The Official LANCE ARMSTRONG Thread 2010-2011

[oncehadhair]

I think we can all agree that lance would have had a solid podium finish if it wasnt for crashing.

Even after his horific crashes where he got grazes and ruined his best jersey that would have put anyone else out of the tour he continued.

Not only that but he was able to get into a break and support his team leader horner in his bid to come on the GC.

Without the benefit of time gained in a breakaway he wouldn't have finished in the top 30.
So just in case you are including me in the we who agree, leave me out.

 

[bobs nob]

NOTE: I have euthanized the quote out of respect.

Wonder, you, Sir, are slipping. Delete your post, go back to the workshop and come back with the heat. I have always looked forward to your brilliance. Out of respect for your former glory, I am deleting the quote.

 

[flicker]

I think Lance could have placed 7th if everything had worked out. He sanbagged a few stages and probably lost 20+ minutes after he knew he was out of it. Definetly 7th, that is my final offer.

 

[StyrbjornSterki]

All you need to determine LA's fitness at any given time is look at his face. His bone structure gives a very accurate scale. If you've watched him over the years, you can tell at a glance when he's Veulta de Bisbee lean and when he's TdF lean. When I saw him at this year's AToC, I could tell he was behind schedule for peaking for the TdF. He was properly lean by the time he got to Rotterdam but that was too radical a change done too quickly, probably more from diet adjustment than from additional mileage.

Now LA is claiming the FLandis-provoked investigation into the Posties is an un-American witch hunt. When the only defense he has is ad hominem attacks against the accusers, you know he's beginning to sweat.

 

[ManInFull]

I think we can all agree that lance would have had a solid podium finish if it wasnt for crashing.

Even after his horific crashes where he got grazes and ruined his best jersey that would have put anyone else out of the tour he continued.

Not only that but he was able to get into a break and support his team leader horner in his bid to come on the GC.

Gotta love your posts. How many readers do you incite?

 

[Seattleallstar]

Hope rides again in Colorado and Utah. It aint France, Spain, or Italy but what the hell. At least he wins

 

[Maxiton]

Yep what Bernhard Hinault said about Lance being 2nd or third in the tour this year, What would that Breton know about cycling or the TdF anyway....

Somewhere between 3 and 5, I would say
But never on the level of AC/Schleck. They were riding in their own league.

Form was obvisiously there (3.ToL, 2.TdS, 4. Prolog) - but we all saw what happenend. Just never ending bad luck.
In soccer they say: "when you have sh** on the foot, you have sh** on the foot".

Hinault wasn't the only keen judge of cycling who expected more from Lance this year. Cadel Evans thought Lance was going to bring the boom - as in, bring it down on the peloton. And in fact Armstrong showed his form as arriving more or less on time, with a third at Tour of Luxembourg, then a second place finish in the Tour of Switzerland, and finally by finishing ahead of the other GC contenders, including Contador, in the TDF Prologue. Up to then you might have expected, with Hinault and Evans, that Armstrong was going to pull something extraordinary from his Suitcase of Courage (or wherever he keeps it) and lay the pain on all concerned. Instead, though, the wheels came off and Armstrong slowed to what for him was an old man crawl. What happened?

Bad luck had nothing to do with it, nothing whatsoever - unless "bad luck" is the new shorthand for Landis and Novitsky. In the seemingly constant crashes, what we saw was a Lance Armstrong on an emotional knife edge and with his concentration cracked. He wouldn't like to admit it, of course, but anyone who could see saw an Armstrong driven to distraction. And on top of this, early in the race (probably after the less than favorable cobbles stage) it was very likely decided that his "preparation" (this isn't the Clinic but I think you know what I mean) was a whole lot of risk to no purpose. And so for the rest of the race we also saw a Lance Armstrong riding . . . let's just say much less prepared to really race.

 

[Oldman]

Hope rides again in Colorado and Utah. It aint France, Spain, or Italy but what the hell. At least he wins

Star: get a license, meet me at Leschi for a Saturday or Sunday am ride and we'll start to get you squared away. I can tell you the tales of the local studs that your hero couldn't touch and point out the current guys that are going to be better. Think local, preach global after you know it.

 

[Berzin]

I think Lance could have placed 7th if everything had worked out. He sandbagged a few stages and probably lost 20+ minutes after he knew he was out of it. Definitely 7th, that is my final offer.

Flicker, don't ignore Spell Check-it's your friend.

Armstrong came in where he should have. Where he deserved.

Without a leadout train doped to the gills, Radio Shack couldn't protect him. That is what happened. So please-it's over. Stop dreaming.

One morning you'll wake up with your wife gone and a note on your pillow saying that Jeff Novitzky came in the middle of the day while you were asleep and confiscated your Tour 1999-2005 DVDs.

Get ready for that day by watching the film "2012".

 

[McClimber]

I think we can all agree that lance would have had a solid podium finish if it wasnt for crashing.

Even after his horific crashes where he got grazes and ruined his best jersey that would have put anyone else out of the tour he continued.

Not only that but he was able to get into a break and support his team leader horner in his bid to come on the GC.

LOL!!

Radio Shack had only one leader and that was LA. All the others were on their own. But it was apparent that LA need some friends to ride with at all times.

 

[Cobblestones]

LOL!!

Radio Shack had only one leader and that was LA. All the others were on their own. But it was apparent that LA need some friends to ride with at all times.

It's WonderLance. This absolute genius of posting requires humble, quiet contemplation. Arguing betrays the infidel.

 

[Seattleallstar]

wow is this really the end of LA riding a bike and winning races. The only story left if to see if Julich and Big George will spill the beans on Hope.

 

[Seattleallstar]

Star: get a license, meet me at Leschi for a Saturday or Sunday am ride and we'll start to get you squared away. I can tell you the tales of the local studs that your hero couldn't touch and point out the current guys that are going to be better. Think local, preach global after you know it.

I dont drive, but yeah one of these days when I get a bike ill hit ya up. Ill be the 270 lb guy lumbering in a bike

 

[flicker]

I dont drive, but yeah one of these days when I get a bike ill hit ya up. Ill be the 270 lb guy lumbering in a bike

yeah I hear ya. Theres' always tomarrow when it comes to riding a bike.

Lance Armstrong miracle man.

 

[Anonymous]

Without a leadout train doped to the gills, Radio Shack couldn't protect him. That is what happened. So please-it's over. Stop dreaming.

So you're saying that this year's Shack team was clean? Otherwise, if they were doped to the gills LA would have gotten a better result?

 

[LaBici]

Flicker, don't ignore Spell Check-it's your friend.

Armstrong came in where he should have. Where he deserved.

Without a leadout train doped to the gills, Radio Shack couldn't protect him. That is what happened. So please-it's over. Stop dreaming.

One morning you'll wake up with your wife gone and a note on your pillow saying that Jeff Novitzky came in the middle of the day while you were asleep and confiscated your Tour 1999-2005 DVDs.

Get ready for that day by watching the film "2012".

****ing "A" !!!! I could not have said it any better.

PS LA JB were assholes in last years TdF in their relationship to Contador. assholes!

 

[thehog]

http://road.cc/content/news/21355-lance-armstrong-declares-war-french-hotel-industry*

Not for Armstrong, however, a description of

his endorsement of private jet share business FlexJet, or his thoughts on

reviews of luxury hotels that appear on the Livestrong website; instead, he laid into the French.

"Most of my travel — at least in Europe — was in France, staying in these ... You're competing in the biggest race in the world and you're stuck staying in these horrible hotels,” he said. Quickly, he added: “There are no French hotel owners in here, are there?"

If Armstrong expected the audience to laugh at that remark, he was wrong. In fact, the woman moderating the session who had put the question to him happens to work for a major French hotel chain.

Gamely, she volunteered, “"I'm going to have to disagree," and even offered to put him up in a top-notch hotel next time he visits France.

*

 

[dolophonic]

Maybe next time his hotel may be the kind with bars on the windows !
Wishful thinking.

 

[Mellow Velo]

I hadn't had a chance to check here, but realised something was up, very quickly. Oh well.

 

[Walshworld]

10 questions the feds are asking Nike & Trek about Armstrong.

Look out boys and girls. We've got a mole feeding us intel. Here are the ten hard-hitting questions they're asking.
http://www.atwistedspoke.com/

 

[reubenr]

Maybe next time his hotel may be the kind with bars on the windows !
Wishful thinking.

It is only a matter of time. His closest friends and guys like Horner (who couldn't stand LA"s guts, at one time) are now falling on their swords. That is when you know the King is dead. I think people need to get with it and stop supporting him by purchasing his products, else wise they will wind up paying for his defense, which is kind of like being screwed twice.

 

[Boeing]

LA Times Sports today had an article regarding one writers opinion of the biggest Egos in Sports

Lance came in 3rd behind LeBron and Big Ben

Said if he didn't go away he'd be the Bret Favre of cycling

 

[Seattleallstar]

Just rewatched 2000 TDF when Lance shot like a rocket up Ventoux to get the Pirate then only to be a nice guy and give him the stage win. The most breathtaking and violent acceleration in cycling history. Jan Ullrich wanted to cry and give up cycling after seeing Lance zoom on by.

 

[Oldman]

Just rewatched 2000 TDF when Lance shot like a rocket up Ventoux to get the Pirate then only to be a nice guy and give him the stage win. The most breathtaking and violent acceleration in cycling history. Jan Ullrich wanted to cry and give up cycling after seeing Lance zoom on by.

He would cry because he parted with $500,000 in training aids to insure that wouldn't happen. None of those guys had emotions related to you and I.

 

[La Pandera]

Just rewatched 2000 TDF when Lance shot like a rocket up Ventoux to get the Pirate then only to be a nice guy and give him the stage win.

Yeah, what a nice guy. So nice he felt the need to tell the media after the stage that he gifted the stage to Pantani. Would he himself be happy if someone gifted him a stage without his knowledge and then told the media afterwards? Of course not so why would he expect a proud champion like Pantani to be? A prime example of LA's lack of class.