With Euro2004 ending (Greece won and deservedly so. Ranger is alot more wiser than me and Kev needs to listen to his wisdom pretaining to sport, and life in general. LOL Ranger) Its time for a new sports topic. Its still to early to talk about baseball that doesn't get interesting until September. The torch for the Olympic games doesn't get lit until August 13th. World Cup Hockey begins August 30th. The first week of NFL isn't until Sept. 9th. Theres always CFL.............
So how about cycling. I have always followed the Tour, and had the pleasure of witnessing it for myself first hand.
We made the drive to the Alps, had our wine, bread and cheese. (It was goat cheese and the best i ever had) We heard "they're coming" we looked up, careful not to spill our wine to see the peloton 100 meters away, 10 seconds later they were gone. That was a full day of travel to see 10 seconds or racing. Thank god for TV.
Lance Armstrong has won the Tour the last 5 years, and is on target to be the first man to win 6 Tours de France. Lance is an incredible human machine. He was diagnose with testicular cancer that spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain. In 1996 he underwent 2 surgeries, multiple rounds of chemotherapy and years of exams. In 1999 he won his first Tour and everyone since. Many wonder how he had could have that kind of success after battling life threating cancer? Many also claim that Lance has been doped for years. Three weeks before the Tour was to begin there was a new French language book released, "L.A. Confidenial, The Secrets of Lance Armstrong." The book lays claim with damaging comments from a former Armstrong masseuse Emma O'Reilly, that Lance asked her to dispose of used needles, and provided make-up to cover up needle marks. There never was any mention what was in the needles. Lance denies using banned substances.
I was reading that the French organizing committee in charge of the Tour intentionality designed a course that was suppose to stop Lance from winning his 6th Tour. We'll see if it works.
Without slamming the French does anyone have any thoughts on the Tour? Will Lance Armstrong win a record 6th time? Or is cycling not really a sport and not worthy of serious discussion? --- Kev
So how about cycling. I have always followed the Tour, and had the pleasure of witnessing it for myself first hand.
We made the drive to the Alps, had our wine, bread and cheese. (It was goat cheese and the best i ever had) We heard "they're coming" we looked up, careful not to spill our wine to see the peloton 100 meters away, 10 seconds later they were gone. That was a full day of travel to see 10 seconds or racing. Thank god for TV.
Lance Armstrong has won the Tour the last 5 years, and is on target to be the first man to win 6 Tours de France. Lance is an incredible human machine. He was diagnose with testicular cancer that spread to his abdomen, lungs and brain. In 1996 he underwent 2 surgeries, multiple rounds of chemotherapy and years of exams. In 1999 he won his first Tour and everyone since. Many wonder how he had could have that kind of success after battling life threating cancer? Many also claim that Lance has been doped for years. Three weeks before the Tour was to begin there was a new French language book released, "L.A. Confidenial, The Secrets of Lance Armstrong." The book lays claim with damaging comments from a former Armstrong masseuse Emma O'Reilly, that Lance asked her to dispose of used needles, and provided make-up to cover up needle marks. There never was any mention what was in the needles. Lance denies using banned substances.
I was reading that the French organizing committee in charge of the Tour intentionality designed a course that was suppose to stop Lance from winning his 6th Tour. We'll see if it works.
Without slamming the French does anyone have any thoughts on the Tour? Will Lance Armstrong win a record 6th time? Or is cycling not really a sport and not worthy of serious discussion? --- Kev