Armstrong the best "hustler" ever.

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

So how much did he pay his rivals NOT to win?

seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose the
yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

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seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose the
yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

The way he staged the kid pulling his handlebars with a musette was impressive.

M.

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He made this tour close on purpose. He hustled the American public so well that the major networks
will bid up the airing rights to next years tour, Lance will get more endorsements and higher pay
because of the "dramatic" 2003 Tour.

I really ope that doesn't happen. None of the networks have provided the coverage that OLN has. I
really can't see any major network commiting to liver coverage of two hours every day in July. They
would just give us warmed over half hour updates, at best. I'm hoping OLN can keep the coverage
rights for a long time.
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Michael said:

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seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose
the yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

The way he staged the kid pulling his handlebars with a musette was impressive.

And the fake foam round his mouth in the 1st ITT - nice touch.

Regards! Stephen

oh and the Beloki crash too...

BUT, the fact is that one could argue that the "theory" still holds despite both those situaitons.
In the Beloki crash, he let Vino get ahead, and was staring to pull him back when it happened. Its
just that he perhaps wasn't able to pull him back as much, and what was "supposed"to be a 30-40 sec.
lead was much less. And the crash on Arden was irrelevant at that point. He was trying to attack
there, and spread it out, and he did. The crash made it more difficult, and perhaps less time
gained, but he still gained time.

I really dont believe all of this; unless he had some white lip gloss in his shorts for the 1st
ITT... But it is always fun to speculate, like the big rumor around Chicago whe MJ's father was
killed was that it was a mob hit for MJ NOT throwing the series the year earlier with Utah...

Although I wouldn't argee too vehemently with someone convinced that LA was "trying" to keep it a
bit closer this year-he just let it get a little too close...

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seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose the
yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

The way he staged the kid pulling his handlebars with a musette was impressive.

M.

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seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose
the yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

The way he staged the kid pulling his handlebars with a musette was impressive.

M.

The entourage is getting larger each year what with all of the make-up and special effects staff.
Notice how realistic it looked when his face was covered with dry sweat and it looked like he had
negative 3% body fat.

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seems unlikely, but the tought did cross my mind more than once. The fact is he never did lose
the yellow....

JTN said:

I think you are more right than any of us will ever know.....

The way he staged the kid pulling his handlebars with a musette was impressive.

M.

Does he qualify for an Emmy award now too?

I saw that two of the 5-time winners won their last Tour at age 31, and two were younger. So, none
has ever been able to get that 6th win at such an "advanced" age.

We'll see if the "rule" applies to Texans!

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oh and the Beloki crash too...

Beloki didn't crash, his tires were taken out by the shooter on the grassy knoll.

Shawn

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I saw that two of the 5-time winners won their last Tour at age 31, and two were younger. So, none
has ever been able to get that 6th win at such an "advanced" age

We'll see if the "rule" applies to Texans!

Actually he's already broken the "rule" since he's in his 32nd year and none of the multiple winners
(3 and above) have won after their 31st birthday.

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oh and the Beloki crash too...

Beloki didn't crash, his tires were taken out by the shooter on the grassy knoll.

Shawn

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oh and the Beloki crash too...

Beloki didn't crash, his tires were taken out by the shooter on the grassy knoll.

There were three shooters, all supplied by the CIA-Mafia cabal.

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I saw that two of the 5-time winners won their last Tour at age 31, and two were younger. So, none
has ever been able to get that 6th win at such an "advanced" age

We'll see if the "rule" applies to Texans!

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Actually he's already broken the "rule" since he's in his 32nd year and none of the multiple
winners (3 and above) have won after their 31st birthday.

Other than Indurain, although just barely since his birthday is during the Tour. But he was
31 in 1995.

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