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These flag-waving idiots

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  1. ....or just pushed back. The ASO should get a few of the Ape Hanger Harley
    duded from Lances commercial to ride next to the lead groups, with straight
    pipes of course. It is just a matter of time before a flag gets caught in a
    leaders wheel. Maybe the other fans will resort to vigilante justice, if it
    exists there.
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    Should be shot.

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

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    Should be shot.

    I kind of like the guy with the longhorns.

    Mike

  3. Should be shot.

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    Should be shot.

    Fans rule! They control everything in a way. I'd woudn't be surprised if we
    see something like what happened with the bag last year. I see Boonen stem
    snapped! Ouchie!!

  5. It is normal. The cyclists are used to it. I do think they get a bit too
    close, but it is the same as ever.

    Curt

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    Should be shot.

  6. "curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    The cyclists are used to it.

    When you are suffering like hell to keep up with the leaders, last thing
    you want is to have some guy yell stuff to make you frustrated.

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    "curt" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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    The cyclists are used to it.

    When you are suffering like hell to keep up with the leaders, last thing
    you want is to have some guy yell stuff to make you frustrated.

    Maybe for you and I, but these guys are pro's. It is nothing to them.

    Curt

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    Should be shot.

    I agree, but very slowly.

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    Should be shot.

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    If you're an Islamist terrorist, how hard would it be to really hurt
    Armstrong ?

    You wouldn't even need a gun.

    Yes, but the Islamic terrorists have started to learn over the past few
    months. They don't do the "suicide bomber" bit much anymore. They park a
    car and leave it to kill whoever happens to be walking by at the moment,
    soldiers, women, children on their way to school. What does that have to
    do with your statement. All the so-called "brave" terrorists have blown
    themselves to bits and all that are left are the pussies and they aren't
    going to stand in a crowd and try to take Lance out because they know they
    would become a bloody stain on the sidewalk inside one minute after doing
    so.

    Just my take on the situation.

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  10. If I'd been sitting on the side of the road for 6 hours waiting to watch
    the Tour come by and one of these dorks ran in front of me just as the
    leading break was going by - I'd go midieval on his ass.

  11. curt said:

    It is normal. The cyclists are used to it. I do think they get a bit too
    close, but it is the same as ever.

    If you're an Islamist terrorist, how hard would it be to really hurt
    Armstrong ?

    You wouldn't even need a gun.

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    If you're an Islamist terrorist, how hard would it be to really hurt
    Armstrong ?

    pretty hard.

    you'd have to make at least 7.5 W/kg

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    If you're an Islamist terrorist, how hard would it be to really hurt
    Armstrong ?

    You wouldn't even need a gun.

    It's actually a pretty scary thought. It doesn't even need to be a
    terrorist, just an overzealous
    (fill-in-the-blank-with-a-non-Armstrong-contender) fan.
    Keep in mind that Eddy Merckx was punched by a spectator.
    And speaking of not using a gun - Imagine a conspiracy of a bunch of
    people willing to simply "push" a racer enough times to have him
    disqualified.

    DR

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    curt said:

    It is normal. The cyclists are used to it. I do think they get a bit too
    close, but it is the same as ever.

    If you're an Islamist terrorist, how hard would it be to really hurt
    Armstrong ?

    You wouldn't even need a gun.

    Too small a target. They wouldn't waste themselves on just one rider, no
    matter how heroic.

    An attack on the whole tour (peloton) would be a major coup, but
    thinking about it, I think any bike race is a tricky target indeed. The
    timing is very unpredictable. You couldn't set anything up with all
    those fans. But maybe on a relatively deserted downhill section...

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    "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning young soldiers to
    a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
    them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
    could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
    instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

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    Should be shot.

    I kind of like the guy with the longhorns.

    Mike

    Did you happen to catch the naked guy on yesterday's stage? I guess
    OLN is going to have to pay a huge fine now... <g>

  16. Jonathan Quist said:

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

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

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    Should be shot.

    I kind of like the guy with the longhorns.

    Mike

    Did you happen to catch the naked guy on yesterday's stage? I guess
    OLN is going to have to pay a huge fine now... <g>


    They blurred out his butt crack on the rerun - how would you like to be
    the guy with THAT video editing job?

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