Originally Posted by
Danielle
I agree. But he came out with a burning time trial and lady luck dumped on him from there on in. While I do not think he would have won the tour, I do think he would have been on the podium if he didn't crash so many times. I think he has crashed about 8 times already. To be honest, once he fell back on that stage 7 minutes, he mentally gave up. I'm thinking he has a stage win in him up in the Pyrenees.
I don't think he had a podium in him this year, and I really don't think he's going to go for a stage win. I think Lance is already mentally re-retired. And who can blame him? That sport is too friggin hard and he did it for too friggin long. Even considering his considerable physical talents, I really think Lance's greatest strength was always mental, the ability to suffer, and he did that better than anybody. But the motivation is gone now. And to suffer that hard, you need some righteous motivation.