Racing with lance

josh:
damn, thank goodness i didnt do your site for you. man, giving your self your own nickname and then talk about yourself in 3rd person..... your are a TOOLBAG!

p.s- why dont u go hang out with Lance and Sheryl donw on Santa Monica Blvd...

For a MUCH better account of riding with Lance in a primarily amateur
event, see Jason's thread titled, "Lance shows at local race" from
2002. I copied the original post. You decide which is better.

Jason Waddell Feb 25 2002, 3:08 pm

Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.racing
From: [email hidden] (Jason Waddell)
Date: 25 Feb 2002 23:07:54 GMT
Local: Mon,Feb 25 2002 3:07 pm
Subject: Lance shows at local race

This past weekend in west Austin Lance showed up for the Pace Bend RR.
He did
it without fanfare and snuck in undetected before the start. He just
rode in
the rear of the field until about the halfway(40mile) point and then he
decided
to do some intervals. I was truly fortunate to be able to follow his
attack
when he went and was among the 9 other lucky guys that got to spend 40
miles in
a 10 man break with a 3time TdF winner.

He never went so hard as to drop us or completely decimate the group
but with
him just being in the group we were all riding just a little bit harder
than
normal. He would force the pace occasionally just to make sure we were
paying
attention, but he let everyone have a turn and that has got to be about
the
smoothest pace line that I have ever been a part of. No one was
screwing
around, just riding hard.

But the course was hilly as was Saturdays race and I was completely
wasted with
10 miles to go. I sat out a pull and Lance comes around in the pace
line and
looks at me and says:

LA: Are you gonna take your pull?
JW: Uh, I'm a sprinter and don't go uphill very well
LA: well get dropped then

5miles later with one lap to go he dropped the hammer and after a bit
eased up
so that the 3 guys that were still able to halfway follow could get on
his
wheel. The rest of us just rode in with our 5 minute gap safe...

Truly a unique experience to get to spend 2hrs in a small break with a
rider of
his caliber.

jason

(cp)

In article <[email hidden]>,

josh goodwin said:

Racing with Lance,

It was a beautiful sunny day in Ojai, California this weekend for another NRC Race. It was the
Garret Lemire GP. With a field of about 120 riders and a surprise guess Lance Armstrong shows
up to put some hurt on.

While the race unfolded the Local people of Ojai were coming out of the hills to
catch a quick glance at the star we call the (Wonder Boy) I mean to get a look at Lance
Armstrong. Josh Goodwin was on fire this day being in all the breaks making sure that no body
got up the road without him or one of his team mates. Lance also was a threat making sure he
was in the breaks or bringing them back.
The race came down to 5 laps to go and the Field was all together. A couple of
guys tried to get a way with 4 to go but came back while huge chase from the field. So the
Wonder Boy, gathered his boys and started there lead out with two to go. Not wanting to take
the front just yet the Monex boys staying top ten but all 4 of them staying tight together.
Coming down to the last lap. Monex boys 5th back with the Wonder Boy, (Josh Goodwin) leading
out Emil Abraham going into 3 turns to go start their lead out.

Dashing in the gutter inside looking fast, going into the last turn Harm Jansen
looks over his shoulder to see the Wonder Boy coming full steam ahead. Harm being the canavi
rider he is puts in a Mean HOOK almost taking out the Monex train. The Wonder Boy being so
swift goes outside of harm and gets another hook from Some Symetrics guy trying to get on
Harms wheel. The Wonder boy now in his 53/12 trying to muscle out of the last corner hold on
to a top 10 finish gets 11th place while his team mate gets top 5 with a 5th Place.

While the Monex boys road good it was really fun racing with Lance Armstrong. Until next time.

P.S. Here is a link of me and Lance on the start line. I am right behind lance to the right of
the picture. http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos.php?id=photos/2005/apr05/lemire05/img_2296

Joshua Goodwin

(Wonder Boy)

Team Monex

So what was lance yelling at your teammate for?

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-*- Scott Patton
-*- Colorado Springs, CO