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CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.

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CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.

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WoooHoooo! Lance *ROCKS*! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


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God bless him. A real come-back story and a true athlete.

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CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.


Short of crashing & being so badly injured he couldn't complete the stage,
he was the winner - as the yellow jersey is not contested on the last day -
Tour history & ettiquette. Definitely a remarkable achievement, seven wins
and he's the greatest ever Tour de France cyclist.

Cheers, helen s

On 2005-07-24, Magic Mood Jeep© penned:
CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.

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I'm glad for him, but I wish there had been a little more coverage
than just Lance, Lance, Lance on OLN today. There were a lot of
riders with remarkable achievements. Maybe I'm just burned out on
Lance coverage, though he's indirectly responsible for me watching the
Tour.

As I heard the announcers prattling on about the US achievements in
the TdF this year -- amazing breakthrough, no doubt about it -- I
began to fear that US coverage of the TdF will begin to look like US
coverage of the Olympics, with only the top 3 plus the US competitors
being hilighted.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

CatNipped wrote in message
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"Magic Mood Jeep©" wrote in message
news:6aOEe.176911$x96.149133@attbi_s72...
CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.

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WoooHoooo! Lance *ROCKS*! ;

Hugs,

CatNipped


He's pretty good at pedalling too, I'd say. =o) I'm glad he finished his
Tour de France career with a win. =o)

Congratulations, Lance!

Melissa

Well, good for Lance and God Bless Texas, but *what* was he begging the
"non-believers" or "skeptics" to believe?
That he won? No contest, LOL. And who were those chicks on either side of
him?
Where was Sheryl? And what was that brown fuzzy thing in his waving right
hand that looked for all the world like a dead bear's head??! I can see
there's a LOAD of stuff about riding a bike that I don't know, LOL.
Here you have a cycling-uninformed person who still thinks - with the
nonsense going on these days in pro baseball - they ought to let Pete Rose
into the Hall of Fame even tho he bet on the game 'way back when......


"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2005-07-24, Magic Mood Jeep© penned:
CYCLIST LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS WON HIS SEVENTH TOUR DE FRANCE.

Quoted from FoxNews alert!

I'm glad for him, but I wish there had been a little more coverage
than just Lance, Lance, Lance on OLN today. There were a lot of
riders with remarkable achievements. Maybe I'm just burned out on
Lance coverage, though he's indirectly responsible for me watching the
Tour.

As I heard the announcers prattling on about the US achievements in
the TdF this year -- amazing breakthrough, no doubt about it -- I
began to fear that US coverage of the TdF will begin to look like US
coverage of the Olympics, with only the top 3 plus the US competitors
being hilighted.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2005-07-25, Hopitus penned:
Well, good for Lance and God Bless Texas, but *what* was he begging the
"non-believers" or "skeptics" to believe?
That he won? No contest, LOL. And who were those chicks on either side of
him?

I asked that, too. helen s suggested it was because a lot of people in
the US don't consider cycling to be a "real sport" because it's "just
pushing pedals" (kind of like running a marathon is "just putting one
foot in front of the other," I suppose, except that afaik marathons
don't have nearly the kind of tactics that the Tour does, nor the
multiple ways to be noticed (points, climbs, first across the line
each day and of course the yellow jersey ... not to mention the
variety of riding that goes into it with time trials, flats, mountains
....

Ahem. And I'm not even a roadie! I've never ridden a road bike in my
life.

Where was Sheryl? And what was that brown fuzzy thing in his waving right
hand that looked for all the world like a dead bear's head??! I can see
there's a LOAD of stuff about riding a bike that I don't know, LOL.
Here you have a cycling-uninformed person who still thinks - with the
nonsense going on these days in pro baseball - they ought to let Pete Rose
into the Hall of Fame even tho he bet on the game 'way back when......

Sheryl was there. They always have two women present the winners of the
day with a stuffed-animal lion , which I believe is a take on the mascot
of the Tour sponsor Credit Lyonnais. You don't get to bring your s.o.
on the podium, no matter how famous she might be in her own right =)

I was hoping for a nod to the Australian women's team in the Tour
coverage or by some of the riders, but if there was any such thing, I
didn't catch it.


--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Thank you for explaining what the tv dudes left out that left me scratching
my head! ROFL - I never woulda figured out that was a stuffed lion being
waved by our hero....I thought maybe he'd run over a bear somewhere on the
route and that was his trophy.
You're in good shape, Monique. Couldn't you just leave that murderous hog in
your garage (sorry, former ER worker) and train to ride bike in USA women's
group of contestants? I'd root for ya....


"Monique Y. Mudama" wrote in message
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On 2005-07-25, Hopitus penned:
Well, good for Lance and God Bless Texas, but *what* was he begging the
"non-believers" or "skeptics" to believe?
That he won? No contest, LOL. And who were those chicks on either side of
him?

I asked that, too. helen s suggested it was because a lot of people in
the US don't consider cycling to be a "real sport" because it's "just
pushing pedals" (kind of like running a marathon is "just putting one
foot in front of the other," I suppose, except that afaik marathons
don't have nearly the kind of tactics that the Tour does, nor the
multiple ways to be noticed (points, climbs, first across the line
each day and of course the yellow jersey ... not to mention the
variety of riding that goes into it with time trials, flats, mountains
...

Ahem. And I'm not even a roadie! I've never ridden a road bike in my
life.

Where was Sheryl? And what was that brown fuzzy thing in his waving right
hand that looked for all the world like a dead bear's head??! I can see
there's a LOAD of stuff about riding a bike that I don't know, LOL.
Here you have a cycling-uninformed person who still thinks - with the
nonsense going on these days in pro baseball - they ought to let Pete
Rose
into the Hall of Fame even tho he bet on the game 'way back when......

Sheryl was there. They always have two women present the winners of the
day with a stuffed-animal lion , which I believe is a take on the mascot
of the Tour sponsor Credit Lyonnais. You don't get to bring your s.o.
on the podium, no matter how famous she might be in her own right =)

I was hoping for a nod to the Australian women's team in the Tour
coverage or by some of the riders, but if there was any such thing, I
didn't catch it.


--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2005-07-25, Hopitus penned:
Thank you for explaining what the tv dudes left out that left me scratching
my head! ROFL - I never woulda figured out that was a stuffed lion being
waved by our hero....I thought maybe he'd run over a bear somewhere on the
route and that was his trophy.

I think you need a bigger TV =P Even our 27" shows the lion pretty
well.

You're in good shape, Monique. Couldn't you just leave that murderous hog in
your garage (sorry, former ER worker) and train to ride bike in USA women's
group of contestants? I'd root for ya....

Okay, lots of thoughts, in no particular order:

It's not a hog, it's a beemer (BMW)! A hawg is a harley.

I ride my mountain bike on trails far more often than I ride my
beemer. The beemer is a pleasure vehicle, like a fancy convertible or
something. I wish I could say I rode it more, but it really only gets
exercise every week or two on average. In contrast, I typically ride
my mountain bike several times a week. (Course, with the wrist right
now, I'm not riding either).

Cycling just isn't as safe as you probably think it is. At least on a
motorcycle, I'm wearing full protective gear. On a bike, I'm wearing
a helmet (that only covers the top of my head, as opposed to my
fullface motorcycle helmet) and gloves ... that's about it. The
spandex on the rest of my body isn't doing diddly in a crash. I've
gone past 30 MPH going downhill at a 2% grade on a mountain bike and
somewhat rugged terrain ... racing on a road bike is much faster than
that! Bob Roll has a quote somewhere to the effect that after years
of racing, he finally figured out what the awful smell is at a crash
-- it's the smell of burning flesh.

On a motorcycle, you can at least accelerate and get away from nasty
sitautions. On a road bike, you simply can't accelerate like a car can.
And you don't just have to worry about idiots not paying attention;
there are idiots who think that bikes don't belong on the road and
actually try to ram them! There are cycling fatalities *in Boulder*
every year. And while a motorcycle stands a decent chance of staying
upright if you run it off the road and into grass, a road bike, with
tires less than an inch wide, is an instant disaster. Last year, a
friend of a friend was taken to the hospital after a car ran him off the
road on purpose.

I know that all sorts of bad things can happen even if you take proper
precautions, but knowing that, when I want to do something risky, I do
my research and mitigate what I can. Not acknowledging the risks is
far more dangerous, in my opinion. I took the MSF course before I
ever took a motorcycle on the road -- something that they claim
reduces your chance of getting in an accident the first (most
dangerous) year by something like 95%. I wear full gear every time I
ride. I never ride tired or sick, and I won't ride with even a single
drink in my system (same for driving a car, actually).

At some point, I will finally psych myself up enough to ride one of my
bicycles to work -- I already have a cute little bike just for the
purpose, a rigid mountain bike with narrow, slick tires -- but it
honestly scares me. Much worse than riding trails; much worse than
riding a motorcycle. Bicycle/vehicle interactions are just scary.
Riding near cars is just scary.

Finally, if I were to compete, it would almost certainly be in
mountain biking. I did compete in a race last year, actually. Very
interesting experience.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca