Tour De France: Living the Dream

There is going to be a show on Discovery HD Theater about 2 amatuer cyclists who got to train with the team and do a couple stages of the Tour de France.

I checked the schedule and it seems to be premiering on January 13th at 8 pm.
Here is the link to the trailer on youtube and a link to the Discovery site.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwbaxKw05Oc

www.club1080.com

the same discovery channel that pulled their sponsorship of pro cycling? looks like that film in the can will spoil without proper airing.

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"Kick over the statues and the tyrants die. Wave bye bye to their heroes with a hammer."
--The Redskins, Kick Over the Statues

I think its a nice goodbye to the team in a unique way.

I'm surprised that of all the people who submitted, they chose a guy who's so out of shape. Will they actually have to ride every stage of the tour?

They did? I haven't clicked the link. Stuff about Disco makes me ill. But it seems like they could have established a minimum yearly mileage for the person.

Perhaps they wanted to go for the average American angle.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

Ok I do feel the need to defend myself.

I am the "out of shape" rider you all are mentioning in this thread.

Minimum yearly mileage? I feel as though I was definately representing all recreational riders who love cycling and are FANS of the Disco team. BEFORE the show I was already riding 3-4 days a week. Every time I would go out on a ride I would dream about having the kind of experience I had riding the tour.

Who doesn't dream about hitting a home run in the world series when they go to the batting cages? Who doesn't hit the game winning shot in their backyards to win the NBA finals. Who doesn't sink the winning putt on the golf course to win the Masters? As FANS this is what we do.

The kind of elitism you all are showing on this thread and in this forum is what really sucks about cycling. Most of you seem to be more concerned about "dropping the hammer" on each other than on the pure joy ANYONE can get from participating in the sport.

Joe and I had the time of our lives this summer with the team and it made for a compelling story for the show.

Wow. How did you dig up this thread?

You have to realize that after being subjected to those a-hole "fans" that were followed around by OLN one Tour de France, many people are not too optimistic to see something that looks similar from Discovery Channel.

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"You are like the wind and I like the lion. You form the tempest. The sand stings my eyes and the ground is parched. I roar in defiance but you do not hear. But between us there is a difference. I, like the lion, must remain in my place. While you like the wind will never know yours." -- Mulay Hamid El Raisuli, Lord of the Riff, Sultan to the Berbers, Last of the Barbary Pirates

did they get you to Ferrari and dope you up?

Yeah they did. Clever.

well, that is part on the Armstrong experience is it not. You want to relive that putt at the Masters dude, get with the game, and take the blood transfusions.

As the original poster, are you the other amateur chosen to ride with the team?

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the other flunkey you mean.

99ers. Not fans. Just Armstrong homies.

Grow up...let's see you do it.

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This stuff is just crap...Hitchy

Dude, you're pretty fat, but you're not out of control "Biggest Loser" fat. You'll never look like a pro cyclist, but who cares?

Speaking of "Biggest Loser," does anyone else thing some of the contestants were doping? I'm not the first to consider this.

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"Bait in 08" --nns1400

Ok, I'll bite.

You say that you were already cycling 3-4 days per week : how many miles would that be per day?

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.."But finally the last thing I’ll say to the people who don’t believe in cycling, the cynics and the sceptics. I'm sorry for you. I’m sorry that you can’t dream big. [I]I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles. You should believe in these athletes, and you should believe in these people. I'll be a fan of the Tour de France for as long as I live. And there are no secrets - this is a hard sporting event and hard work wins it" - Armstrong 2005 TDF
morelike hypocrisy.