FLOYD LANDIS WINS TOUR DE FRANCE!
8 TDF VICTORIES IN A ROW FOR THE
U.S.A.!
LANCE ARMSTRONG 1999 - 2005
FLOYD LANDIS 2006!
USA USA USA
Dead Star said:There was me thinking they'd got rid of National Teams for the tour a long time ago, and he'd won it for Phonak
LOL, me to. Shjould be entertaining.Deli said:Oh geez. Do we really need this thread? I can see it going downhill real fast.
He won me over completely.thebluetrain said:LOL, me to. Shjould be entertaining.
Great win by a great rider.thebluetrain said:LOL, me to. Shjould be entertaining.
Nice touche.acjaz said:Are they going to be flying the Phonak flag or playing the Phonak anthem when he's on the podium?
USA BABY!!!
bobke said:Great win by a great rider.
Did everyone notice Bernard Hinault and Eddy Merckx on either side of Floys as he got the jersey.
I think the organizers are trying to keep the race about the muck and mire of the recent controversy and good for them.
Axel deserves a special prize of distinction for the way he rode for FLoys and helped him on 2 critical days-the Alpe and the Bonk.
Durangodave said:Fantastic racing from Floyd.
Powerful.
Calculated.
Conservative.
Tragic.
and HEROIC!
All in one race.
But I'm saving the champagne for Paris.
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acjaz said:Are they going to be flying the Phonak flag or playing the Phonak anthem when he's on the podium?
USA BABY!!!
He is Serb, you know...tcklyde said:This is about cycling and I'm sick of it always coming back to idiot nationalism.
I am soooo looking forward to the day, when popular awareness of cycling in the USA does not depend on an American winning the tour.tcklyde said:By my goodness this "Go USA" stuff is boring.
I also think Lance's popularity though is due to him winning over cancer and all the work he does for his cancer foundation. Contrast that to the a guy like Barry Bonds who is also an exceptional athlete, but is an asshole to fans and the media and I think you can see why Americans like Lance so much. Even the OLN commentators noted the steep decline in American fan presence in france this yearDurangodave said:I am soooo looking forward to the day, when popular awareness of cycling in the USA does not depend on an American winning the tour.
But the attention paid to cycling in the American media over the last few years has been unparalleled. As a young racing fan in the early 80s I NEVER would have thought that the most famous athlete in the counrty would be a cyclist.
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