"James P Spooner" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:See previous post by Robert Chung. I don't think Lance is the kind of guy that would compromise
his chances for victory. I also don't think he would ride himself into the ground for 260 km just
to see Boogerd lose. After Lance is no longer a Tour contender (which might not ever happen), I'd
like to see him dedicate a season chasing classics. I could see him doing well in RvV potentially.
Lemond did 'em.
James, I think lance is exactly the guy that would compromise his chance at victory in this race if
it could help him in the tour. I believe the race was open to for him to sell if the opportunity was
right ( I don't believe he did this year). I do 100% believe he did 01. I think he knew he was going
to lose to Dekker, but Dekker wasn't a 100% sure, so he told him you win, but when the tour comes
your guys will help us on the front. I think Lance is exactly the kind of guy who would sell his
teammates out for the tour and his chance at glory (actually I think they already know, so it isn't
selling out and if your are on the tour team it means less work in July). I think he is exactly the
guy who doesn't have a 100% confidence in his team this year and races are for sale. I think if he
could have made a deal with one of the teams he would have. I think he is the kind of guy who would
hold a grudge toward Rabobank, and I think he does. I also know that if you are presented with a
situation were Vino wins, or Booger it is no choice. I also think he is the kind of guy who list
palmares page 59th place at Tour of Flanders, and pack finish at Paris-Nice (why because he only
does 10 races a year) and sometime his tactics could be questioned, and he could have just made a
tactical error, or wasn't strong enough. I could be wrong, I hope I am wrong about the race selling,
but I think that this is cycling and I have heard this from too many people for it not to be true.
Everyone on this list whines about drugs, at least I can understand drugs. Win at all cost I can
deal with. What I don't understand and don't care for are the politics of bike racing. The race
fixing, and race selling. That is the [censored] that bugs me. The hey 3x prize money [censored] that pros do in
order to win. The let us win this, and we will help you next week (goes with win at all cost I
guess). I know it is the heritage of bike racing, but it is does give bike racing a slimy feeling.
RVD
