MacMan

Hahahahahahahahaha. Nike saw you coming ....

Trev Doyle

Lance cannot box. I sort of know Fitzroy Vanderpool (some of my buddies train under him, but i really know his brother), Fitz is the guy in the Nike commercial boxing with Lance. He is a world class boxer and was or is still ranked number 1. Last year when he came home from doing that commercial he said something to the effect of "No, no Lance can't box at all, not a fighter at all."

SerialLadyKillr

Hey Trev watch your toes.....some names are heavy.

JoeOxfordCT

I am sure that to a world class boxer like Fitz, Lance is no boxer....much as Fitz is not much of a cyclist to Lance....

Bolo Grubb

LOL

blaine

The other thing is that the breakaways' had a chance at a stage win...they all knew that if Lance was in the breakaway, then anyones chances of a stage win were blown

Bontrager

I was watching stage 16 that I taped on my DVR a few weeks ago and there was "EPO LANCE" painted on the street. I'm not sure if he saw it but it was easy to see on the helicopter shot. Sad...

I can't believe how those riders can ride with all those "fans" in their way like that.

Trev Doyle

So do you have information to the contrary? I was merely offering a name to lend a bit of credability to my post in case someone thought was blowing smoke out my ass. Anyways, I did some work near Lennox Lewis's new house yesterday which is just on the other side of the river from Todd Bertuzis place, which is also on my Time trial route, ooops hope I didn't upset anyone

Olyroller

Corsaire: is your avatar of Rudolf Nureyev ( if so that's totaly gay ) or Mikhail Baryshnikov ( if so that's totaly stud ) ? ;-) If it's Vaslav Nijinsky , well then your just plain confused. ;-)

Corsaire

It is Rudolf Nureyev, he was very gay alright, so what. Still the best ballet dancer ever in my book, Baryshnikov is very good too, I like his art as well, just happens that I was a fan of Nureyev regardless of what his sexual inclinations were, I'm not bias by those superficial things.
If you're good - you're GOOD, in my book, period! .... even if you like it in the A** or not.
Corsaire

dfchatten

I read recently that he was not going to give the Italians what they wanted - him (Lance) cycling in the Giro. Due to all the legal crap going on. But he did go on to say that he would rather cycle in the Giro vs. the Tour de Spain.

I just read an article about Cunego last night. 23 yeard old and already a powerhouse. If I was a betting man, I would have to lean towards Lance Head-to-head. I just think Lance has the "experience", and that goes a long way in winning many of these races.

Olyroller

I was just funning on the gay part. But remember
Nijinsky is the only dance ever to do 4 tour enlair (sp?) they are all great, to me you can't say one is better than the other in this group.

in my heyday

JBar

If you were Simeoni, and Lance pulled that crap, you'd have dropped back and cried about it on TV. Dog hair might have kicked some ass, but Simeoni just whined. If Lance is an ass, at least he was strong enough to control the race.

gcasillo

I really believe Bjarne Riis has put together a team that can challenge Lance at the TdF. Basso has some supermen to pull him around France. Voigt, Piil, Sastre, and Julich to begin with. Lots of break away firepower with Zabriskie and Schleck.

The way Postal did it last year was that they would tempo ride the legs off of everybody at the base of the mountains, position a rider or two to carry Lance up the side, then have Lance close the deal. Very simple and effective.

I look at CSC's squad and I think they'll match up against this strategy very well. They're looking strong the last month with some impressive break aways in Qatar and Mediterraneen. They won't be easy to wear down. Plus Basso has last year's experience that he can tap. Plus there are lesser mountaintop finishes in this year's Tour.

You have to favor Lance, but I think Basso is a lock for the podium and could possibly duel Lance in the mountains.

Olyroller

I have to agree with you, this is one of the smartest calls I've seen here yet.

Serpico

Simeoni's a crybaby.

Little snitch.

"He say mean things to me. Very, very mean man Mr. Armstrong. Why is he so bad, I only sued him."


Real men settle disputes between each other, this guy is a crybaby.

Trev Doyle

Any man who appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Any man who cannot take care of himself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant " If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you will be forgiven".
Such is the rule of honour.

Daily Commute

So when we ask the law to punish a motorist who intentionally runs down a cyclist, we are a fool, a coward, or both?

Crack'n'fail

ahhhhh. . . tangents, gotta love em.

The thing that no one has mentioned is that Lance chasing down the break occured when he had the Tour wrapped up and there was no reason to attack or try to gain minutes.

Yes, Merckx would attack even when he didn't have to, but he explained that he did that because he got paid based on wins and wanted to earn more money for his team. It was a different era.

Daily Commute

My snideness aside, there are different rules for sports than the rest of life. LA was a a bully, but taking out personal scores on the playing field (or the race course) has long been a part of sports. Simeoni is being a weenie by trying to use the courts to make up for what he couldn't do on the race course.

Serpico

Exactly.

There are plenty of valid reasons for going to court. Even valid reasons for leaking something to the press. But this is neither. Simeoni is a crybaby.

You don't take a guy to court and then cry to the press when he ****s with you in a race because of it.

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Crack'n'fail

Ahhh, time to bring this thread back to life:

This was just in cyclingnews.com:

Italian Prosecutor Giuseppe Quattrocchi has decided to not pursue Filippo Simeoni's complaint in 2004 for intimidation and insults allegedly made by Lance Armstrong during Stage 18 of the 2004 Tour de France, from Annemasse to Lons le Saunier. Quattrocchi nixed Simeoni's case as he decided that the events were part of a sporting event and had nothing to do with public life.

Although Simeoni alleged that Armstrong threatened him, the case came down to Armstrong's word against Simeoni's and Prosecutor Quattrocchi has decided that Simeoni's allegations had insufficient credibility to proceed with.

Trekke

Referencing the first post. These kind of events just give the sport character. Without character it is just another race.