Re: Lance and Floyd

I still find it odd that he didn’t know whether or not there were time
bonuses. All you pros out there, is that likely for someone as
famously focused as Lance? Afterall, he’s in a race that his sponsors
have said they want to win and that his teammate won by only 4 seconds.
If it’s true, I think it’s a further sign that he’s really done with
the whole thing. I listened to his radio show last night and he is
literally counting the days “two months and 24 days and then I’m
finished.” Maybe he needs the negative motivation ala Floyd to get to
the finish line. I have to admit that no matter what I think of some
of Lance’s moves on and off the bike, I always root for him to win come
race day, and I’ll will be rooting for him to win his 7th.

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"]"The only reason I sprinted [away from Landis] is because I wasn't sure

if there were time bonuses or not,"

I had read that comment and wondered how a professional rider could not
know if there were time bonuses or not in a tight race. It made me
wonder if Lance has truly lost interest...or if that was just an excuse
to rub it in Floyd's face. It was an amazing sprint and the type of
explosive cycling that makes Lance so popular, but the pointing back at
Floyd and then the clock... I guess Lance can't help it. That kind of
instinct makes him a winner but also makes people wonder about his
character. Remember the Simeoni incident?

Hasn't this sort of thing happned before. On Luz Ardiden when lance was up the road, Mayo attacked jan for time bonuses presumably, after he had sat on Jan's wheel. I think that one explanation was that Eskatel was going for the team title, only to learn though that time bonuses don't count in the Team TDF competion.

In a sport like baseball, I have seen a player throw the ball into the stands after the second out allowing a player to tag and score. Its hard to remember every detail, but it might be a bit of an excuse in this case anyway. Maybe even a joke.