Is Lance finished?

demolitionman

Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness

Lumen

Never underestimate the greatest cyclist the world has ever known.

RobFowl

Lumen wrote: »

Never underestimate the greatest cyclist the world has ever known.

Merckx is making a comeback !!!!!

mloc123

He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

tunney

demolitionman wrote: »

Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness

Never fear it won't end like this.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/07/13/2010-07-13_source_grand_jury_subpoenas_lance_armstrong_sponsor_trek_in_cycling_drug_probe.html

tunney

mloc123 wrote: »

He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

He'll do well and and finish very close to, but behind, the winner *

*Of the ladies

kenmc

good riddance. don't let the door slam on the way out lancie.

ednwireland

demolitionman wrote: »

Reckon he'll change his mind and come back for another bash next year after this years le tour debacle?

Or has the passage of time finally caught up with him?

Shame for him to end his le tour career like this in fairness

yes

dmg10

mloc123 wrote: »

He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

Wouldn't underestimate his ability to compete in something like this....is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete and was national champion?? 2 of 3 sports done and trained for.....would be curious to see that race

Lumen

mloc123 wrote: »

He has changed his mind already, next year will be all about Ironman... and I predict he will not be good enough to make people wonder if he is doping.

The real question is...will he beat Tunney?

Moflojo

Phil Liggett mentioned in his commentary of the Tour the other day that Lance will be racing next year, just not in the Tour de France. Apparently he has already committed to next year's Amgen Tour of California.

As an aside, I found it interesting when reading the Paris-Brest-Paris EPO article that Amgen originally discovered synthetic EPO. I do believe that to be ironic.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

The real question is...will he beat Tunney?

Depends how many drugs Tunney takes, and if slideshowbob sees it as a race or not...

blorg

dmg10 wrote: »

is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete

Glad you asked

TinyExplosions

Lumen

A born climber.

mloc123

dmg10 wrote: »

Wouldn't underestimate his ability to compete in something like this....is there something at the back of my mind that remembers reading that his intro to cycling as a sport was as a professional triathlete and was national champion?? 2 of 3 sports done and trained for.....would be curious to see that race

Look up the splits that IM pros are putting in, people presume Lance will out bike them all... I would be suprised if he has the fastest split on the day. His best Marathon to date is 2.46? IM guys are running this off the bike.

IM0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HorLQHQ3pMc

Lumen

mloc123 wrote: »

Look up the splits that IM pros are putting in, people presume Lance will out bike them all... I would be suprised if he has the fastest split on the day. His best Marathon to date is 2.46? IM guys are running this off the bike.

Lance would get his back flatter on a tri bike.

dmg10

LOL I can see I've started something here with the photos cropping up. Just as well gear has come a long way since....

el tel

He's finished as far as another Tour win is concerned however career wise - he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now. Anyone else and that would be considered awesome.

Lumen

el tel wrote: »

career wise - he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now

How's that?

Bluefoam

el tel wrote: »

he's still doing better than about 150 top pros right now

Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

el tel

Lumen wrote: »

How's that?

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/classement/index.html

RichTea

Well he was never going to win the Tour. He's too old for it. Winning seven is enough for anyone. I'd say he just missed the competition and wanted to stay around, I doubt he honestly felt he could win it anyway.

Lumen

el tel wrote: »

http://www.letour.fr/2010/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/classement/index.html

That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.

blorg

Lumen wrote: »

That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.

3rd in the Tour last year was still impressive whatever way you look at it.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

That's completely misleading. He's the team leader, so you should only compare him against other team leaders.

Not really, everyone in the Tour is a competitor, so if you finish in the top 20 it is impressive enough -only thing is how much gear he's on

Lumen

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Not really, everyone in the Tour is a competitor, so if you finish in the top 20 it is impressive enough

Of course, but he's not "doing better than about 150 top pros", since most of them are not competing for the GC.

TinyExplosions

Lumen wrote: »

Of course, but he's not "doing better than about 150 top pros", since most of them are not competing for the GC.

But neither was he in anyone other than his deluded little mind

At the end of the day, he's doing better than any of us would (except perhaps Ryan Sherlock), and it's impressive for a guy that old