Posted on 07/22/2004 7:52:19 PM PDT by South40
Most of the orange on the TdF course, especially in the southern stages, is in support of the Basque riders. They have their own team, in orange.
I found this in another forum. The fingerman is said to be from Spain, part of an entourage of Spaniards who, like many (most) gutless Europeans, shows his true colors as Spain did in the wake of the Madrid bombings.
DUer's are blaiming GWB for these Euroweenies' actions, of course, as they hate our president more then they hate gutless Euroweenies.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~L’ALPE D’HUEZ, France (Reuters) - Tour de France director Jean-Marie Leblanc has admitted he had seen fans spit at five-times champion Lance Armstrong during the 15.5-km time trial to L’Alpe d’Huez.
Leblanc also said the swarming crowds on the twisting climb on Wednesday had frightened him as riders, including Armstrong, were forced to weave through excited fans who jumped out on to the road.
“I was scared too and I felt relieved when we reached the section with barriers,” Leblanc told Reuters after stage winner Armstrong described the stage as a “bad idea” and hit out at some German fans.
“Until this morning, everybody thought this time trial was a good idea and now we realised it was not so.
”There were lots of aggressive fans surrounding the riders and I even saw two idiots spit at Lance Armstrong."
Less than a year removed, his public affection with the skank rock star bothers me. I guess I'm a pollyanna on this one. I probably shouldn't throw stones. It just bugs me.
Nope, we should take home every single Gold.
Can you imagine the B.O. and bad breath he had to put up with running that gauntlet? Forget the people flipping him off and spitting on him. If he passes out from the B.O. and consequently loses the race, he ought to have grounds for appeal on that alone.
Yeah, they're a bunch of clog wearing, chocolate munching, Heineken swilling, cheese eating, dyke building, tulip growing, Hans Brinker loving, land reclaiming, grandma killing, Dutch clowns.
And the one giving the finger is a dude.
"Recently released Guantanamo detainees show their support for the home team by making impotent gestures at American hero Lance Armstrong during the Tour de France."
I sure hope they're Basque losers and not Dutch. Doesn't seem like a Dutch thing to do.
What stage was the picture from? Not the last two as he was wearing the yellow jersey in them.....
In August they all leave town and leave their elderly behind to die.
How cute. Well shucks, after all they are French.
Americans ventured to France to display (voice) their hatred for anything American, including popular American cyclists, Lance Armstrong.
The idea of hating America while on foreign soil has been made popular by Hollywood personalities such as Sean Penn, Natalie Maines, Michael Moore, etc...
That's no chick. Looks like a girlie man to me.
Same here. His wife Kristin went through his illness with him and the worst of times. They have three kids. I wish the kids well.
I guess Armstrong is happy now that he can eat a little Crowe....
I left my husband to run a marathon and missed him break a century old cycling record.
Didn't know there were this many redneck Tennessee fans in Europe.
"Hey dude, you're only this far from a sixth strait Tour de Lance!"
That isn't a dude; it's a girlie man.
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