This is it! Tomorrow, the first mountain stage, Pau to La Mongie, 98 miles finishing at a ski lift station. Do I detect more than just a little excitement in the air?
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Lance and Greg are my sports heroes. Any chance the riding by Lance to this point is somewhat similar to what he did last year when he faked his struggle in the opening of the mountain stages?
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Ping! Would a broken spoke be "Pong?"
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IMHO, Lance dosn't have to win the stage tommorrow, he just has to beat Galdeano and the other potential winners by 27 seconds or more...Then he takes the yellow and adds more time in each mountain stage...holds the yellow all the way into Paris.
I just hope his team has been able to keep his legs fresh...
6 posted on
07/17/2002 1:20:53 PM PDT by
Drango
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RE:A Tragedy, A Triumph, A Whisper of Drugs (the title)
What tragedy? Did I miss something?
8 posted on
07/17/2002 1:24:10 PM PDT by
Gil4
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O V E R A L L S T A N D I N G S ( T O P 1 0 ) |
Pos.
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N°
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Name
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Nat.
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Team
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|
Time
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1 |
024 |
GONZALEZ GALDEANO Igor |
ESP |
ONE |
en |
36h 25' 35" |
2 |
001 |
ARMSTRONG Lance |
USA |
USP |
à |
00' 26" |
3 |
021 |
BELOKI Joseba |
ESP |
ONE |
à |
01' 23" |
4 |
085 |
HONCHAR Serhiy |
UKR |
FAS |
à |
01' 35" |
5 |
032 |
BOTERO Santiago |
COL |
KEL |
à |
01' 55" |
6 |
053 |
PERON Andrea |
ITA |
CST |
à |
02' 08" |
7 |
047 |
MILLAR David |
GBR |
COF |
à |
02' 11" |
8 |
067 |
O'GRADY Stuart |
AUS |
C.A |
à |
02' 15" |
9 |
158 |
RUMSAS Raimondas |
LTU |
LAM |
à |
02' 22" |
10 |
052 |
HAMILTON Tyler |
USA |
CST |
à |
02' 30" |
15 posted on
07/17/2002 1:35:43 PM PDT by
Cagey
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You know, something just occurred to me. It seems that coverage of the Tour de France, where an American has a good chance of winning, has received minimal press coverage compared to the coverage of the World Cup - where the American team had absolutely no chance of winning. Is it me? Should I get fitted for a tinfoil hat? Has anyone else noticed a difference in coverage?
26 posted on
07/17/2002 2:25:28 PM PDT by
Prolix
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the U.S. Postal Service rider Is this why I'm paying $0.37 per letter now?
ML/NJ
31 posted on
07/17/2002 3:49:11 PM PDT by
ml/nj
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