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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:13:19 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote:
Bill Sornson wrote: psycholist wrote: "jj" wrote in message ... You heard it here first! (as told to Oprah, 2/11/05) jj I just watched Lance/Sheryl/Oprah Tivo recording. He did say he would do #7. But we already knew that. He DID NOT say when. It's on right now here in San Diego, so I just saw the exact segment you're describing. Only hint (?) might be that Oprah said something like, "We better let you out of here; you've gotta TRAIN!" and he nodded and said, "That's right." Not a smoking gun, perhaps, but might be revealing. Well, he did say he had trained for 5 hours before riding with Oprah. I wonder if that means anything? Seems kind of early in the year to be training 5 hours, huh? The Tour has new rules this year. He has to participate in more big rides before the tour (and I think place in them, but I'm not sure of that). So if he has to race in a spring classic then now isn't too early. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog |
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In article . com, Bob wrote:
This is hardly news. News would be if he announced that he WON'T try for seven. I mean, name even *one* world class athlete that has ever quit while still at the top of their sport. Jim Brown. -- Dan -- Dan Cosley * http://www.cs.umn.edu/~cosley/) GroupLens Research Lab, Univ of MN (http://movielens.umn.edu/ * 612.624.8372) *** Just a foot soldier in the Army of Truth *** |
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On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:29:19 -0800, b_baka wrote:
Bob wrote: jj wrote: You heard it here first! (as told to Oprah, 2/11/05) jj This is hardly news. News would be if he announced that he WON'T try for seven. I mean, name even *one* world class athlete that has ever quit while still at the top of their sport. That just doesn't happen. The same overriding need to be "Number 1" that drives those at the very top of their field, athletic or otherwise, makes voluntarily walking away while at their peak virtually impossible for them. Regards, Bob Hunt Bob, Michael Jordan! MJ finally retired like what two years ago? Lets check google: http://www.nba.com/history/players/jordan_stats.html Yep. two years ago. No, I'd say he was a little past his peak by then. Gotcha. Don't think so. And Lance did say he will have a lot of time on his hands in a few years so I am betting on this year. If he doesn't nail it this year he may try one more time and then retire. Bill Baka |
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Neil Cherry wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 05:13:19 -0500, Roger Zoul wrote: Bill Sornson wrote: psycholist wrote: "jj" wrote in message ... You heard it here first! (as told to Oprah, 2/11/05) jj I just watched Lance/Sheryl/Oprah Tivo recording. He did say he would do #7. But we already knew that. He DID NOT say when. It's on right now here in San Diego, so I just saw the exact segment you're describing. Only hint (?) might be that Oprah said something like, "We better let you out of here; you've gotta TRAIN!" and he nodded and said, "That's right." Not a smoking gun, perhaps, but might be revealing. Well, he did say he had trained for 5 hours before riding with Oprah. I wonder if that means anything? Seems kind of early in the year to be training 5 hours, huh? The Tour has new rules this year. He has to participate in more big rides before the tour (and I think place in them, but I'm not sure of that). So if he has to race in a spring classic then now isn't too early. Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Interesting. Thanks for the info, though. |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:45:02 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote in message : Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Or maybe to make life a little fairer for those who do more than one race per season. How do you think Lance would fare against Eddie Mercx, with the same racing schedule? Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:45:02 -0500, "Roger Zoul" wrote in message : Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Or maybe to make life a little fairer for those who do more than one race per season. How do you think Lance would fare against Eddie Mercx, with the same racing schedule? Guy Don't know. However, if Lance did more races he might be even better. |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:54:33 -0500, "Roger Zoul"
wrote in message : Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Or maybe to make life a little fairer for those who do more than one race per season. How do you think Lance would fare against Eddie Mercx, with the same racing schedule? Don't know. However, if Lance did more races he might be even better. He might indeed - we'll find out in a few months. My guess is that he would be worse, since if races were the perfect training for the Tour you can bet your ass that he would be racing. I have nothing against Lance, and I'm looking forward to seeing him riding the cobbles in Flanders, but I still think that Mercx was the greatest cyclist ever. Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 13:54:33 -0500, "Roger Zoul" wrote in message : Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Or maybe to make life a little fairer for those who do more than one race per season. How do you think Lance would fare against Eddie Mercx, with the same racing schedule? Don't know. However, if Lance did more races he might be even better. He might indeed - we'll find out in a few months. My guess is that he would be worse, since if races were the perfect training for the Tour you can bet your ass that he would be racing. I have nothing against Lance, and I'm looking forward to seeing him riding the cobbles in Flanders, but I still think that Mercx was the greatest cyclist ever. May very well be. However, for me, Lance is the deal. I wasn't even cycling aware until the last year or so. |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:45:02 -0500, "Roger Zoul" wrote in message : Wow....they keep changing the rules to prevent Lance from winning. Or maybe to make life a little fairer for those who do more than one race per season. How do you think Lance would fare against Eddie Mercx, with the same racing schedule? I think the level of performance required to win any major event has increased so much since Eddie's day that no one can sustain it over a whole season. Matt O. |
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On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 17:34:57 -0500, "Matt O'Toole"
wrote in message : I think the level of performance required to win any major event has increased so much since Eddie's day that no one can sustain it over a whole season. Which is chicken, though, and which is egg? Guy -- May contain traces of irony. Contents liable to settle after posting. http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk 85% of helmet statistics are made up, 69% of them at CHS, Puget Sound |
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