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07-05-2008, 11:32 AM
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Tour de France time again (sigh, why do I do this to myself?)
With Floyd Landis officially stripped of his Tour title, Tom Boonen banned for an out-of-competition positive for cocaine, can this possibly be a clean and scandal-free Tour? Or am I completely deluded? On the positive side, we now have two American teams, and one of them even has a Canadian on it.
 I still like CSC and Carlos Sastre, but there are a number of riders who have great potential to win: Menchov, Evans, Valverde, and others.Is anybody besides me even going to bother to follow this potential debacle? 
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07-06-2008, 09:02 AM
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Say it right, Frenchie! - it's "Franssss!", "Tour duh Franssss!"
"Not "Fraaaawnce!" Say it with me! - "Tour duh Franssss!"
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07-06-2008, 10:22 AM
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Or if you're Bob Roll, 'tour day franss'
 Nice ride by Valverde to win the first stage.
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07-12-2008, 12:41 PM
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Damn, first drug bust goes to Beltran of Liquigas - a positive A sample for EPO.
Fvckin' loser. 
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07-21-2008, 02:11 PM
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Duenas Nevado, Ricco, Piepoli. What's the record for dismissals and team withdrawls in a single tour? I don't really follow it closely, but I had the impression that '98 and '07 were the worst so far. Is this year's tour on pace with those?
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07-21-2008, 02:17 PM
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Pretty far behind, i think, but the whole Saunier-Duval team is gone as will be Barloworld at the end of this Tour.
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07-21-2008, 02:24 PM
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Seems to me it must be getting tougher to find sposorship money. Would you stick your neck out to put your name on any of those teams?
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07-21-2008, 05:15 PM
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I met a couple of CSC riders earlier this year at Tour of California. Jens Voigt was very approachable and very friendly with fans. Great guy. and a great sportman.
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I'm rooting for him to win a stage and for CSC team. On the other hand, Levi seemed cold. I saw him cycled by and ignored the fans "hello" and "Go Levi" ignoring pretty much everybody. This was post race so there was no need for "being in the zone". I'm not sorry he wasn't allowed to ride.
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07-21-2008, 07:23 PM
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I used to love this event. Not anymore. Like so many other sports, you can't tell if the athlete or the chemicals in the athlete are delivering the winning performance.
On my trip through the mountains yesterday there were several bikers on the road, and I couldn't help but admire the determination it must take to drive themselves through the hills - not to mention the cast iron sack to go flying down the other side.
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07-21-2008, 07:39 PM
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I'm very jelaous, Jens is by far my favourite rider, on my favourite team, riding my favourite bike brand - Cervelo, which is a Canadian company (though the bikes are now made in China). Bob, I agree that it's hard to watch and not wonder if every winner is a cheat. When Ricco and Piepoli rode away from everyone, I wondered even then. Usual - would I sponsor any of these teams? NFW, too risky.
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07-23-2008, 01:23 PM
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Yup, looking good. Alpe d'Huez today should tell the tale. They need to crack Evans and Menchov.
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07-24-2008, 10:59 AM
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Now we only await the Race of Truth on Saturday to see if Evans can time trial more than 1:34 faster than Sastre. I hope not.
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