hfer07 said:Of course not!!! who says he wants to win the tour?
erm... Lance did? On the versus telecast today, he said he is out to win.
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hfer07 said:Of course not!!! who says he wants to win the tour?
boalio said:Sigh. I don't really want to go down this argument as its been done before, and this isn't the right thread BUT what do you base your opinion on? more popular how? i think race numbers are way down on what they were in the 70s, 80s and prob even early 90s. the USA hasn't won a world championship or olympic medal in cycling since the mid 80s.
Even if you look at the armchair sportsmen, there is only one US tv channel that shows any cycling at all, and they only show 2 hours a week outside the tour. they show more bullriding and bass fishing in a day than they do cycling in a whole week.
How many people in the general public can name one single pro except Lance?
Lance is good for Lance. Not for cycling.
535xiguy said:The Kazakh Cycling Federation is going to take care of that in September - a bit late for the tour...
boalio said:Sigh. I don't really want to go down this argument as its been done before, and this isn't the right thread BUT what do you base your opinion on? more popular how? i think race numbers are way down on what they were in the 70s, 80s and prob even early 90s. the USA hasn't won a world championship or olympic medal in cycling since the mid 80s.
Even if you look at the armchair sportsmen, there is only one US tv channel that shows any cycling at all, and they only show 2 hours a week outside the tour. they show more bullriding and bass fishing in a day than they do cycling in a whole week.
Lance is good for Lance. Not for cycling.
I'd be willing to take a bet that most people know who Floyd Landis is... with or without the scandal. The scandal made huge news, but take that away, and he would be the 2006 tour champion, which was huge news, before it hit the fan.How many people in the general public can name one single pro except Lance?
perico said:1993 World Champion-
Lance Armstrong
2004 Olympic TT-
Tyler Hamilton- gold medal
Bobby Julich- bronze medal
2008 Olympic TT-
Levi Leipheimer- bronze medal
perico said:1993 World Champion-
Lance Armstrong
2004 Olympic TT-
Tyler Hamilton- gold medal
Bobby Julich- bronze medal
2008 Olympic TT-
Levi Leipheimer- bronze medal
issoisso said:.....
It's a ring toss game!
in other words....what does that have to do with anything?
boalio said:Thats the 80s.
boalio said:Thats the 80s.
issoisso said:You said "not since the mids 80s". That's since the mid 80s
perico said:1993 World Champion-
Lance Armstrong
2004 Olympic TT-
Tyler Hamilton- gold medal
Bobby Julich- bronze medal
2008 Olympic TT-
Levi Leipheimer- bronze medal
boalio said:Ok I give in, you got me. The USA is a cycling superpower
issoisso said:
issoisso said:Please don't be a smartass. I'm not the one who tried to make that point. You made an objective statement, I answered with a fact