On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 08:08:58 -0400, "J Jones" <
[email protected]>
wrote:
>I think he'll win it, but it will be very close like last year. Ultimately,
>Ullrich and Hamilton will be his main competitors, with Mayo and Heras
>having solid showings as well. Lance will not dominate as in years past,
>but he'll do enough to win (assuming he avoids crashing).
>
>If Lance doesn't win, I think it will be Ullrich.
Ullrich will come to the Tour in the best shape of his life and half
way through will realize that he prefers eating anything and drinking
beer to winning, and will retire mid-race to take up guitar playing in
German pubs.
Mayo will charge up a climb, gapping everyone, but finally notice that
it was largely because he went left and everyone else went right.
Heras will falter, waiting far too long to find someone to lead up the
steeper climbs.
Hamilton will find out that, without the other pain to take his mind
off things, that it hurts to climb those TdF mountains. Loses big time
in the mountains.
Lance, without any other competitors to be ****** off at or motivated
to beat, will retire immediately to be a multilingual bike race
announcer. OLN will immediately hire him to replace Paul, Phil and
Bob. They'll keep the girl, er, woman. Sheryl will last be seen with
Ullrich, sort of playing guitar someplace in Germany.
TdF will be won by some Italian, or maybe Zabel. French authorities
will immediately announce that Zabel has been doing drugs for some
time. If a nameless Italian wins, it won't require an announcement.
My pick:
1. Zabel
2. Nameless Italian
3. Another Nameless Italian
Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...