Is Lance riding clean(er)?

[onefastgear]

I think the guy is quoting John Belushi's character "Bluto" Blutarsky from the film "Animal House".

Ahh, Animal House - Directed by Mr Landis. (Well, John Landis).

 

[Cobblestones]

that is as funny a tweet as i have ever seen.. not only delusional but historically wrong as well.. wow..

From the guy's profile:

He should raise awareness about the German invasion of Pearl Harbour. I'd never even heard of it.

Forget it, he's rolling.

 

[BroDeal]

http://twitter.com/BlushingEagle/statuses/18315496454

@lancearmstrong - Was it over when the German's bombed Pearl Harbor?!

That was too good to keep lurking for.

Picked up by an FBI bug on the Radio Shack team bus:

Bruyneel: What the fcuk happened to the Radio Shack I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest Tour of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Johann, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Contador, he's a dead man! Schleck, dead! Evans...

Armstrong: Dead! JB's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional dope. That could take years and cost millions of dollars. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Levi: We're just the guys to do it.

Horner: Let's do it.

 

[Lady Luck]

I watched & heard Eurosport broadcasting & what you're claiming is false.
Harmon actually hesitated many times to call in what was evident on the screen when armstrong was literally giving up- but even more- Harmon himself picked up on the "evident discomfort" body expressions of LA prior to the Col de Ramaz..... you can always get the video, which confirms what i'm writing....

I hate you for making me go through it again.

On the English Eurosport feed he wasn't commentating on it live as the guys from the studio were talking over the top of live pictures. They went to his commentary a few moments later and he explained what happened again. At 176.1kms to go he specifically lists all the riders that "went down". He said "Armstrong went down". If you have sky plus it's at 59 minutes into the programme, 314 minutes to go.

I'm not saying he is right, but that's what he said.

Thank you.

 

[Race Radio]

typical thread answered by incredibly stupid comments. you lot are a sad bunch of losers.

I can understand why you think Lady Luck is a loser but don't worry he will be banned soon, just as his previous 80 usernames have been banned.

His issue make you almost feel sorry for him but I can understand why he could bring out the loser comment, for him it is an apt description.

 

[Race Radio]

I think the guy is quoting John Belushi's character "Bluto" Blutarsky from the film "Animal House".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8lT1o0sDwI

Prepare to be inspired.

 

[sartain]

Picked up by an FBI bug on the Radio Shack team bus:

Bruyneel: What the fcuk happened to the Radio Shack I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest Tour of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Johann, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Contador, he's a dead man! Schleck, dead! Evans...

Armstrong: Dead! JB's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional dope. That could take years and cost millions of dollars. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Levi: We're just the guys to do it.

Horner: Let's do it.

Try these links, way better comic, but sad, relief.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankiedelPonte#p/

 

[Le breton]

Congratulations. Doesnt that mean that at 50 you climbed it faster than la did today?

Yes, looking back I realize I did well that day, I was racing like a man possessed, yelling at others to do some of the work .
But, at age 40 or so Jeannie Longo climbed it in 40:01Usually the winner's time is around 38:00-40:00.

 

[Animal]

Try these links, way better comic, but sad, relief.

http://www.youtube.com/user/FrankiedelPonte#p/

HEEEEEHA!

Funniest thing I heard in ages!

 

[McLovin]

ok..it's going to sound crazy but it;s true...i just found out from a source that yesterday morning Landis bet all his money he got from fans on Armstrong not having a gap bigger than 10 minutes on this stage. i'm just...wow.

 

[Anonymous]

ok..it's going to sound crazy but it;s true...i just found out from a source that yesterday morning Landis bet all his money he got from fans on Armstrong not having a gap bigger than 10 minutes on this stage. i'm just...wow.

true? a source? crazy?

You will be telling us next man landed on the moon..

 

[Black-Balled]

Or he'll top off tomorrow, get the leeway to get in a break on Tuesday, then win the stage and eventually take yellow.

Go Floyd!!!!!!!!!

 

[R.0.t.O]

ok..it's going to sound crazy but it;s true...i just found out from a source that yesterday morning landis bet all his money he got from fans on armstrong not having a gap bigger than 10 minutes on this stage. I'm just...wow.

lolz .

 

[Oldman]

I think he has to continue. He's spent too much time dedicating rides to cancer victims/survivors and urging them not to quit to back out now. Besides, this was never about personal triumph but to raise awareness, right?

Except that he will lose huge amounts of time each mountain and TT day without the benefit of gasssing up. How will that look in the Grand scheme of things? There is some jeopardy of exposing this "legacy" by staying in longer and presumably clean. I'm admittedly cynical on this subject and think he can cash his checks by staying a couple of more days but can't handle not being a topic of interest. Even Phil and Paul will wonder why they are tracking the 4th group on the second climb of the day...

 

[Anonymous]

Picked up by an FBI bug on the Radio Shack team bus:

Bruyneel: What the fcuk happened to the Radio Shack I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? This could be the greatest Tour of our lives, but you're gonna let it be the worst. "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Johann, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Contador, he's a dead man! Schleck, dead! Evans...

Armstrong: Dead! JB's right. Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards. Now we could do it with conventional dope. That could take years and cost millions of dollars. No, I think we have to go all out. I think that this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody's part.

Levi: We're just the guys to do it.

Horner: Let's do it.

I think Horner's like would have been more along the lines of:

Horner: "Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! And it ain't over now. 'Cause when the goin' gets tough... [thinks hard] the tough get goin'! Who's with me? Let's go! [runs out, alone; then returns] What the fuck happened to the Radio Shack I used to know? Where's the spirit? Where's the guts, huh? "Ooh, we're afraid to go with you Chris, we might get in trouble." Well just kiss my ass from now on! Not me! I'm not gonna take this. Contador, he's a dead man! Schleck, dead! Evans -

Levi: Dead!

 

[Big Doopie]

Except that he will lose huge amounts of time each mountain and TT day without the benefit of gasssing up. How will that look in the Grand scheme of things? There is some jeopardy of exposing this "legacy" by staying in longer and presumably clean. I'm admittedly cynical on this subject and think he can cash his checks by staying a couple of more days but can't handle not being a topic of interest. Even Phil and Paul will wonder why they are tracking the 4th group on the second climb of the day...

yes. +1.

without getting a fill up, he will be pack fodder. maybe worse. forget about winning a stage. if he doesn't refill he will abandon. without a doubt.

side note: pretty sobering to hear all the praise coming from all the riders today. either they are all dopers or they're terrified that if they don't praise him their names will be mentioned in a quick call to mcquaid and they will be the next hamilton, heras, landis...

 

[FoxxyBrown1111]

I go with the obvious. He´s finished. He´ll be 25 mins down in todays stage, like he used to in his normal days, and then will quit as Lemond predicted before the tour.

Then he´ll anounce another comeback for 2011, but he won´t make it, because he´s to spent his time in courtroom.

In the end, he may will even end up like Pantani. And the fanboys will go to his yearly anniversary death-day...

 

[flicker]

Crashes or no crashes, he looked washed up and it's likely he would have been shelled off the back anyway. At best he could have finished in the group with Wiggins. Possibly where LL Sanchez or Vino were, some 3:00 back. Equally possibly, back with Casar, Garate and others 6 minutes back.

Keep in mind his best asset last year was that he was on a very powerful team that won the TTT, and his teammate didn't attack him, instead helping him finish on the podium. I expect LA to lose more time on Tuesday, and more in the Pyranees. Not 12 minutes, but 3-4 on most mountain stages. Maybe 7+ on one, and he may get in a break, but that's it.

Agree that he's riding cleaner, everyone is. He probably came to the Tour supercharged. But it would be an enormous risk to refill during the Tour in France, and if he was willing to consider it before, it isn't likely to happen now.

Do you think the contenders started going harder when they knew Lance was off the back?

 

[Animal]

Do you think the contenders started going harder when they knew Lance was off the back?

They seemed to be going full gas anyway.

But cranking it up when a rival is in trouble would be entirely normal. Perfectly OK if the droppee just couldn't ride, and if he's off the back because of a crash, well... karma... Passage du Gois.

 

[R.0.t.O]

They seemed to be going full gas anyway.

But cranking it up when a rival is in trouble would be entirely normal. Perfectly OK if the droppee just couldn't ride, and if he's off the back because of a crash, well... karma... Passage du Gois.

They seemed to wait (at least the bunch was right across the road) while he crawled back from the (2nd) crash. Once they were on the Ramaz the gas was on full right from the start - Sky were driving it for reasons best known to themselves, then Astana picked up a little later. But that's normal. To be fair, Armstrong was only about a minute back at the summit of the Ramaz despite looking like death so they can't have been going 100% up front.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Looks like he had a refill of Chateau Ferrari 2001 vintage yesterday

 

[Lajeretta4Ever]

Looks like he had a refill of Chateau Ferrari 2001 vintage yesterday

Watching today's spectacle, kind of reminds me of the Cash for Clunkers program. You can guess who is the cash and who is the clunker.

 

[Oldman]

Watching today's spectacle, kind of reminds me of the Cash for Clunkers program. You can guess who is the cash and who is the clunker.

That's not respectful. But I'll leave the defense to folks better equipped...where is that rascal lancewillwin8? Haven't heard from him for a couple of days.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Watching today's spectacle, kind of reminds me of the Cash for Clunkers program. You can guess who is the cash and who is the clunker.

Trade in your used 1971 Dodgy Texan for a smaller 1973 Montana Midget? The only problem is that both require special fuel from Italy to run.

 

[Oldman]

Trade in your used 1971 Dodgy Texan for a smaller 1973 Montana Midget? The only problem is that both require special fuel from Italy to run.

And an Italian mechanic with a French first name. Talk about confusing to operate...