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  1. Armstrong post-Stage 1 crash 2003: Four time Tour winner
    Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) also went down but
    despite a bruise on his left thigh and a blown rear tire, he
    appears to be OK. Armstrong changed bikes with teammate
    Chechu Rubiera and finished the stage. He told Cyclingnews
    afterwards that "Hey, it's never good to crash; but it was
    nothing serious. I just fell over and got piled on top of.
    Today was a nervous stage, people were excited because it
    was the first day...there were lots of spectators and
    traffic islands along the road. But it's always good to get
    the first one over."

    Armstrong post-Stage 6 2004:

    "We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers
    really tight and you got 200 guys raging through there at
    40 miles an hour. I don't know what the hell they're
    thinking. You're going to have crashes. We were fortunate
    that the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km banner,
    otherwise we would have been docked half a minute...so it
    was bad luck and good luck."

  2. "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:

    Armstrong post-Stage 1 crash 2003: Four time Tour winner
    Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) also went down


    but

    Quoted message said:

    despite a bruise on his left thigh and a blown rear tire,
    he appears to be OK. Armstrong changed bikes with teammate
    Chechu Rubiera and finished the stage. He told Cyclingnews
    afterwards that "Hey, it's never good to crash; but it was
    nothing serious. I just fell over and got piled on top of.


    Today

    Quoted message said:

    was a nervous stage, people were excited because it was
    the first day...there were lots of spectators and traffic
    islands along the road.


    But

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    it's always good to get the first one over."

    Armstrong post-Stage 6 2004:

    "We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers
    really tight and you got 200 guys raging through there at
    40 miles an hour. I don't know what


    the

    Quoted message said:

    hell they're thinking. You're going to have crashes. We
    were fortunate


    that

    Quoted message said:

    the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km banner,
    otherwise we would


    have

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    been docked half a minute...so it was bad luck and
    good luck."

    Geez Brian ... not too out of context. Why didn't you post
    ALL of what Lance said, including the first part about the
    first wreck today where he basically said the same thing as
    per your quote from TdF 4.

    "It was a typical early race crash; everybody nervous, a lot
    of wind, two guys just went down in front of me and there's
    nothing you can do - you just hit the brakes and I went over
    them. It wasn't bad. I got a little bit on the arm and a
    little bit on the hip. (I'm stiff) on the hip. I flipped
    over and rolled a tire but it's fine." You're like a
    politician ... slanting the info to support your bias
    against Lance. Give it a rest.

    Bob C.

  3. "psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:eM-
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    Quoted message said:

    Armstrong post-Stage 1 crash 2003: Four time Tour winner
    Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) also went down


    but

    Quoted message said:

    despite a bruise on his left thigh and a blown rear
    tire, he appears to


    be

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    OK. Armstrong changed bikes with teammate Chechu Rubiera
    and finished


    the

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    stage. He told Cyclingnews afterwards that "Hey, it's
    never good to


    crash;

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    but it was nothing serious. I just fell over and got
    piled on top of.


    Today

    Quoted message said:

    was a nervous stage, people were excited because it was
    the first day...there were lots of spectators and
    traffic islands along the road.


    But

    Quoted message said:

    it's always good to get the first one over."

    Armstrong post-Stage 6 2004:

    "We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers
    really tight and


    you

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    got 200 guys raging through there at 40 miles an hour. I
    don't know what


    the

    Quoted message said:

    hell they're thinking. You're going to have crashes. We
    were fortunate


    that

    Quoted message said:

    the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km banner,
    otherwise we would


    have

    Quoted message said:

    been docked half a minute...so it was bad luck and good
    luck."

    Geez Brian ... not too out of context. Why didn't you post
    ALL of what Lance said, including the first part about the
    first wreck today where he basically said the same thing
    as per your quote from TdF 4.

    "It was a typical early race crash; everybody nervous, a
    lot of wind, two guys just went down in front of me and
    there's nothing you can do - you


    just

    Quoted message said:

    hit the brakes and I went over them. It wasn't bad. I got
    a little bit on the arm and a little bit on the hip. (I'm
    stiff) on the hip. I flipped


    over

    Quoted message said:

    and rolled a tire but it's fine." You're like a politician
    ... slanting the info to support your bias


    against

    Quoted message said:

    Lance. Give it a rest.

    Bob C.

    Because both comments were directed to finishing crashes.

  4. B. Lafferty said:

    Because both comments were directed to finishing crashes.

    And there was bugger all difference between them.

  5. "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

    Quoted message said:

    "psycholist" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:-
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Armstrong post-Stage 1 crash 2003: Four time Tour
    winner Lance Armstrong (USPS-Berry Floor) also went
    down


    but

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    despite a bruise on his left thigh and a blown rear
    tire, he appears to


    be

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    OK. Armstrong changed bikes with teammate Chechu
    Rubiera and finished


    the

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    stage. He told Cyclingnews afterwards that "Hey, it's
    never good to


    crash;

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    but it was nothing serious. I just fell over and got
    piled on top of.


    Today

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    was a nervous stage, people were excited because it
    was the first day...there were lots of spectators and
    traffic islands along the road.


    But

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    it's always good to get the first one over."

    Armstrong post-Stage 6 2004:

    "We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers
    really tight and


    you

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    got 200 guys raging through there at 40 miles an hour.
    I don't know what


    the

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    hell they're thinking. You're going to have crashes.
    We were fortunate


    that

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    the crash was literally 10m inside the 1 km banner,
    otherwise we would


    have

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    been docked half a minute...so it was bad luck and
    good luck."

    Geez Brian ... not too out of context. Why didn't you
    post ALL of what Lance said, including the first part
    about the first wreck today where he basically said the
    same thing as per your quote from TdF 4.

    "It was a typical early race crash; everybody nervous, a
    lot of wind, two guys just went down in front of me and
    there's nothing you can do - you


    just

    Quoted message said:

    hit the brakes and I went over them. It wasn't bad. I
    got a little bit on the arm and a little bit on the hip.
    (I'm stiff) on the hip. I flipped


    over

    Quoted message said:

    and rolled a tire but it's fine." You're like a
    politician ... slanting the info to support your bias


    against

    Quoted message said:

    Lance. Give it a rest.

    Bob C.

    Because both comments were directed to finishing crashes.

    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Duhh..............

    All you need to know.

  6. B. Lafferty said:

    Armstrong post-Stage 6 2004:

    "We're comin' in to Angers and they have the barriers
    really tight and you got 200 guys raging through there at
    40 miles an hour. I don't know what the hell they're
    thinking.

    I agree with Lance on this one. I was very surprised at how
    the road narrowed down at the 2km point with barriers with
    their metal feet sticking onto the road. It was like putting
    a chicane in the race. I think the organisers should have
    selected a different finish route myself. It was dangerous
    without adding to the race.

  7. "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

  8. On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:58:55 GMT, "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:

    "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

    Lafferty?

    R.

  9. "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

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    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

    All the ''clean'' riders before 1991 and after 1945.

  10. On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 22:03:24 GMT, "Ken Papai" <[email hidden]>

    Quoted message said:


    "Tom Kunich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:z-
    [email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

    All the ''clean'' riders before 1991 and after 1945.


    That would be about ......zero.

    R.

  11. "Robert Crim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

    Lafferty?

    R.

    Liking or disliking has nothing to do with doping. My
    favorites of the present: Boonen, VDB, Ullrich, Mayo, Heras,
    Cunego to name but several.

  12. "B. Lafferty" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    Quoted message said:


    "Robert Crim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Tom Kunich said:

    "K. J. Papai" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...
    >
    > Because Laffery HATES Lance.

    Ken, name one rider that Lafferty likes.

    Lafferty?

    R.

    Liking or disliking has nothing to do with doping. My
    favorites of the present: Boonen, VDB, Ullrich, Mayo,
    Heras, Cunego to name but several.

    Wow. Not one American there. You rule Laugh!

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