Well...this from Sally Jenkins of the Washington Post:

"It was 1999, and Armstrong was a mentally fragile and physically depleted athlete who wasn't sure he had a future in cycling after almost dying of cancer. None of the major teams would give him a job, so Armstrong accepted an offer from the U.S. Postal team. Bruyneel was Postal's new directeur sportif, cycling's equivalent of a head coach.

In their first meeting, Bruyneel said to him, "I think we should talk about the Tour de France."

"Okay," Armstrong said. "Maybe I could win some stages."

"No," Bruyneel said, "I mean the whole thing."



ElP...greetings from rule62.

Great job surviving a ride with Johan, especially one with a fast descent. I've heard race car drivers say that the most terrified that they have ever been was doing a similar mountain stage descent in a team car. Johan isn't exactly renowned for his patient and conservative approach to driving either. Glad that you lived to tell about it. Amazing watching the way the Discovery organization runs up close huh.

Thanks for posting some to these forums too. Don't be a stranger.