gslater Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 1:01 over second-best Ullrich, and he caught and passed Basso.... Quote
rbw1966 Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Yes, but Michael Moore wins the overall race! MSNBC Report Quote
gslater Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 Must have been those Cipollini-esque bodysuits that allowed Moore to dominate the sprints and collect so many time bonuses... Quote
fenderfour Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Must have been those Cipollini-esque bodysuits that allowed Moore to dominate the sprints and collect so many time bonuses... Â The horror! Quote
gslater Posted July 21, 2004 Author Posted July 21, 2004 I also saw that Lance had to add weight to his bike to get it up to the minimum weight of 6.8 kg. According to my calculator, that's just UNDER 15 freakin' pounds! Â Time for me to get a new bike... Quote
bDubyaH Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Check out the Cannondale six13, it came out at the tour last year and they had to add weights to make it UCI legal (15 #). They had an add campaign saying Legalize my Cannondale. Actually the whole team (Saeco) wore jerseys in one stage and took a ding from the officials for it. UCI had the rule to keep people from making superlight bikes that would fall apart at high speeds and kill, but i think technology has passed the 15# mark and can still be safe. allthough dropping the rule could create a division between rich teams with "light" bikes and poor teams with "heavies". That said, my 17# bike is basically a huffy compared to the tour bikes. Quote
assmonkey Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Lance is a crazy animal. That's the coolest shit on the news today. Â - a s s m n k e y Quote
ashw_justin Posted July 21, 2004 Posted July 21, 2004 Did anybody see that fucker spit in Lance's face? I can't believe they let the spectators anywhere near the riders. They need to contract some rugby players to enforce the "don't fuck with the athlete" rules. Quote
Dave_Schuldt Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 So I've been following the race on the BBC website. Thier pictures suck. Where can I find good pictures that will work for wall paper? Quote
Szyjakowski Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 http://www.letour.fr/2004/us/index.html  not the best photos but some are cool. Quote
Figger_Eight Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Did anybody see that fucker spit in Lance's face? I can't believe they let the spectators anywhere near the riders. They need to contract some rugby players to enforce the "don't fuck with the athlete" rules. Â No shit. It's cuz the French (and Euro's for that matter) are pissed that an American is crushing them at their own game for the sixth straight year. Imagine a French football team coming over and winning the Super Bowl six straight times. Quote
magellan Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 There are very few people who can say "I'm the best at what I do" and have it be so obvious. Quote
RobBob Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Why do they let the crowd stand so close to the riders? Seriously, it's gotta slow the riders down. Â After a lousy day at work, I found the Tour too stressful to watch last night. Those car horns blaring, the mob grabbing at riders, flapping flags at them, and grabbing at them---I was waiting for one 'em to take a spill as a result. Quote
Bandit Posted July 22, 2004 Posted July 22, 2004 Lance stated in his post race interview that it was the German fans that were out of control. Drinking for 2 or 3 days before and wanting Jan Ulrich to win made for some poor sportsmanship by the German fans. Lance also stated that the U.S. fans are by far the most curteous of all, even to the foreign riders, they show respect. Just shows that the U.S. athletes and fans are a class act. Go Lance!!! Quote
jon Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 HOLY SHIT THAT WAS A FINISH!!!!!!!! Hats off to Landis too! Quote
pope Posted July 23, 2004 Posted July 23, 2004 There are very few people who can say "I'm the best at what I do" and have it be so obvious. Â Uhh...I was pretty good at my craft. Quote
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