Lance gets a record he does not want.
07-27-10, 02:57 PM
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I figgered Andy to crash in the cobbles.
I never was much good at predicting races... did pretty well on an old UseNet fantasy game one year though. I think I over-estimate long shots more than under-estimate favorites but it goes both ways. Said Cavendish would never win M-SR for example. Much better at analyzing ex-post facto.
Generally I go to Unibet and pick 3 out of the 5 top favorites; works good enough for office bragging rights... and I've already accepted sucking at such things.
I never was much good at predicting races... did pretty well on an old UseNet fantasy game one year though. I think I over-estimate long shots more than under-estimate favorites but it goes both ways. Said Cavendish would never win M-SR for example. Much better at analyzing ex-post facto.
Generally I go to Unibet and pick 3 out of the 5 top favorites; works good enough for office bragging rights... and I've already accepted sucking at such things.
07-27-10, 06:40 PM
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Well if we count "virtual" 5-time winners, Lemond went from 1st in 1990 (win #3, virtual win #6), to 7th in 1991, and abandoned in 1992.
Armstrong's first Tour was 1993 when he won a stage in the rainbow jersey but later abandoned. He also had the white jersey for a while in 1994.
1993, DNF
1994, DNF
1995, 36th
1996, DNF - the cancer year.
It used to be more common for young promising GC contenders (like Mig) to abandon before they overextended themselves, and for bad climbers (like early Lance) to abandon before the mountains got too high.
Armstrong
1993, DNF
1994, DNF
1995, 36th
1996, DNF
1999, 1st
2000, 1st
2001, 1st
2002, 1st
2003, 1st
2004, 1st
2005, 1st
2009, 3rd
2010, 23rd
Indurain
1985: DNF
1986: DNF
1987: 97th
1988: 47th
1989: 17th
1990: 10th
1991: 1st
1992: 1st; Giro 1st
1993: 1st; Giro 1st
1994: 1st
1995: 1st; WC ITT
1996: 11th; OC ITT
Armstrong's first Tour was 1993 when he won a stage in the rainbow jersey but later abandoned. He also had the white jersey for a while in 1994.
1993, DNF
1994, DNF
1995, 36th
1996, DNF - the cancer year.
It used to be more common for young promising GC contenders (like Mig) to abandon before they overextended themselves, and for bad climbers (like early Lance) to abandon before the mountains got too high.
Armstrong
1993, DNF
1994, DNF
1995, 36th
1996, DNF
1999, 1st
2000, 1st
2001, 1st
2002, 1st
2003, 1st
2004, 1st
2005, 1st
2009, 3rd
2010, 23rd
Indurain
1985: DNF
1986: DNF
1987: 97th
1988: 47th
1989: 17th
1990: 10th
1991: 1st
1992: 1st; Giro 1st
1993: 1st; Giro 1st
1994: 1st
1995: 1st; WC ITT
1996: 11th; OC ITT
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