An RBR regular?
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/07/20040716-6.html
Q Scott, we noticed that the Tour de France is on the video monitors. Is
the President taking any time during the flight to watch Lance Armstrong --
MR. McCLELLAN: He has been trying to follow the Tour de France, and he
certainly is pulling for Lance Armstrong to capture his sixth title. And
so he has been watching it with great interest.
Q Thanks.
Q Lance was on this plane a couple -- I should say the bigger Air Force
One --
MR. McCLELLAN: He went down to Crawford in August --
Q I think it was --
MR. McCLELLAN: 2001?
Q Yes.
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes.
Q Do you now, is it possible for the President to communicate with Lance
during this race and cheer him on at all?
MR. McCLELLAN: I don't -- I don't think there's -- no, there haven't
been any communications with him. But the President is certainly wishing
him well and hoping that he will be able to accomplish his sixth
straight victory.
Q Do you happen to know whether the President ever rides or ever has had
occasion to ride the Trek road bike that Lance gave him after that?
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not -- well, I'll have to check on that. I'll have to
check on that. I'm not sure that that's the bike -- that's not the bike
he's been using.
Q Correct. It's a road bike.
MR. McCLELLAN: I'm not sure if he's ridden that in the past or not. I'm
not sure what happened to that. It might have been -- it might have been
something that's -- that's been sent to -- something that's donated,
maybe, to a future Presidential library or something of that nature.
Q He's watching on this flight, right?
MR. McCLELLAN: Yes, because what you see on is also on in his cabin.
Q He's got a couple of hours of down time this afternoon. I don't
suppose he's taking a bike ride?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, I think we're at the -- where are we during that
downtime, at --
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As always, the compliant US press doesn't cut to the meat and ask the
questions we all want to know...
Q Do you know if the President believes that Jan Ullrich waited for
Lance Armstrong on Luz Ardiden last year?