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Steve
07-01-2006, 12:39 PM
2 Americans (Geore Hincappie and Dave Zabrinski, both stage winners last year) in the top 3 spots at the start of TdF. American Floyd Landis rookie mistake, not showing to the start on time kept him out of the top 3, and could have cost him 8 seconds and possibly the yellow jersey to start off the race.
I so lust after the CSC time trial bikes. Zabrinske looks soooooo fluid on his.
Steve
07-02-2006, 02:29 PM
After today's stage American George Hincappie is in the yellow jersey leading the tour. Another American Dave Zabrinski has 3rd place..... by default Zabrinski may have 2nd going into tomorrow's stage. Yesterday's stage winner, and second place today, went down hard. Lots of blood and taken away in an ambulance, he may be out of the race.
So... post Lance America has 2 in the first 3 positions (possilbly the first two positions). So to quote toad: "Take the you french frogs"!!!
Hincapie is so deserving of it, for all of Lances 7 wins he was Lance's right hand man. sacrificing his own wins to ensure his captain's success.
Steveo 90
07-02-2006, 03:31 PM
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way to go
After today's stage American George Hincappie is in the yellow jersey leading the tour. Another American Dave Zabrinski has 3rd place..... by default Zabrinski may have 2nd going into tomorrow's stage. Yesterday's stage winner, and second place today, went down hard. Lots of blood and taken away in an ambulance, he may be out of the race.
So... post Lance America has 2 in the first 3 positions (possilbly the first two positions). So to quote toad: "Take the you french frogs"!!!
Hincapie is so deserving of it, for all of Lances 7 wins he was Lance's right hand man. sacrificing his own wins to ensure his captain's success.
Hey where are the podium girls in that Hincappie pic?????hooters2:
Look at this finish line pic. Hushovd crosses the line, with an arm already covered in blood. It seems he was hit with a spectator's yellow plastic hand during the sprint:mad:
Steve
07-20-2006, 05:45 PM
After the very poor showing from Floyd Landers when he hit the wall in the Alps during yesterday's stage, I thought that was the end for his hopes of winning the Tour de France. He was about 8 minutes (huge deficit) out of first place, down to number 11.
Today he kicked ass from the begining of the first climb and just about went it on his own and never looked back.
Today he stands 30 seconds out of first place (3rd) and has one hell of an opportunity at an incredible come back (he already had that today).
Bob Roll and the others were calling the best single race not cumilative) they have ever seen. After today's ride he deserves to win it all.
After the very poor showing from Floyd Landers when he hit the wall in the Alps during yesterday's stage, I thought that was the end for his hopes of winning the Tour de France. He was about 8 minutes (huge deficit) out of first place, down to number 11.
Today he kicked ass from the begining of the first climb and just about went it on his own and never looked back.
Today he stands 30 seconds out of first place (3rd) and has one hell of an opportunity at an incredible come back (he already had that today).
Bob Roll and the others were calling the best single race not cumilative) they have ever seen. After today's ride he deserves to win it all.
Floyd should be able to put serious time into the leader on Saturday's time trial. He beat them by 1.5 minutes on the first time trial even after changing bikes in the middle of the race. He just has to keep things status quo tomorrow and then kick their monkey ass on Sat. Go Floyd!
Floyd Landis is da man with every thing going exactly as planned in the time trial today! Floyd will wear the yellow jersey into Paris with 59 seconds in his pocket. For the poor Frogs, this will be the eighth consecutive year an American wins the Tour "Day" France.Whoo
Steve
07-22-2006, 02:08 PM
The
Americans
Own
The
Tour
de
France !
Maybe they should rename it to something more fitting? How about "America's race riden in France"?
Steveo 90
07-22-2006, 03:58 PM
how many more stages are there
Steve
07-22-2006, 04:42 PM
Only tomorrow, but it is more formalidy than anything else. It is a long stage, I think 120 150 miles, but it is not a tough one. It is more a celebrational ride through Paris where Floyd and his teamamtes will drink Champagne while riding the final lap.
Floyd is up by 59 seconds, so technically the second place holder could try a breakaway and to take it away. But that would be putting a nail in his career coffin. The top five are "supposed to" ride into Paris together, getting the same time at the finish for that stage. The spinters though will fight it out to the finish line as part of the tradition, but none are close enough to make a difference in the yellow jersey outcome. They are fighting for the green (sprinters) jersey.
As Bob Roll put it "if anyone tried a breakaway tommow trying to steal the win, the cycling Gods would reach out of the heavens and smaclk him along side the head". Another commentator said "They would be stuck by lightning".
Ahhh yes.....The Star-Spangled Banner banner playing in the streets of Paris today. Sweet!
Steve
07-23-2006, 05:00 PM
Ahhh yes.....The Star-Spangled Banner banner playing in the streets of Paris today. Sweet!
It brought a tear to my eye..... again ! (as they raised the American Flag!)
Steve
07-24-2006, 01:41 PM
Interesting....
I read in the Sun-Sentinel today that Lance wants to offer a job to Floyd to come back to Discovery Team.
I think I'm suffering TdF withdrawl with 3 to 5 extra hours on my hands every day not watching the race.bike:
Tubby
07-25-2006, 11:47 AM
I think I'm suffering TdF withdrawl with 3 to 5 extra hours on my hands every day not watching the race.bike:
thinking:: are the porno site closed hooters2:
Steve
07-25-2006, 02:16 PM
thinking:: are the porno site closed hooters2:
LOL
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Thanks for the tip!;)
Steveo 90
07-27-2006, 11:14 AM
saw this on msnbc website.............sorry guys
linkage (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/)
landis tests positive............hope it aint true
Steve
07-27-2006, 11:42 AM
I just got a CNN Breaking News email saying so.
Well I guess they have to test the B sample now. I can't say I trust those Frog bastards with the samples.usa1:
While on a European tour, Ted Nugent was being interviewed by a French journalist. The journalist asked, "What do you think the last thought is in the head of a deer before you shoot it? Is it, "Are you my friend?"or is it `Are you the one who killed my brother?'"
Nugent replied, "They aren't capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is, 'What am I going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away. They are very much like the French."
Steve
07-29-2006, 10:46 AM
A joke Lance told on the ESPY awards besides the Brokeback one on the video:
"The whole french soccer team was tested positive...... for assholes. usa1:
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