Lance's Twit: how ironic

[Bagster]

If he wanted to make Alberto happy, all Lance needed to do was give him his friendship. Clearly AC could not function without some affection. You could see him devastated at the top of the podium today. That would have been a much better gift than the tour.

Whats really concerning me is that I have a sneaking suspicion that you actually believe the crap you write

 

[fulcrum]

Whats really concerning me is that I have a sneaking suspicion that you actually believe the crap you write

Sarcasm: A form of humor that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Saying something that is opposite of what is intended to be meant.

 

[auscyclefan94]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

 

[TRDean]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

I beg to differ....lance is a ***. The media includes Twitter and all his preteen games that he plays. If you are relying on the english speaking media to make your judgements about Contador then that may be the problem. How is he immature in his dealing with the press...or his riding for that matter...he just won the Tour? If anyone is immature it is lance...he who is closing in on 40 but still likes to hang out with the Olson twins!!! Yea real mature...

 

[TRDean]

I find it funny that in LAs twit he says he was with the greatest champion of all time EM...but didn't a book just get published naming him the greatest of all time? LA is a **** bomb!

 

[Escarabajo]

What... I don't get any bonus points for this one? "The little gardener from Fusagasuga" anybody? Am I alone here?

Correct.
You get to pat your self on your back and a lollypup.

 

[M Sport]

I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

Surely you cannot be fkn serious - John McEnroe

 

[scribe]

I can see the pain and grief in Contador's face....

 

[Publicus]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

LOL. I think you have that a$$ backwards. He played the media circus perfectly, being magnanimous with his words at all times. The same could not be said for Armstrong, with his passive aggressive assault beginning just before the Tour.

And yes Contador has a lot to learn on the road. Like how to lose a grand tour.

 

[Publicus]

I can see the pain and grief in Contador's face....

Lance farted right before the picture was taken.

 

[Cobber]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

Not sure if I would define Lance's handling of the press as classy, but rather manipulative genius. Not sure about Europe, but on this side of the pond he has the media (and some members of this forum ) drooling over every word. When you hear him talking about how Contador is not a team player, and saying "no comment" when asked questions about Contador's motives, I don't think "classy". He could have so easily said that "Contador did what he had to do to get time on his rivals to win the tour for Astana". The way I saw the tour, he said whatever he could to antagonise the US media against Contador, at every opportune time, whenever he could.

 

[Hugh Januss]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

You se Bagster thats the way sarcasm should look.

 

[ggusta]

LOL. This is starting to sound like a country song.

Replete with a low quality piece of trailer trash on the bottom step of the podium......

 

[ggusta]

He's been partying with the great one.
http://twitpic.com/brat7 - TdF done. Happy! Having some drinks with the greatest of all time, Eddy Merckx.
about 1 hour ago from TwitPic

Smart move by Merckx. After having seen what happens to anyone who disobeys his Majesty, The Lance, it's the better part of judgment to put on a happy face. Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Beware the Intimidator.

 

[ggusta]

No, I was picking on Spaniards. I can't stand them.

Oh, well THAT'S different!!

Just being selective about your ignorance, huh .....

 

[ggusta]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

OK, having a hard time keeping up with the tongue in cheek stuff on this thread.... are you serious?

 

[ggusta]

Not sure if I would define Lance's handling of the press as classy, but rather manipulative genius. Not sure about Europe, but on this side of the pond he has the media (and some members of this forum ) drooling over every word. When you hear him talking about how Contador is not a team player, and saying "no comment" when asked questions about Contador's motives, I don't think "classy". He could have so easily said that "Contador did what he had to do to get time on his rivals to win the tour for Astana". The way I saw the tour, he said whatever he could to antagonise the US media against Contador, at every opportune time, whenever he could.

Yes but he only did that every time he spoke.

(Sorry, is that irony, sarcasm or tongue in cheek. I think we need a chart hear.)

 

[fulcrum]

Correct.
You get to pat your self on your back and a lollypup.

Awesome, that is one lollipop frizzlefry didn't get.

 

[Futuroscope]

The comments coming out of the media between AC and LA is really quite hilarious but interesting. Maybe AC will write a book about his affair with lance.I think AC has a right to be angry but he is very immature in the way he rides and handles himself in the media. You may not like LA but the way he handles himself in the press is with pure class. He is smmoth as a babies bum

in my opinion its just the opposite.

 

[frizzlefry]

Awesome, that is one lollipop frizzlefry didn't get.

Dude, I didnt even get a chance to answer the question but that's ok, since you like "sucking on things" you can have it.

 

[fulcrum]

Dude I didnt even get a chance to answer the question but that's ok, since you like "sucking on things" you can have it.

No no, don't even try. You cannot suck on this one...

 

[fulcrum]

Dude, I didnt even get a chance to answer the question but that's ok,

Well, you had over a day to do so, better luck next time.

 

[fulcrum]

Here is a partial translation that I just put together. In reference to the last (6th) mini-chapter of the article:

from

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/deportes/uomo/solo/comando/elpepidep/20090727elpepidep_2/Tes

supposedly a serious spanish newspaper.


6. Agua en el Ventoux, champaña en el hotel
Una escena equívoca a mitad de la ascensión al Ventoux dejó en muchos aficionados con memoria la impresión de que, ... ..., Contador se negaba a aceptar la cortesía de Armstrong, que le ofrecía un bidón de agua con los colores del Caisse d'Épargne. La imagen aislada engañaba. Faltaba el plano anterior. "Yo iba en fuga y me acaba de alcanzar el grupo de Contador y Armstrong. Iba por la izquierda de la carretera y cuando me alcanzó Contador, que iba por el centro, le ofrecí mi bidón, porque vi que él no tenía agua y soy su amigo", cuenta el cántabro Iván Gutiérrez, el número uno en fugas (581 kilómetros escapado, sin recompensa). "Pero fue alargar el brazo con el agua, cuando Armstrong, que iba un poco más retrasado, por el centro, lo cogió al vuelo y se adelantó a Alberto. Después de beber se lo ofreció a Alberto, pero éste pasó. Y ya se lo iba a quedar cuando le recordé que era mío, que me lo devolviera".

El detalle refleja el sentido patrimonial con que el ganador de siete Tours consideraba no sólo su relación con su equipo, sino con todo el pelotón. También era Armstrong quien decidía cuándo había que brindar con champaña para celebrar los triunfos del equipo: sí, en medio de gran júbilo y aplausos de los suyos, el día del abanico, la noche de la contrarreloj por equipos; y no, sino frialdad, cuando Contador conquistó el maillot amarillo en Verbier o ganó la contrarreloj de Annecy. "Un funeral para celebrar el amarillo", resumió un miembro de otro equipo. Dueño de su copa de champaña, en el tradicional brindis al comienzo de la etapa de París cada año, Contador la chocó con casi todos sus compañeros, pero no con Armstrong.


6. Water on Mt. Ventoux, Champagne in the hotel

A confusing image left lots of cycling fans with the believe that Contador had refused Armstrong's courtesy in the form of a water bottle with the colors of Caisse d'Epargne. The image without the context was misleading. The previous take was missing. "I was in a breakaway and I just got caught by Contador's and Armstrong's group. I rode on the left of the road and when Contador, riding in the middle, got up to me, I offered him my water bottle, because I saw he didn't have any and I am his friend", said Ivan Gutierrez, the cantabrian with the most km in breakaways (581 km without reward). "As soon as I stretched my arm, Armstrong, who was a little behind us riding in the center, got ahead and caught the bottle on the fly, before Alberto did. After Lance drank he offered the bottle to Alberto, but he refused. Lance was going to keep the bottle when I had to remind him it was mine and that I wanted it in return".

This little incident shows the sense of entitlement the seven time Tour winner showed in regards to not only his own team, but the entire peloton. It was Armstrong the person deciding when champagne should be used to toast for the teams achievements: yes to the day of the echelons, surrounded by great cheers, to the TTT; no to the day Contador got his yellow jersey in Verbier or to the Annecy day when he won the ITT. "A funeral to celebrate a yellow jersey", summarized a member of another team. When Alberto was handed his very own glass of champagne at the beginning of the last stage, like it is tradition, he toasted with almost every member of his team, but not with Armstrong.

 

[frizzlefry]

Well, you had over a day to do so, better luck next time.

LOL, You answered it 35 minutes after he posted it, did you forget that part. What did you want me to do, write a book report? Unreal!

 

[fulcrum]

LOL, You answered it 35 minutes after he posted it

True, you still had over a day to answer though.