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
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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:

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"Kiem Madvanen" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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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 cyclingnews.comtour02Open ↗
/?id=news/jul02/jul22

Jenko

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

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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
cyclingnews.comtour02Open ↗
02/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
cyclingnews.comtour02Open ↗
02/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:<2j3jmnFt3k48U1@uni-
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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 news:<2j3jmnFt3k48U1@uni-
berlin.de>...

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