Impressed with LA

"Kiem Madvanen" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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He acknowledged the great efforts of Mayo and Hamilton at his press
conference, and handled himself well in spite of the many questions.
And he still showed the backbone of a champion.

Anyone who is counting him out of winning his sixth Tour is a fool.
Given the state of the competition, this may be the greatest Tour
ever.

Worth noting: this is actually the fastest that Armstrong has ever ascended Mont
Ventoux, by 3 seconds (pointed out on Velonews.com)

-Sonarrat.

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

He acknowledged the great efforts of Mayo and Hamilton at his press
conference, and handled himself well in spite of the many questions.
And he still showed the backbone of a champion.

Anyone who is counting him out of winning his sixth Tour is a fool.
Given the state of the competition, this may be the greatest Tour
ever.

Worth noting: this is actually the fastest that Armstrong has ever ascended
Mont
Ventoux, by 3 seconds (pointed out on Velonews.com)

Good points. Would the world be as interested in the TOUR if LA was
dominant already?

-WG

warren said:

Good points. Would the world be as interested in the TOUR if LA was
dominant already?

Is that question rhetorical? The Giro has been much more interesting
lately, although last year's tour was a bit better. Yet the tour is
still the tour...

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Kiem Madvanen said:

He acknowledged the great efforts of Mayo and Hamilton at his press
conference, and handled himself well in spite of the many questions.
And he still showed the backbone of a champion.

Anyone who is counting him out of winning his sixth Tour is a fool.
Given the state of the competition, this may be the greatest Tour
ever.

Zub

It's a pity you weren't at the press conference to ask him the true,
hard hitting questions, the stuff that journalists (ha!) these days
don't ask out of some sick vision of decorum. The questions which would
reveal for all the true nature of Armstrong's weakness and impending doom.

Then again, you could just be full of [censored].

Sonarrat revealed to the astonishment of all:

Quoted message said:

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

He acknowledged the great efforts of Mayo and Hamilton at his press
conference, and handled himself well in spite of the many questions.
And he still showed the backbone of a champion.

Anyone who is counting him out of winning his sixth Tour is a fool.
Given the state of the competition, this may be the greatest Tour
ever.

Worth noting: this is actually the fastest that Armstrong has ever ascended Mont
Ventoux, by 3 seconds (pointed out on Velonews.com)

Now that is interesting news. I assume that is from the Bedoin start
and am wondering when the past times were that he ascended that portion.

In 2002 (according to CN) Lance set the record of 50 minutes for an
ascent, in pursuit of Virenque. Same approach?

Richard Adams said:

Quoted message said:

Worth noting: this is actually the fastest that Armstrong has ever
ascended Mont
Ventoux, by 3 seconds (pointed out on Velonews.com)

Now that is interesting news. I assume that is from the Bedoin start
and am wondering when the past times were that he ascended that portion.

In 2002 (according to CN) Lance set the record of 50 minutes for an
ascent, in pursuit of Virenque. Same approach?

Yes, but you should already know that CN makes occasional mistakes, and "50
minutes up Ventoux" is an obvious one
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=news/jul02/jul22

Jenko

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

Quoted message said:

Richard Adams said:

Quoted message said:

Worth noting: this is actually the fastest that Armstrong has ever
ascended Mont
Ventoux, by 3 seconds (pointed out on Velonews.com)

Now that is interesting news. I assume that is from the Bedoin start
and am wondering when the past times were that he ascended that portion.

In 2002 (according to CN) Lance set the record of 50 minutes for an
ascent, in pursuit of Virenque. Same approach?

Yes, but you should already know that CN makes occasional mistakes, and "50
minutes up Ventoux" is an obvious one
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=news/jul02/jul22

But we mention 58 minutes there. Where's the 50 minute reference (and
I'll correct it).

cheers,
Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

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Yes, but you should already know that CN makes occasional mistakes, and "50
minutes up Ventoux" is an obvious one
http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/tour02/?id=news/jul02/jul22

But we mention 58 minutes there. Where's the 50 minute reference (and
I'll correct it).

It was at "the legend of the windy mountain". Already fixed now.

Jenko

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

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It was at "the legend of the windy mountain". Already fixed now.

Thanks - yes, that bit of misinformation came from the same source
that said Ventoux was an extinct volcano :-) I think burning it will
be appropriate.

Jeff

Jeff Jones said:

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

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It was at "the legend of the windy mountain". Already fixed now.

Thanks - yes, that bit of misinformation came from the same source
that said Ventoux was an extinct volcano :-) I think burning it will
be appropriate.

Advice from the CIA manual:
Never burn a source, Jeff.

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Stewart Fleming said:

Jeff Jones said:

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

It was at "the legend of the windy mountain". Already fixed now.

Thanks - yes, that bit of misinformation came from the same source
that said Ventoux was an extinct volcano :-) I think burning it will
be appropriate.

Advice from the CIA manual:
Never burn a source, Jeff.

Nope, wouldn't want to burn a source. Now, a detainee? That's a
different story altogether...

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"Stewart Fleming" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Advice from the CIA manual:
Never burn a source, Jeff.

Good advice. I was going to make it into a roux but ran out of butter. So
burning was the only option. Came out lumpy in the end but we still ate it.

Jeff