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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"Raptor" wrote in message
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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.)

"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.

"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.

"Chris" wrote in message
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"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 guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.

"gooserider" schreef in bericht
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"Chris" wrote in message
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"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 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.

"gooserider" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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"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 guess there are two ways to react to fan harrassment--

1) Quit
2) Use it as motivation

Obviously Lance used #2.

Obviously you missed a lot of other choices.

"Chris" wrote in message
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Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

Well, according to you it's all about giving away victories.

"Tom Kunich" schreef in bericht
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

Well, according to you it's all about giving away victories.

There's no logic in that. If Armstrong doesn't hate his opponents because of
that opponent's fans, he is giving away victories? He can win without
thinking it was Kloeden who spit at him - a reasonable thought anyway.

"Tom Kunich" wrote in message
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"Chris" wrote in message
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Yeah, that is what sports are all about. Getting back at fans.

Well, according to you it's all about giving away victories.

Huh? Quote plz.