NUair From Malaysia, joined Jun 2000, 1181 posts, RR: 0 Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 875 times:
His contract with Discovery states that he has to race one more Tour de France...
I think this will be the end of "US Postal"/Discovery team as we know it and I will bet that within 5 years HealthNet will become the promenent US racing team, they are already grabbing a lot of the young talent away from Discovery and are slowly building up to be competitive in Europe.
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DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 867 times:
I saw him in ATL this morning, and I'll get the chance to see him this week in Macon and on the route.
He has been a tremendous sportsman, and his story is completely mind blowing. I normally feel the same as Deltaguy about bracelets and ribbons...they are pretty overdone, but I really feel like he's earned the right to get us to pay a little attention to this thing...cancer does suck.
Senorcarnival From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 860 times:
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 1): Enjyo your retirement Lance.....and if you could stop distributing those cheesey LIVESTRONG bracelets, that'd be great......
I'm normally a hater of cheesy, trendy bracelets, but I grew to accept the LIVESTRONG bracelets as a somewhat decent charity cause, as almost 70% of each sale goes to cancer research. Obviously, if you also want to donate to cancer research through other means than cheesy bracelets, that'd be great too, but these were the most accessible means for some people to think they were making a difference. Hey, whatever helps them sleep at night.
Most people that I knew that wore them were actually cancer survivors or knew someone that was. What really got me was these little 12 year olds at the mall wearing that, along with every knockoff they could find: support our troops, tsunami survivors fund, hook em horns, gig em aggies, etc.
Aerobalance From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 4634 posts, RR: 51 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 850 times:
With Armstrong retiring who will be considered the favorites of the '06 Tour de France?
Tbar220 From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 7011 posts, RR: 28 Reply 11, posted (8 years 1 month 2 days 21 hours ago) and read 792 times:
Quoting DeltaGuy (Reply 1): Enjyo your retirement Lance.....and if you could stop distributing those cheesey LIVESTRONG bracelets, that'd be great......
How ignorant, so he should stop distributing the bracelets and stop raising money for cancer? I believe he's raised six million dollars with the sales of those, but of course they're cheesy and its annoying as hell seeing them on people's wrists.
Flybyguy From United States of America, joined Jun 2004, 1791 posts, RR: 1 Reply 12, posted (8 years 1 month 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 776 times:
I've read something along the lines that he is a difficult, arrogant person, is this true? I would presume as such since a man who has had six consecutive wins in one of the most arduous sports in the world can surly inflate ones ego.
"Are you a pretender... or a thoroughbred?!" - Professor Matt Miller
Lemmy From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 256 posts, RR: 0 Reply 13, posted (8 years 1 month 2 days 11 hours ago) and read 766 times:
Quoting Flybyguy (Reply 12): I've read something along the lines that he is a difficult, arrogant person
Well, at least he's not Barry Bonds.
When I lived in Austin a long time ago (before Lance got cancer), I knew a lot of people who were pretty close to him. They all said that while Lance could be a bit gruff if you didn't know him, he was extremely generous and loyal to his friends. I know that, in my limited run-ins with him, he's always been a pretty nice guy.
Back when I went to Univ. of Texas (like '95 or '96), I used to go to the school's gym during the winter and Lance, Kevin Livingston, and a couple other Motorola guys would often work out there. This was shortly after Lance won world's. It amazed me how anonymous he was. Nobody in the gym knew (or cared) who this guy with the shaved legs was. That's certainly not the case any more.
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