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Is Lance finished?

  • 15-07-2010 11:49am
    #1
    demolitionman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 168 ✭✭


    Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

    Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

    Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness


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  • #2
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Never underestimate the greatest cyclist the world has ever known.


  • #3
    RobFowl
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    Lumen wrote: »
    Never underestimate the greatest cyclist the world has ever known.

    Merckx is making a comeback !!!!!


  • #4
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.


  • #5
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    demolitionman wrote: »
    Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

    Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

    Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness

    Never fear it won't end like this.

    http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/07/13/2010-07-13_source_grand_jury_subpoenas_lance_armstrong_sponsor_trek_in_cycling_drug_probe.html


  • #6
    tunney
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,584 ✭✭✭✭tunney


    mloc123 wrote: »
    He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

    He'll do well and and finish very close to, but behind, the winner *

    *Of the ladies


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  • #7
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭kenmc


    good riddance. don't let the door slam on the way out lancie.


  • #8
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,460 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    demolitionman wrote: »
    Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

    Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

    Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness

    yes

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



  • #9
    dmg10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭dmg10


    mloc123 wrote: »
    He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

    Wouldn't underestimate his ability to compete in something like this....is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete and was national champion?? 2 of 3 sports done and trained for.....would be curious to see that race :)


  • #10
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    mloc123 wrote: »
    He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

    The real question is...will he beat Tunney?


  • #11
    Moflojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭Moflojo


    Phil Liggett mentioned in his commentary of the Tour the other day that Lance will be racing next year, just not in the Tour de France. Apparently he has already committed to next year's Amgen Tour of California.

    As an aside, I found it interesting when reading the Paris-Brest-Paris EPO article that Amgen originally discovered synthetic EPO. I do believe that to be ironic.


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  • #12
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Lumen wrote: »
    The real question is...will he beat Tunney?

    Depends how many drugs Tunney takes, and if slideshowbob sees it as a race or not...


  • #13
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    dmg10 wrote: »
    is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete
    Glad you asked

    001088032.jpg


  • #14
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    lance-armstrong.jpg


  • #15
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    A born climber. ;)

    lance_triathlon_17yo.jpg


  • #16
    mloc123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    dmg10 wrote: »
    Wouldn't underestimate his ability to compete in something like this....is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete and was national champion?? 2 of 3 sports done and trained for.....would be curious to see that race :)

    Look up the splits that IM pros are putting in, people presume Lance will out bike them all... I would be suprised if he has the fastest split on the day. His best Marathon to date is 2.46? IM guys are running this off the bike.


  • #17
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HorLQHQ3pMc


  • #18
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    mloc123 wrote: »
    Look up the splits that IM pros are putting in, people presume Lance will out bike them all... I would be suprised if he has the fastest split on the day. His best Marathon to date is 2.46? IM guys are running this off the bike.

    Lance would get his back flatter on a tri bike.


  • #19
    dmg10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68 ✭✭dmg10


    LOL I can see I've started something here with the photos cropping up. Just as well gear has come a long way since....


  • #20
    el tel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    He's finished as far as another Tour win is concerned however career wise - he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now. Anyone else and that would be considered awesome.


  • #21
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    el tel wrote: »
    career wise - he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now

    How's that?


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  • #22
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,747 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    el tel wrote: »
    he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now
    Isn't that a contradiction in terms?


  • #23
    el tel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,991 ✭✭✭el tel


    Lumen wrote: »
    How's that?

    http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/classement/index.html


  • #24
    RichTea
    Registered Users Posts: 1,179 ✭✭✭RichTea


    Well he was never going to win the Tour. He's too old for it. Winning seven is enough for anyone. I'd say he just missed the competition and wanted to stay around, I doubt he honestly felt he could win it anyway.


  • #25
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    el tel wrote: »
    http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/classement/index.html

    That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.


  • #26
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Lumen wrote: »
    That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.
    3rd in the Tour last year was still impressive whatever way you look at it.


  • #27
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Lumen wrote: »
    That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.

    Not really, everyone in the Tour is a competitor, so if you finish in the top 20 it is impressive enough -only thing is how much gear he's on :)


  • #28
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    TinyExplosions wrote: »
    Not really, everyone in the Tour is a competitor, so if you finish in the top 20 it is impressive enough

    Of course, but he's not "doing better than about 150 top pros", since most of them are not competing for the GC.


  • #29
    TinyExplosions
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,860 ✭✭✭TinyExplosions


    Lumen wrote: »
    Of course, but he's not "doing better than about 150 top pros", since most of them are not competing for the GC.

    But neither was he in anyone other than his deluded little mind :)

    At the end of the day, he's doing better than any of us would (except perhaps Ryan Sherlock), and it's impressive for a guy that old


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