Hey Froggies: Lance Armstrong 1 second off lead
 

(just heard about this on 810) http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnew...de-france.html


Argument for best sports hero ever?

survived testicular cancer, 37 yrs old & still in world-class form... hasn't raced in 4 years yet appears ready to win his 8th Tour de Frogs...oh yeah, he banged Sheryl Crow with only one nut. (I'm pretty sure most guys would need at least two to handle that.)

Sorry, but isn't his 15 minutes up yet?

... and the fact that he is pissing off French snobs makes it even better.

Wow. If he pulls this off, it will be one of the greatest accomplishments in sports of all times.

FAX

Who gives a shit? They are trying to raise Michael Jackson from the dead. For Christ sakes man!

He hasn't been tested in this year's tour at all. Until the mountains, no one, including him, knows if he can be competitive. He could still lose the race by 10 minutes.

Any American that rubs the French's nose the wrong way, is okay by me.

Good point. Shouldn't stray from the path. Sorry.

He's too Favreish for me. That's probably French-American.

-All you have to do is go BOO! and the French quit.

Hey brother, I'm trying to live in the moment. Don't rain on the parade. :)

I've followed cycling since the days of Greg Lemond, so I've seen this play out before. The race will be determined in the mountains and the long individual time trials. We haven't had any of those yet. So we shouldn't read anything into these early results.

Consider Miguel Indurain, who won the tour 5 straight times from '91 - '95. In '96 he was in contention until he was dramatically dropped on a mountain stage by the winner Riis (later found to have doped). He ended up finishing 11th, 14 minutes off the lead. He was 32.

Age hits everyone in cycling. Winning at 37 would be a fantastic achievement, but the real race for yellow hasn't even started yet.

Ok, you obviously know more about cycling than I do. But do you really need to spoil my ignorance with facts? Doesn't that violate some sort of board tenet? :D

Spoiling your ignorance with facts is my whole reason for being here. :D

Your raison d'etre, if you will.

I saw what you did there.