It's official: Lance will ride 2005 Tour de France
02-17-05, 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by lotek
one of my favourite guitar albums:
Friday night San Francisco Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin.
Marty
Friday night San Francisco Al DiMeola, Paco De Lucia, John McLaughlin.
Marty
My fav of all king of guitar solo's is Frank Zappa.
02-17-05, 09:32 PM
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gees... i saw them at the montreal jazz festival back in... er... was it 1984?
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02-17-05, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by velocipedio
i would like to see someone beat him. i really would. the tour de france was dull, dull, dull last year. i'm not sure i'll even watch it this year.
02-18-05, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by CAAD5AL
It's become dull because he's so dominant . . . you can't really fault his endorsements or fan base for that, they came second, and will go away as soon as his dominance does. Chicken and egg I suppose.
There has been a trend over the last 20 years or so in the US to manufacture stars. Back in the day it used to be about the team (Celtics/Lakers) and then it became individual based (Bird/Magic). Anyone remember the NBA after Jordan retired? It was embarassing how they were trying to market good players as "superstars".
It's all about the hype and endorsement money... LA is just the vehicle the marketing companies use - at least he is good/deserving of the hype and money (as opposed to an athlete such as Kournakova who never won a major tournament).
02-18-05, 01:34 PM
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talk about not boring and real life following marketing I will always think the cyclocross (SP) move to avoid the other crashing rider the coolest move ever. especially after the adds featuring LA leading the pac thru the single trac.
02-20-05, 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Devil
And all the defenders of the faith come out of the woodwork.
The guy is a professional athlete. You'd think he'd feel obligated to race all of the races he could, especially these years. It's what the fans of the sport want. Without fans, pro athletes are nothing. Absolutely nothing. The only reason he is so successful is because of the fans. No fans = no sports, and Lance is just another guy that can ride his bike really far on the side of the road.
The guy is a professional athlete. You'd think he'd feel obligated to race all of the races he could, especially these years. It's what the fans of the sport want. Without fans, pro athletes are nothing. Absolutely nothing. The only reason he is so successful is because of the fans. No fans = no sports, and Lance is just another guy that can ride his bike really far on the side of the road.
Isn't he doing enough by racing at all?
I think it's nice to see athletes actually have a little bit of freedom.
Originally Posted by Laggard
You think he's the only father in the peloton?
Originally Posted by velocipedio
personally, i'd rather be doing my own racing that seeing what the best bio- and cycling technology can accomplish in the tour de france.
Surely the whole idea of pro racing is to be as professional as possible, no?
02-21-05, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by brent_dube
I don't see the point in watching pro cycling at all, with that view.
the bottom line for me is that the top grand tour riders are biochemically enhanced supermen riding cycling technology that i can barely understand, let alone attain. i have trouble relating to them.
now, whem i see someone suffering along the pave of northern france and flanders, there's something i can get behind.
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