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June 29, 2006
For the next three weeks: (and two days) I give a crap about what happens in France. ESPN with a breakdown of the favorites to win now that Lance is gone. Persoanlly, I'm rooting for Basso.
The Tour resumes without Lance (finally). Here in America fans think he's the greatest but he never won anything else. Aquetil,Hinault,Indurain and especially the incomperable Eddie Merckx won dozens of other big races in their Tour winning years,such as the Giro d'Italia. Perhaps Lance's great contribution to cycling will be that he changed the sport by concentrating on Le Grande Boucle.
posted by sickleguy at 11:43 PM on June 29, 2006
My only wish was that this sport got the kind of television coverage that others do. The World Cup is/was being broadcast on three different channels every day here at home ... impossible to miss when flipping by. Every year, despite my desire to follow the Tour closely, the TV scheduling always eludes me. The 'net helps, but I'd just like more coverage via the mainstream sports media. Being the first post-Lance Tour, there are definitely a lot of names that could be at the top when they hit Paris. Should make for an incredibly interesting Tour.
posted by Spitztengle at 01:08 AM on June 30, 2006
I feel sorry for the winner cause people are gonna say "Youre Lucky Lance Wasnt racing" or similar Stuff or they might say "Well youre still not good cause you didnt win 7 straight Tour de France"
posted by your-money9388 at 02:04 AM on June 30, 2006
Basso will be fun to watch, as will Ulrich No he won't.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 05:18 AM on June 30, 2006
Jebus!
posted by 86 at 07:20 AM on June 30, 2006
The list of people barred from this year's Tour reads like a Who's Who of cycling. My goodness.
posted by 86 at 07:24 AM on June 30, 2006
The list of people barred from this year's Tour reads like a Who's Who of cycling. My goodness. Well, Hamilton and Heras were never in, because they are already serving suspensions.
posted by Amateur at 07:38 AM on June 30, 2006
Man, cycling just sucks. I mean, there's just all this riding around in straight lines, and no action, and no scoring, and I know the world loves it but...I don't get it, so therefore I mock it because it must be useless. /snark oops, I thought this was another WC bashing thread for a minute. hahaha. I'm almost more excited about the Tour now that there's no Lance - don't get me wrong, I loved watching him win but now I can't wait to see who steps up now that he's gone. Basso will be fun to watch, as will Ulrich, and if either one wins I'll be happy.