Lance going for 7?

[email hidden] (brian roth) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Here's a nugget from Velo-News that I haven't seen elsewhere:

Five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said on Wednesday that he intends to race in two
more Tours before bringing down the curtain on his career.

"I will probably run two more Tours de France in 2004 and 2005," Armstrong told the National Press
Club of Washington. "The team is in place, and our preparation out of season has gone well."

Armstrong added that he knew where his biggest challenge will come from when he defends his title
in 2004.

"Jan Ullrich is my biggest rival and the most dangerous," said the 32-year-old. -Copyright
2003/AFP

It seems highly unlikely to me that Lance will enter another tdf in 2005. Lances 2004 tdf will be
most likely about defending in order to win a 6 tdf. If anything I think Lanc will Lance will enter
some other tours or classics instead.

No Way!

I am sure Lance's plan is this:

Best Case: Wins 7 tour de frances and sets a record nobody can surpass in his lifetime.

Second best case: Wins 6 tour de frances in a row and becomes the greatest cyclist of all time
accomplishing something no other cyclist has done.

Third best case: Loses the sixth Tour de France but wins the seventh again becoming the greatest
cyclist of all time and also achieving a comeback, something the Europeans greatly admire.

Fourth best case: Loses the sixth and seventh tour de france but makes a ton of money in the
process, if he quits now his income generating ability will deteriorate very rapidly

(Heinz Getzler) said:

[email hidden] (brian roth) wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Here's a nugget from Velo-News that I haven't seen elsewhere:

Five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said on Wednesday that he intends to race in
two more Tours before bringing down the curtain on his career.

"I will probably run two more Tours de France in 2004 and 2005," Armstrong told the
National Press Club of Washington. "The team is in place, and our preparation out of season
has gone well."

Armstrong added that he knew where his biggest challenge will come from when he defends his title
in 2004.

"Jan Ullrich is my biggest rival and the most dangerous," said the 32-year-old. -Copyright
2003/AFP

It seems highly unlikely to me that Lance will enter another tdf in 2005. Lances 2004 tdf will be
most likely about defending in order to win a 6 tdf. If anything I think Lanc will Lance will enter
some other tours or classics instead.

Darrell Criswell <[email hidden]> wrote in
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No Way!

I am sure Lance's plan is this:

Best Case: Wins 7 tour de frances and sets a record nobody can surpass in his lifetime.

Second best case: Wins 6 tour de frances in a row and becomes the greatest cyclist of all time
accomplishing something no other cyclist has done.

Winning 6 TDFs in a row will not make him the greatest cyclist of all time.

Quoted message said:

Third best case: Loses the sixth Tour de France but wins the seventh again becoming the greatest
cyclist of all time and also achieving a comeback, something the Europeans greatly admire.

Fourth best case: Loses the sixth and seventh tour de france but makes a ton of money in the
process, if he quits now his income generating ability will deteriorate very rapidly

You forgot these other scenarios:

5) He gets dropped and abandons. He never comes back. He gets hitched to Miss Crow and takes up
chain smoking.

6) He gets beat... barely. He comes back the next year and gets clowned.

I don't hate LA, I actually respect the guy a lot. I hope he wins. But you can't ignore his age and
the strength of the younger guys queueing up behind him.

In any case, he won't be the best cyclest *ever* until he wins:

a) the Giro
b) the Vuelta
c) the Olympics
d) the hour record
e) about 400 more races
f) all the above.

- Boyd S.

ps. The correct answer is f.

"Boyd Speerschneider" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Winning 6 TDFs in a row will not make him the greatest cyclist of

all time.

It'll make him the uncontested greatest Tour rider of all time.

Darrell Criswell <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

No Way!

I am sure Lance's plan is this:

Best Case: Wins 7 tour de frances and sets a record nobody can surpass in his lifetime.

5% chance

Quoted message said:

Second best case: Wins 6 tour de frances in a row and becomes the greatest cyclist of all time
accomplishing something no other cyclist has done.

40% chance

Quoted message said:

Third best case: Loses the sixth Tour de France but wins the seventh again becoming the greatest
cyclist of all time and also achieving a comeback, something the Europeans greatly admire.

Fourth best case: Loses the sixth and seventh tour de france but makes a ton of money in the
process, if he quits now his income generating ability will deteriorate very rapidly

10% chance, because if Lance loses a 6th tdf you can bet he won't enter a 7th tdf...

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(Heinz Getzler) said:

[email hidden] (brian roth) wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Here's a nugget from Velo-News that I haven't seen elsewhere:

Five-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong said on Wednesday that he intends to race in
two more Tours before bringing down the curtain on his career.

"I will probably run two more Tours de France in 2004 and 2005," Armstrong told the National
Press Club of Washington. "The team is in place, and our preparation out of season has gone
well."

Armstrong added that he knew where his biggest challenge will come from when he defends his
title in 2004.

"Jan Ullrich is my biggest rival and the most dangerous," said the 32-year-old. -Copyright
2003/AFP

It seems highly unlikely to me that Lance will enter another tdf in 2005. Lances 2004 tdf will be
most likely about defending in order to win a 6 tdf. If anything I think Lanc will Lance will
enter some other tours or classics instead.