Armstrong coming back for the 2009 TdF

[Mr Phoebus]

Did Eddie Merckx (n)ever dope?
We (the cycling fans) will never know.
There is no proof LA did. Leave it at that, but naturally have your own opinion about it.
LA should stay retired.

Sacrilege!!! Prepare the gibbet!

 

[Chuffy]

No major significance to it, yello; just that LA wasn't just a flash in the pan at the Tour; he was a world champion at the age of 21.

Hmmm, before his come back in 1999 he was more of a one day racer, not a Tour rider or even a time trial specialist. These things all came after he returned from his cancer treatment. They also coincide with his relationship with Dr Ferrari.

 

[Kovu]

This looks like fact guys, he's coming back. Sky sports have just read out an offical statement by him ... on the lines of

"Yes i am coming back ... I am going to win an 8th tour de france" or something like that.

So it loosk truth.

 

[Kovu]

Yeah it's truth ... sky sports are running it now. Well that's blown the tour for next year!

 

[Crackle]

It seems incredible if he does. Can he win it again? It would silence everyone if he did. But.....

Well I for one would be off to France next year to watch him one more time. For me, no one has stamped their mark on the tour since he retired.

I may not like everything about him but the whole spectacle is captivating, fascinating and compelling.

 

[Kovu]

Agreeded Crackle ... He says he's doing to raise awareness for Testicle Cancer again.

It's interesting ...

 

[Chuffy]

It seems incredible if he does. Can he win it again? It would silence everyone if he did.

Yeah right! Nothing he does in the future will change what he did in the past.

He says he's doing to raise awareness for Testicle Cancer again.

I knew it was a load of bollocks!
Boom, tish.....


Seriously, why do this, other than to do his usual thing, which is to pursue a vendetta against anyone who has ever slighted him. It would prove nothing and if the peloton are anything other than a craven bunch of gutless cowards they won't be afraid of him. There's been a lot of change in three years and he won't be able to bully his way around as before.

 

[Crackle]

Yeah right! Nothing he does in the future will change what he did in the past.

What did he do in the past? He won the tour 7 times and beat cancer. Did he dope? Unproven, though I as many have suspicions.

I've ploughed my way through LA Confidential, 90% shite and 10% he's not as nice as he seems. So he's not nice, so he's a bully, I wait to see how he'll fare and who'll stand up to him. That's the fascination.

 

[Bollo]

In writing...

http://www.velonews.com/article/82965/lance-armstrong-returns-to-professional-racing

 

[rich p]

Gawd 'elp us. I don't think I can bear a year of the PR

 

[jags]

he is the greatest cyclist of all time ,im glad to have seen him win all 7 tours the man is unbeatable in the tour will he win another ,put your house on it .the great eddie wouldent lace la's boots in the tour armstrong can do it all mercks could never climb as armstrong could.

 

[maurice]

That's made my day! Think I'll definitely be going over to watch a stage, I can see the 09 tour more than making up for the lack of excitement (excluding Cav's wins) in the 08 tour.

 

[Crackle]

he is the greatest cyclist of all time ,im glad to have seen him win all 7 tours the man is unbeatable in the tour will he win another ,put your house on it .the great eddie wouldent lace la's boots in the tour armstrong can do it all mercks could never climb as armstrong could.

Steady now. I think I'll hold onto my house just yet. Greatest cyclist of all time? Well, a few other names spring to mind.

 

[Ashtrayhead]

Statement from Lance....
http://livestrongblog.org/2008/09/0...rn-to-professional-cycling/?tr=y&auid=3991019

 

[Ashtrayhead]

.....now, where did I put my yellow band?