being de rigeur to attack on the ride into Paris, no matter how strong a rider is, no one could break away from the peleton on a flat stage. It is guaranteed at least 3 teams would chase down Sastre/Kloden or anyone else, and while Landis was able to be superhuman on a climbing stage, no one could hold off 20 guys taking turns at 35mph.
Funny thing is you don't see (yet) the French press accusing Floyd of doping because a 'merican won thier race. Hmmmm.binary visions said:Wow... that's unbelievable. Floyd is the man! The Frenchies must be pissed that Armstrong is finally gone and another American steps into his place
I don't think I'll wager any large sums of money on their ability to withhold doping accusations... but it would be nice if they did.Westy said:Funny thing is you don't see (yet) the French press accusing Floyd of doping because a 'merican won thier race. Hmmmm.
but wasn't one of the motivating factors for Floyd a french newspaper headline of "Landis Out" (in english, mind you), after the stage he bonked?MtnbikeMike said:Well, surprisingly the day after Floyd's stage 17 ride L' Equipe's headline read "The ride of the Century." The frenchies aren't all bad
I thought he threw a bottle at someone, awesome. But boy did he get swarmed and still looked like he was still pumped from riding. At least he didn't headbut anyone.the Inbred said:his comeback was unreal...and i gotta say, that's the first time i've ever thought about someone doping.
and i'm surprised the media hasn't jumped on him yet for throwing a bottle at someone when the media swarmed him.
That was part of the plannarlus said:but wasn't one of the motivating factors for Floyd a french newspaper headline of "Landis Out" (in english, mind you), after the stage he bonked?
hey floyd - :trophy_br :trophy_br :trophy_br
Westy said:I thought he threw a bottle at someone, awesome. But boy did he get swarmed and still looked like he was still pumped from riding. At least he didn't headbut anyone.