Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 3 (Post-Confession)

[Benotti69]

Re: Re:

For the average, half-informed cycling fan the Stages podcasts are damn insightful and told with some entertainment. That some attorney from SoCal takes exception to his style is pretty meaningless.

Not a question of style rather the lack of genuine insightful content from someone who should be able to provide it.

If you are happy with Armstrong being a pisspoor version of dementia head Ligget, great.

Considering how much Armstrong ran crying to his attorneys dont knock them too hard.

Exactly my point. You can piss and take exception with his style all day. You can join the SoCal Attorney and spit in the wind hoping to land one on a disgraced Tour rider. That doesn't change the fact that it's an insightful podcast - as evinced by the figures it is pulling.

whinge and whine my hero getting lambasted!!!!!!!!!.

A car crash gets huge figures too. :lol:

 

[eleven]

Re: Re:

For the average, half-informed cycling fan the Stages podcasts are damn insightful and told with some entertainment. That some attorney from SoCal takes exception to his style is pretty meaningless.

Not a question of style rather the lack of genuine insightful content from someone who should be able to provide it.

If you are happy with Armstrong being a pisspoor version of dementia head Ligget, great.

Considering how much Armstrong ran crying to his attorneys dont knock them too hard.

Exactly my point. You can piss and take exception with his style all day. You can join the SoCal Attorney and spit in the wind hoping to land one on a disgraced Tour rider. That doesn't change the fact that it's an insightful podcast - as evinced by the figures it is pulling.

whinge and whine my hero getting lambasted!!!!!!!!!.

A car crash gets huge figures too. :lol:

Armstrong's a cheat and a fraud. That doesn't mean he can't add interesting commentary to the TdF. One of us can separate the two. One of us needs to be express moral and intellectual superiority over the huddled masses on (gasp!) aluminum frames.

 

[thehog]

Re: Re:

For the average, half-informed cycling fan the Stages podcasts are damn insightful and told with some entertainment. That some attorney from SoCal takes exception to his style is pretty meaningless.

Not a question of style rather the lack of genuine insightful content from someone who should be able to provide it.

If you are happy with Armstrong being a pisspoor version of dementia head Ligget, great.

Considering how much Armstrong ran crying to his attorneys dont knock them too hard.

Exactly my point. You can piss and take exception with his style all day. You can join the SoCal Attorney and spit in the wind hoping to land one on a disgraced Tour rider. That doesn't change the fact that it's an insightful podcast - as evinced by the figures it is pulling.

Perhaps you could create a podcast for the true cycling fans, those with more intellectual capacity, superior moral compass and a deeper appreciation of the sport and its criminal vagabonds than the half-educated Mr. Armstrong. All of the dad-letes riding $12,000 framesets at 16 mph will adore it.

I don't much mind the podcast, it's fairly good. It better than any if the British ones. My only issue is Armstrong seems to lose his brain on occasions is a little bizarre. The fact that he couldn't understand why BMC took to leading the peloton for most of the day to La Planche des Belles Filles was like he never rode a bike race before. But at other times his insight is good, including on the Sagan/Cav incident. I think people like it because it's not a constant "marginal gains" podcast which the British ones tend to be and the highest download rate is in the UK. I am surprised at how many riders he still has contact with, it's a lot.

 

[Tonton]

Re: Re:

[quote="thehog[/urlMy only issue is Armstrong seems to lose his brain on occasions is a little bizarre. The fact that he couldn't understand why BMC took to leading the peloton for most of the day to La Planche des Belles Filles was like he never rode a bike race before. [/quote]
I makes total sense. All he had to do was listen to Johann and follow Hincapie.

 

[thehog]

Re: Re:

[quote="thehog[/urlMy only issue is Armstrong seems to lose his brain on occasions is a little bizarre. The fact that he couldn't understand why BMC took to leading the peloton for most of the day to La Planche des Belles Filles was like he never rode a bike race before.

I makes total sense. All he had to do was listen to Johann and follow Hincapie.[/quote]


And of course dial in Ferrari to check fhe watts are in range and a call to the UCI for target testing to slow the others down.

 

[kingjr]

Best thing Lance said on the podcast was that the breakaway stages are even more boring than the flat stages with a bunch sprint at the end. Love him for that.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

Best thing Lance said on the podcast was that the breakaway stages are even more boring than the flat stages with a bunch sprint at the end. Love him for that.

Ha! Saying that is a bit like shooting a sacred cow. But he's not wrong.

 

[Benotti69]

Re: Re:

For the average, half-informed cycling fan the Stages podcasts are damn insightful and told with some entertainment. That some attorney from SoCal takes exception to his style is pretty meaningless.

Not a question of style rather the lack of genuine insightful content from someone who should be able to provide it.

If you are happy with Armstrong being a pisspoor version of dementia head Ligget, great.

Considering how much Armstrong ran crying to his attorneys dont knock them too hard.

Exactly my point. You can piss and take exception with his style all day. You can join the SoCal Attorney and spit in the wind hoping to land one on a disgraced Tour rider. That doesn't change the fact that it's an insightful podcast - as evinced by the figures it is pulling.

whinge and whine my hero getting lambasted!!!!!!!!!.

A car crash gets huge figures too. :lol:

Armstrong's a cheat and a fraud. That doesn't mean he can't add interesting commentary to the TdF. One of us can separate the two. One of us needs to be express moral and intellectual superiority over the huddled masses on (gasp!) aluminum frames.

Yep, a cheat, a fraud, a bully, a liar.......

Wish he would add something interesting, but sadly he hasn't, at least not to me who has been following this sport since the 80s.

Huddled masses on carbon frames i think, but meh, whatever......

 

[86TDFWinner]

Re: Re:

For the average, half-informed cycling fan the Stages podcasts are damn insightful and told with some entertainment. That some attorney from SoCal takes exception to his style is pretty meaningless.

Not a question of style rather the lack of genuine insightful content from someone who should be able to provide it.

If you are happy with Armstrong being a pisspoor version of dementia head Ligget, great.

Considering how much Armstrong ran crying to his attorneys dont knock them too hard.

Exactly my point. You can piss and take exception with his style all day. You can join the SoCal Attorney and spit in the wind hoping to land one on a disgraced Tour rider. That doesn't change the fact that it's an insightful podcast - as evinced by the figures it is pulling.

whinge and whine my hero getting lambasted!!!!!!!!!.

A car crash gets huge figures too. :lol:

Armstrong's a cheat and a fraud. That doesn't mean he can't add interesting commentary to the TdF. One of us can separate the two.

Wonderboy is a liar, fraud, and banned CHEATER. NOTHING he says could even be remotely "interesting" to anyone now. What could he possibly say that would be considered "interesting", how to properly cheat? Where so and so should stick the needle to avoid detection? How long any CURRENT rider can get away with doping until they get busted?

 

[MarkvW]

I would love to read Lance's tale of cheating (via a library book). He is the greatest cheater in a sport saturated with them. Doping is the most interesting thing about the filthy circus--and Lance knows his doping!

 

[Alpe73]

Re: Re:

Armstrong's a cheat and a fraud. That doesn't mean he can't add interesting commentary to the TdF. One of us can separate the two.

Wonderboy is a liar, fraud, and banned CHEATER. NOTHING he says could even be remotely "interesting" to anyone now. What could he possibly say that would be considered "interesting", how to properly cheat? Where so and so should stick the needle to avoid detection? How long any CURRENT rider can get away with doping until they get busted?

Good question, Winner! Like ... I dunno. Maybe ask the tens of thousands tuning in to the Forward, Stages and Outside mag. But, hey ... don't knock it ... as long as Lance has a job ... so do you, B and M. :lol:

 

[red_flanders]

Re: Re:

I don't much mind the podcast, it's fairly good. It better than any if the British ones. My only issue is Armstrong seems to lose his brain on occasions is a little bizarre. The fact that he couldn't understand why BMC took to leading the peloton for most of the day to La Planche des Belles Filles was like he never rode a bike race before. But at other times his insight is good, including on the Sagan/Cav incident. I think people like it because it's not a constant "marginal gains" podcast which the British ones tend to be and the highest download rate is in the UK. I am surprised at how many riders he still has contact with, it's a lot.

I found him spot on about BMC. What they did was idiotic. Podcast is quite good IMO. Had to laugh about how he still hates Contador. That guy really gets under his skin and it makes me laugh.

And Armstrong is still a total douche. But he knows what he's talking about for the most part, and brings a very cool perspective to the race.

 

[eleven]

Re: Re:

[quote="86TDFWinner

Wonderboy is a liar, fraud, and banned CHEATER. NOTHING he says could even be remotely "interesting" to anyone now. [/quote]

It's the second most popular sports podcast on iTunes. It's fine if you don't like it, and I don't blame ya. But apparently a lot of other people do.

 

[thehog]

Re: Re:

I don't much mind the podcast, it's fairly good. It better than any if the British ones. My only issue is Armstrong seems to lose his brain on occasions is a little bizarre. The fact that he couldn't understand why BMC took to leading the peloton for most of the day to La Planche des Belles Filles was like he never rode a bike race before. But at other times his insight is good, including on the Sagan/Cav incident. I think people like it because it's not a constant "marginal gains" podcast which the British ones tend to be and the highest download rate is in the UK. I am surprised at how many riders he still has contact with, it's a lot.

I found him spot on about BMC. What they did was idiotic. Podcast is quite good IMO. Had to laugh about how he still hates Contador. That guy really gets under his skin and it makes me laugh.

And Armstrong is still a total douche. But he knows what he's talking about for the most part, and brings a very cool perspective to the race.

More to the point; he couldn't seem to work out why they did it, which was strange. Froome wasn't in yellow, what's the difference between any of the top teams leading the stage? BMC did so, made the stage super hard, so much so they dropped Thomas, Quintana and Froome couldn't catch Aru. If they went as Sky"s pace it would have been the regular launch Froome to victory. If you think you can win the race then race the race, that what BMC were trying to do. There are so few MTFs this year BMC killing themselves on one short mountain stage makes little difference.

 

[StyrbjornSterki]

Re: Re:

Armstrong's a cheat and a fraud....

Yep, a cheat, a fraud, a bully, a liar.......

Wonderboy is a liar, fraud, and banned CHEATER....

Let's not leave out criminal, shall we?

 

[This Charming Man]

Re: Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 3 (Post-Confession

Great commentary by Armstrong.Guy really knows the sport, chapaue Lance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0E7G5xGVZXk

 

[ScienceIsCool]

Re: Re:

Best thing Lance said on the podcast was that the breakaway stages are even more boring than the flat stages with a bunch sprint at the end. Love him for that.

Ha! Saying that is a bit like shooting a sacred cow. But he's not wrong.

Only because radios killed the sport.

Without someone whispering in your ear about who's in the break, what they look like, who's pulling, and accurate to the second gaps, riders used to have to actually read the race and formulate tactics on the fly. Some were brilliant at it and others not, but it usually led to some fascinating races. Hell, half the time you'd have no idea where your teammates were!

John Swanson

 

[TomLPC]

19:20

https://youtu.be/0E7G5xGVZXk

Loving Lances podcast at the moment

 

[SeriousSam]

Aspiring pro cyclists will be following this thread closely, and see that if you cheat your way to fame and success you win no matter what, even if you are eventually exposed.

 

[No_Balls]

Re:

You can think what you want about Lance but the guy has got charisma, his podcasts are brilliant.

Sociopaths usually does that. Gongrats for being the sheep.

 

[This Charming Man]

Re: Re:

You can think what you want about Lance but the guy has got charisma, his podcasts are brilliant.

Sociopaths usually does that. Gongrats for being the sheep.

Any other podcasts, on the tour that are more informative? I am sure there are great ones, in French Italian, and dutch? Any English recommendations,sir?

 

[thehog]

Re: Re:

You can think what you want about Lance but the guy has got charisma, his podcasts are brilliant.

Sociopaths usually does that. Gongrats for being the sheep.

Any other podcasts, on the tour that are more informative? I am sure there are great ones, in French Italian, and dutch? Any English recommendations,sir?

His comments on Ullich were touching and to the point they are still in contact via text etc. along with Basso. He spoke of the final TDF when Ullrich came to the Discovery end of Tour party and spoke.

I think I like it because it's not all about Sky.

 

[Alpe73]

Re:

Aspiring pro cyclists will be following this thread closely, and see that if you cheat your way to fame and success you win no matter what, even if you are eventually exposed.

Now there's a Sunday homily that should pop some glide into your rear derailleur, APCs.

 

[MarkvW]

Re: Re:

Aspiring pro cyclists will be following this thread closely, and see that if you cheat your way to fame and success you win no matter what, even if you are eventually exposed.

Now there's a Sunday homily that should pop some glide into your rear derailleur, APCs.

Well...that IS the pure, unvarnished truth, isn't it?

 

[Bosco10]

So, has Lance found redemption in an unshaven podcast?