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I haven't been following cycling that carefully this year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in Amstel? He usually likes to race that. I was also wondering why someone like Tom Boonen isn't going to be racing. Other commentary on the start order would be appreciated...Predictions too I guess.

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Any guys here doing the public Amstel version the day before
the race? I've registered for the 150.

Lance will be in the Tour of Georgia starting the 20th.
Maybe if the organizers of AG donated the proceeds to a
cancer foundation, like TdG, Lance would have put it on his
schedule...

Plus, maybe he just got fed up of being an "also ran"
in Amstel?

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I haven't been following cycling that carefully this year.
Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in Amstel? He
usually likes to race that. I was also wondering why
someone like Tom Boonen isn't going to be racing. Other
commentary on the start order would be
appreciated...Predictions too I guess.

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I haven't been following cycling that carefully this year.
Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in Amstel? He
usually likes to race that.

needs to spend time with his kids since they will not be in
Europe this year......

Faster Bordello said:

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I haven't been following cycling that carefully this
year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in
Amstel? He usually likes to race that.

needs to spend time with his kids since they will not be
in Europe this year......

Unless he's riding the Trek Madone with a kiddie seat
attached 🙂, I think he'd have more time to spend with the
kids by riding the 1 day AG rather than the 7 stage TdG.

trg said:

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>I haven't been following cycling that carefully this
>year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in
>Amstel? He usually likes to race that.

needs to spend time with his kids since they will not be
in Europe this year......

Unless he's riding the Trek Madone with a kiddie seat
attached 🙂, I think he'd have more time to spend with the
kids by riding the 1 day AG rather than the 7 stage TdG.

probably true but then he's in Europe and not the
states......

Faster Bordello said:

trg said:

Faster Bordello said:

>> I haven't been following cycling that carefully this
>> year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in
>> Amstel? He usually likes to race that.

needs to spend time with his kids since they will not be
in Europe this year......

Unless he's riding the Trek Madone with a kiddie seat
attached 🙂, I think he'd have more time to spend with
the kids by riding the 1 day AG rather than the 7
stage TdG.

probably true but then he's in Europe and not the
states......

I see you majored in geography 🙂 But unless he flys back
home to Texas after each stage to be with the kids, and back
to Georgia the next morning, where he is, is irrelevant. How
many days away from home he spends is the thing. The real
major change this year is not where he's racing, but where
he's training.

Off the top of my head, this year the European races he's in
are Algarve, Murcia, Criterium intl, Tour of Langeudoc-
Rousillon, Dauphiné Liberé, TdF, Olympics, (Worlds?), plus
probably a few post-TdF $70K a pop appearances. I don't
think that's radically different than last year, other than
substituting the week in Georgia for AG and LBL.

trg said:

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trg said:

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>>>I haven't been following cycling that carefully this
>>>year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in
>>>Amstel? He usually likes to race that.
>
>needs to spend time with his kids since they will not be
>in Europe this year......

Unless he's riding the Trek Madone with a kiddie seat
attached 🙂,

missed the oportunity to point out the training advantages
of the Kiddie seat... 🙂

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think he'd have more time to spend with the kids by
riding the 1 day AG rather than the 7 stage TdG.

probably true but then he's in Europe and not the
states......

ok so English composition isn't my string point perhaps
...would be in Europe... is better

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I see you majored in geography 🙂

nope Geology, Rocks for Jocks 🙂

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But unless he flys back home to Texas after each stage to
be with the kids, and back to Georgia the next morning,
where he is, is irrelevant. How many days away from home
he spends is the thing. The real major change this year is
not where he's racing, but where he's training.

Unless he has the kids in Georgia... ;\ I would love to hear
how a Pro defines "home" over the course of an 8 month (or
longer season).

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Lance will be in the Tour of Georgia starting the 20th.
Maybe if the organizers of AG donated the proceeds to a
cancer foundation, like TdG, Lance would have put it on
his schedule...

So WHY was he not at Georgia in 2003? They had the same
cause benefiting then.

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Plus, maybe he just got fed up of being an "also ran"
in Amstel?

No. Giving Rabobank the scraps had worked out quite well
the past few July's. If you know what I mean.

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lazysegall said:

I haven't been following cycling that carefully this
year. Watched PR, but not so much. Why no lance in
Amstel? He usually likes to race that.

Armstrong announced his intentions to do six weeks in the
US shortly after his divorce was final in December. It is
all about the children. Georgia was just the lucky
benefactor. He would have NEVER agreed to just come back
to the US for the race alone. They are quite fortunate
because of his misfortune. Normally, the children were
'home' with him in Girona for 6 months.

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I was also wondering why someone like Tom Boonen isn't
going to be racing.

He was due a scheduled break after the Belgian classics, and
will resume at the Tour of Belgium in May for a buildup for
his Tour de France buildup. The debut will have low
expectations, which he may easily exceed. Boonen may be a
future green jersey candidate. He is that good.