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Tour de France thread

Discussion in 'General' started by speedluvn, Jul 4, 2017.

  1. CRA_Fizzer

    CRA_Fizzer Honking at putter!

    Why are they spending so much time talking to Tejay this year?
     
  2. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    If your referring to Lance Armstrong, I was surprised as well to see him speaking during the race.
     
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  3. K51000

    K51000 Well-Known Member

    Oh, are we going there? OK then.
    Lance A. is probably the GOAT! He had F'ing metastatic testicular cancer. Has chemo, etc., trains, comes back and wins several more times.
    Those of you that think b/c he was caught doping that anyone who dopes anything could do what he did?
    If so, you've never raced in any type of stage race on these types of bicycles. I had in the past, and I was pretty good, but no amount of 'doping' would put me anywhere near what he has done.
    IIRC, He was also a champion triathlete for a short while.

    Enjoy the day
     
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  4. CRA_Fizzer

    CRA_Fizzer Honking at putter!

    Um, no. They don't all look the same. :)
    They just did a long interview w/ him. And they are always mentioning his name during the coverage. Not sure why they are harping on him this year so much.

    I was surprised that they had Lance on though.
     
  5. Senna

    Senna Well-Known Member

    Giant road bikes are pretty bad ass. The TCR Advanced is one of the best frame designs ever. I think the Propel is a bit long in the tooth right now, but Giant knows how to make a damn good bike frame.
     
  6. Senna

    Senna Well-Known Member

     
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  7. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    Fuck Armstrong.
     
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  8. R Acree

    R Acree Banned

    You first.
     
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  9. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    Damn the hate is strong for Lance. Was it his attitude about his doping? Armstrong is most likely on the American feed of the TdF. I wonder how he’s received in the European countries? I loved watching him win, all 7 tours.
     
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  10. Jed

    Jed mellifluous

    How would you feel about Rossi if you suddenly found out all his bikes he ever won on were illegally overbore and carried extra fuel?
     
  11. speedluvn

    speedluvn Man card Issuer

    Apples to oranges comparison. The doping police was European, I believe? Lance and his team director were truly into their racing craft. The argument at the time was that they only focused on the major races, the Tour de France and a couple other races. Eddy Merckx, raced and won 5 tours with brute strength and endurance racing many of the other races and classics during the racing season
    But back on point, I’m not so sure others weren’t, and still, are doping. It took a lot for those 7? TdF wins by the team. With that said, was Lance just an escape goat due to his attitude about doping and challenging the system?
     
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  12. cha0s#242

    cha0s#242 Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand

    I'm on the fence about Lance. He has done the sport extremely good and extremely bad. Cycling will never have any credibility after the huge sham he pulled and his asshole attitude really sucked.
     
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  13. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    He also bullied and destroyed the careers of those who wouldn't play ball.
     
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  14. cha0s#242

    cha0s#242 Ignorance and prejudice and fear walk hand in hand

    WADA and Dick Pound are based in Montreal, Canada.
     
  15. Newsshooter

    Newsshooter Well-Known Member

    Yup, I've got one that is 15 years old and still a great frame.
     
  16. Newsshooter

    Newsshooter Well-Known Member

    Except it wasn't that way, before getting to tour level he was riding off the front of crits and lapping the field by himself.
     
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  17. Cawk Star

    Cawk Star Well-Known Member

    Does Tejay have a shot at a good TdF this year? Is the Phinney kid still around?

    Everything Lance did on the bike was amazing. The top guys were all doping at that time and if you're on the junk and still can't beat him, that means he out worked their asses. Chances are very high that he would have still kicked the ass of all the non-dopers if he wasn't using PEDs.

    The way he tore down people's lives sucked for sure, I'm glad he got knocked down a peg and that people are getting vindication for proving he was a shit bag to everyone.

    This makes me want to watch Icarus again on Netflix.
     
  18. nsouza707

    nsouza707 Well-Known Member

    Lance ruined many peoples lives to keep his secret. He sued them for everything they had because they told the truth while under oath. Lance is a total piece of shit. Having said that everyone was on drugs and he was the best of them. If everyone was clean I'm sure he still would have been the best. Still a major piece of shit though.
     
  19. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    After watching the way they all ride against each other I think they all might be a POS.
     
  20. Jedb

    Jedb Professional Novice :-)

    Pretty much nailed it.
     

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