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July 23, 2009
RadioShack Corporation form an American ProTour team: and, beginning next year, Lance Armstrong will compete for Team RadioShack "as a cyclist, runner and triathlete," the company announced in a press release.
I was wondering myself if the number of times the word "American" was used in the statement had anything to do with Astana's plans to bring back Vino.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 03:52 PM on July 23, 2009
I read that one of the reasons Bruyneal is leaving is that he wanted nothing to do with Vino.
posted by apoch at 05:10 PM on July 23, 2009
Isn't that a redundancy? "as a cyclist, runner and triathlete," That's two of the three disciplines of triathlon.
Guess there's no drug testing in triathlon...
posted by Drood at 10:15 PM on July 23, 2009
Isn't that a redundancy? "as a cyclist, runner and triathlete," That's two of the three disciplines of triathlon.
No, it isn't. A bicycle race is a competitive event. A running race is a competitive event. A triathlon is a competitive event consisting of a swimming leg, a bicycle leg and a running leg. Each leg is not a separate competitive event: if you complete the swim and bike but say "ah fuckit" for the running leg, you get no result.
Guess there's no drug testing in triathlon...
Give it a rest, Drood. The Astana team bust got stopped and searched at the French border for three hours. TIt was the only team van stopped, and they found nothing. Just give it a rest already.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 02:37 PM on July 24, 2009
Kazakhstan will miss Mr. Armstrong, their number one native son, I'm sure.