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Yeah, I know, a lot of people don't view cycling as a sport but I'm creating a thread anyways image

This will be Lance's last TdF, allegedly, for the second time. For those who are interested, Versus and Team Radio Shack has great coverage of the race.

Let the steroid accusations and spandex insults begin!

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  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,035 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Why would recycling be considered a sport? I mean all ya have to do is gather the bottles and the newspapers together for the collectors when they pickup the trash. There really isn't that much physical exertion involved in that.

    Oh sorry, it was cycling.....never mind.
  • TomiTomi Posts: 643 ✭✭✭
    Cycling is definitely a sport. Try going uphill for 1 minute and you wish you were rather getting tackled playing football.
    As far as Lance and steroids, just about all of his teammates admitted to taking them and I cannot see him being the only one to not take them.
    There was a ESPN report years ago where a camera crew tracked Armstrong's trainer's car in France as he left their training camp and followed the car about 100 miles out of town. The driver threw out a bag into a garbage can and the cameramen following him retrieved it.
    Filled with syringes when opened. It was a big story years ago and disappeared very fast.
    As far as cycling goes, tough and brutal marathon sport.
    As far as Lance goes, just cannot trust him being clean with everything that goes on in that sport.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>There was a ESPN report years ago where a camera crew tracked Armstrong's trainer's car in France as he left their training camp and followed the car about 100 miles out of town. The driver threw out a bag into a garbage can and the cameramen following him retrieved it. >>



    You're slightly off. ESPN reported accusations from the book "L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong". Lance sued, won several libel cases, was vindicated, and dropped the remaining lawsuits.

    BTW - Lance came in 4th for the Time Trials (TT), 5 seconds in front of Contador.

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  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    << <i>
    You're slightly off. ESPN reported accusations from the book "L.A. Confidential: The Secrets of Lance Armstrong". Lance sued, won several libel cases, was vindicated, and dropped the remaining lawsuits.
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    I think your over playing the hand a bit here. Lance dropped all cases vs. Walsh. The only thing he accomplished was preventing the book from being published printed in English. No publishers wanted the hassle over a small amount of book sales.

    I've read the book. It is similar Walsh's book "From Lance to Landis". Read them both.

    Don't confuse me for a LA hater, I hope he wins again and somehow leaves Contador crying on a mountain. I just don't subscribe to the idea that Lance could destroy his competition seven years running all while absorbing a major competitive disadvantage.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Don't confuse me for a LA hater, I hope he wins again and somehow leaves Contador crying on a mountain. I just don't subscribe to the idea that Lance could destroy his competition seven years running all while absorbing a major competitive disadvantage. >>



    Like any Houston team, I'll defend Lance regardless of my obvious Homerisms.

    The way I see it, if you beat testicular, lung, and brain cancer, at the same time, while losing a ball, you can take and do whatever you want.

    Having said that, Lance is probably/most likely the most tested cyclist in the world. He's 38, currently in 4th place in the TdF, after a major crash, taking a 3+ year retirement, and on a new team.

    Doesn't that say something about his previous accomplishments?

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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Podium girls

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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    I can't imagine anybody doesn't think this is a sport. They might not like it but it's obviously a sport. Most of the fatsos in our country couldn't even ride a hundred miles in a day let alone do it in a few hours. Being that I have ridden that much a few times in a day (and very slowly I might add) I can tell you it's a sport!
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Most of the fatsos in our country couldn't even ride a hundred miles in a day let alone do it in a few hours. >>



    Centuries are pretty tough. I'm doing one in two weeks and it will probably take me 6 hours, including rest stops.

    Good times.

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  • yawie99yawie99 Posts: 2,575 ✭✭✭
    I haven't cared about the Tour in ages, but would probably return if it followed the suggestion of the Freakonomics blog: just let 'em dope.
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  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Good stage win today by Cav.

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  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭
    Tough tour so far. Contador has shown a couple of signs of weakness, but I still think he will have the tour in the next set of mountains. Lance is out of it, hopefully he doesn't quit and can find a stage to win. That would be a huge achievement for the seven time champ.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Lance has some terrible luck but he's sticking with it. You would hope he pulls out at least one stage in his final TdF.

    Contador looked weak today, mostly sucking on Andy's wheel.
    So basically my kid won't be able to go to college, but at least I'll have a set where the three most expensive cards are of a player I despise ~ CDsNuts
  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Lance has some terrible luck but he's sticking with it. You would hope he pulls out at least one stage in his final TdF.

    Contador looked weak today, mostly sucking on Andy's wheel. >>



    I do hope Lance pulls out a stage, but I don't think you can attribute his crashes to luck. He was put on the limit in both the cobbles stage where he flatted and in stage 8 he should not have been so careless to let himself get clipped.

    Ouch.

    I give him a TON of credit for getting back up. He is the guy in the opening of the video clip skidding along at close to 40MPH.
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭
    Congrats to Sergio and Team Radio Shack for today's stage victory!

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  • sagardsagard Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭
    Tomorrow is the day that will decide the Tour. Schleck had some VERY careless riding to pretty much remove his best chance at winning the whole works, but I hope he can at least manage to win the stage tomorrow.
  • 72skywalker72skywalker Posts: 1,542 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I can't imagine anybody doesn't think this is a sport. They might not like it but it's obviously a sport. Most of the fatsos in our country couldn't even ride a hundred miles in a day let alone do it in a few hours. Being that I have ridden that much a few times in a day (and very slowly I might add) I can tell you it's a sport! >>



    Even if you gave some of those people a week they could not ride 100 miles. It is a sport. Now cheerleading on the otherhand...
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