Don't make Lance Mad
 

After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they
finally get to the new stuff.

"Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up
Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden
attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said,
'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'"

(And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.)

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a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning
them to fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it
could only plunge that part of the world into ever greater
instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"Raptor" wrote in message
...
After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they
finally get to the new stuff.

"Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up
Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden
attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said,
'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'"

That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at
me. Also, maybe Lance needs to spend a little more time with the real
cycling legends to see what they had to endure. AFAIK, Lance has never had a
finger touch him nor has he ever been impeded (unless you count the 10 year
old that was holding the bag he ran in to last year). Look at what has
happened to guys like Belli, Guerini, (not to mention Eddy) etc. I guess a
lot of Lance-o-files never notice how many damn negative stories he has to
tell about the Tour and his competitors, fans and so on. If you want to hear
about a hero, he will talk about himself forever and a day (or at least
enough for a few books). He sure does not like people much.



(And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.)

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"Chris" wrote in message
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That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that
spit at
me.
But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that
spit at
me.
But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

I would hope he can come up with better motivation than that. Knowing what I
do about Lance, that probably explains why he won 5 stages this year.

Don't make Lance Mad
 

Raptor wrote:

After wading through nearly two hours of Lance Commercial re-runs, they
finally get to the new stuff.

"Yesterday was for all the German fans who spit on us all the way up
Alpe du'Huez. They were spittin', yellin', cussin', screaming. Kloden
attacked... Then I remembered a couple lugies in the face and I said,
'No, he can't win. He's not supposed to win.'"

(And then my tape runs out five minutes later. That sucks.)

Interesting.
http://groups.google.co.nz/groups?se...&output=gplain

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"Chris" wrote in message
. ..

"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. ..

That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that
spit at
me.
But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"gooserider" schreef in bericht
.. .

"Chris" wrote in message
. ..

"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. ..

That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a
few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that
spit at
me.
But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.

There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove oneself
is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others
miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans
there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions
don't really matter.

Jonathan.

Don't make Lance Mad
 

That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a few
moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that spit at
me. Also, maybe Lance needs to spend a little more time with the real
cycling legends to see what they had to endure.


It was either Eddie M. or Bernard H., who made the comment "NO GIFTS" and
applauded lance after beating Kloden in the sprint. They were quite
happy that he choose to sprint instead of just letting Kloden win.
If LA has any fault, it's that he has shown mercy on the peloton and
given too many stage victories away. ie. Ivan Basso


AFAIK, Lance has never had a
finger touch him nor has he ever been impeded (unless you count the 10 year
old that was holding the bag he ran in to last year). Look at what has
happened to guys like Belli, Guerini, (not to mention Eddy) etc. I guess a
lot of Lance-o-files never notice how many damn negative stories he has to
tell about the Tour and his competitors, fans and so on. If you want to hear
about a hero, he will talk about himself forever and a day (or at least
enough for a few books). He sure does not like people much.

Maybe you need to visit Childrens Hospital in Dallas and talk to some
cancer patients?

Don't make Lance Mad
 

Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:

"gooserider" schreef in bericht
.. .

"Chris" wrote in message
m...

"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...


That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a

few

moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that

spit at

me.

But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.


I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.


There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove oneself
is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others
miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans
there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions
don't really matter.

Jonathan.



1) Armstrong didn't empty a machine gun.
2) Who would defend him, the Branch Davidians? Why would you take such
a gratuitous swipe at his fans?

Steve

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http://www.dentaltwins.com
Brooklyn, NY
718-258-5001

Don't make Lance Mad
 

"Mark & Steven Bornfeld DDS" schreef in
bericht ...
Jonathan v.d. Sluis wrote:

"gooserider" schreef in bericht
.. .

"Chris" wrote in message
m...

"Jiyang Chen" wrote in message
...

"Chris" wrote in message
. com...


That is really nasty. I would understand his reaction, but then a

few

moments (if that) later I would remember that it was not Kloden that

spit at

me.

But letting Kloden win would satisfy the fans that spit at you/him.

Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.


I guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.


There are different ways of motivating yourself, and trying to prove
oneself
is a method worthy of more respect than just trying to make others
miserable. But then again, if Armstrong emptied a machinegun at the fans
there would probably still be people defending him, so these discussions
don't really matter.

Jonathan.



1) Armstrong didn't empty a machine gun.

Oh?

2) Who would defend him, the Branch Davidians? Why would you take such
a gratuitous swipe at his fans?

Steve

Because he can say such incredibly ****ty things, but there is still debate
about whether he is a Nice Person or not. But he is full of pride, and
people like that act like bags of **** every now and then. It just happens
and I don't see why it causes such anger. He's just not (always) a nice man.
Perhaps he made a bad move by pretending to be a heroic role model rather
than a human being, but many people like such a thing and more power to him
if that's his way to earn a living.

And after being called anti-semitic just because I'm from Europe, this swipe
seemed rather mild.

Jonathan.