Lance Armstrong does it again...

[futura]

Don't know if any of you keep up with the tour, but there you have it, Lance Armstrong riding around Paris the 6 champion in a row, a new record.

The guy is a riding machine, can convert oxygen into his system like no other, and pumps 7 times more blood through his heart than the average person. Additionally, he has some genetic thing where he doesn't build up lactic acid - the junk that burns when you're riding hard. He was born to ride.

Pretty awesome.

Any of you ride? Road or off-road? I primarily like off-road, but for the Tour de France, it's too big to not be interested.

[Jibgolly]

was watching the news and they said he rode 34 miles in 67 minutes during the 19th session.
that is SICK !
but it was funny to hear him calling out the fans who boo him.
the french are slightly ignorant. no?

[simonr]

Outstanding - the guy simply blew his "peers" away as soon as it got to the mountains.

[tiddles]

obviosuly the Bush administration jacked the race so an american would win and the press would ignore the situation in iraq.

Viva la France!
i demand a recount!!!!

[thepariah]

Man, it wasn't President Asshat. Everyone knows it was Sasha who fixed the race and everyone who is in the know knows that Sasha is just a pawn for the illuminati. :wink:

obviosuly the Bush administration jacked the race so an american would win and the press would ignore the situation in iraq.

Viva la France!
i demand a recount!!!!

[bananapeel]

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he was sipping champagne on his bike on his way to his 6th championship, nice way to do it in style

[CSquare]

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the tour looked harder way back when. they were showing how one of the other guys that one 5 earlier caught bronchitis while riding in the alps. the highlights show the alps with snow all over and this guy riding with shorts and a little shirts. looked nuts.

[MJDub]

but it was funny to hear him calling out the fans who boo him.
the french are slightly ignorant. no?

Gotta love straight-talking Texans.

[Localizer]

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how could you boo someone who's persisted and beat out everyone....he's a superman in his own right and deserves as much credit as he can get.

[mixu]

Re:: Lance Armstrong does it again...

The man is a sporting legend - the Tour de France has gotta be the true test of a sportsman... but no-one likes him much. The great Eddy Merckx was booed occasionally as well so it's nothing new. This article's pretty good:

http://sport.guardian.co.uk/tourdefrance2004/story/0,14667,1268685,00.html

[foreks]

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great sportsman great man. respect lance tour the lance from next year on pls.

[asdf_admin]

I heard some shit that people are claiming he "uses" something. please. he is a fucking champ. I wonder if he will be back next year.

Congrats on six in a row.

[mixu]

I heard some shit that people are claiming he "uses" something. please. he is a fucking champ. I wonder if he will be back next year.

Congrats on six in a row.

There's a book out in France that alleges he 'used' something although it doesn't seem to have any evidence. Lance isn't very happy about it, unsurprisingly...

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=1821396

[asdf_admin]

that's the bad boy. thx. :wink:

I am not sure what to think. I would be super sad if it were true. hesh.

[foreks]

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don't be so gulible messrs in a professional sport field there is NO way to stay clean. and as a sometime professional must tell you to my vexation cycling is the most contaminated discipline of all the rest :?