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  1. Original post
    Steven Gee
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    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or is
    angry. Because of the book "LA Confidential: The Secrets of
    Lance Armstrong" he will be extremely [censored] and take
    home the yellow.

    Steve

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  2. Richard Adams
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    Steven Gee said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    is angry.

    Or desperate.

    Quoted message said:

    Because of the book "LA Confidential: The Secrets of Lance
    Armstrong" he will be extremely [censored] and take home
    the yellow.

    Steve

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  3. Simon
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    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Steven Gee said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or is
    angry.

    Or desperate.


    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?

    Simon

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  4. Kyle Legate
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    "Simon" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

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    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Steven Gee said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    is angry.

    Or desperate.


    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?


    Of course. He described the thought of someone else wearing
    yellow in Paris as a nightmare.

    Also, he was desparate last year, and he had already won 4.

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  5. Richard Adams
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    Simon said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Steven Gee said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    is angry.

    Or desperate.

    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?

    Desperate not to lose.

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  6. Gym Gravity
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    Simon said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Steven Gee said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    is angry.

    Or desperate.

    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?

    Simon


    What's behind him is inconsequential during the race.
    Everything is different once the prologue starts. Leave all
    the philosophy on the bus.

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  7. Chris
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    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Simon said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Steven Gee wrote:

    >Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    >is angry.

    Or desperate.

    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?

    Desperate not to lose.

    That is precisely how he puts it. One thing that Lance has
    brought to the sport is a non-traditional (for Europeans
    anyway) view of what it means to be second. It seems to have
    spread throughout cycling that now 2nd place is equal to
    first loser. He even states that his biggest motivation is
    his fear of losing (as opposed to a great desire to win).
    IOW, if he goes down without a win, he will me remorseful
    that he started in the first place (but won't admit it
    afterwards).

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  8. Bill Lloyd
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    (Steven Gee) said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or is
    angry. Because of the book "LA Confidential: The Secrets
    of Lance Armstrong" he will be extremely [censored] and
    take home the yellow.

    Steve

    Can't argue with logic like that.

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  9. Steven Gee
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    Item:

    1999: told he was damaged goods because of cancer 2000: told
    that 1999 was a fluke 2001: French drug accusations 2002:
    Continuing drug accusations 2003: Nothing of note. 2004:
    Book of Conjecture and hearsay Steve

    Bill Lloyd <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    On 2004-06-14 18:52:08 -0700, [email hidden] (Steven

    Gee) said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or is
    angry. Because of the book "LA Confidential: The Secrets
    of Lance Armstrong" he will be extremely [censored] and
    take home the yellow.

    Steve

    Can't argue with logic like that.

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  10. Steven Gee
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    Item:

    1999: told he was damaged goods because of cancer 2000: told
    that 1999 was a fluke 2001: French drug accusations 2002:
    Continuing drug accusations 2003: Nothing of note. 2004:
    Book of Conjecture and hearsay Steve

    Bill Lloyd <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    On 2004-06-14 18:52:08 -0700, [email hidden] (Steven

    Gee) said:

    Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or is
    angry. Because of the book "LA Confidential: The Secrets
    of Lance Armstrong" he will be extremely [censored] and
    take home the yellow.

    Steve

    Can't argue with logic like that.

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  11. Howard Kveck
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    In article <[email hidden]>,

    Chris said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Simon said:

    "Richard Adams" <[email hidden]> wrote in
    message "]news:[email hidden]...

    >Steven Gee wrote:
    >
    >
    >>Lance rides better when he has something to prove, or
    >>is angry.
    >
    >Or desperate.
    >

    Desperate? With 5 tours behind him?

    Desperate not to lose.

    That is precisely how he puts it. One thing that Lance has
    brought to the sport is a non-traditional (for Europeans
    anyway) view of what it means to be second. It seems to
    have spread throughout cycling that now 2nd place is equal
    to first loser. He even states that his biggest motivation
    is his fear of losing (as opposed to a great desire to
    win). IOW, if he goes down without a win, he will me
    remorseful that he started in the first place (but won't
    admit it afterwards).

    That mindset is a strange one to me. I understand it (and
    know that's how LA puts it), but it still seems pretty
    negative. "I don't want to lose" versus "I want to win".
    Oh well, everyone has their own bag of tricks they use
    for motivation. But I'd be willing to bet that Bjarne
    Riis motivates his guys with a "You can win this race"
    message, rather than, "You don't wanna lose this, do ya?"

    --
    tanx, Howard

    "Copper will never be gold" Shellac

    remove YOUR SHOES to reply, ok?

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