After watching the Schleck (spelling?) brothers, and Alberto Contador, in this year’s tour, I think the Tour De France is out of Armstrong’s reach.

"This is a disaster for [Team] Radioshack…This is the beginning of the end for Armstrong…"
- Eurosport Commentator (Just now)

I’m watching Stage 8 right now. The mountain stages, and the hellish climbs they entail, have only just started. This stage is considered only ‘medium’. He’s crashed 3 times in this stage alone and just can keep up. Alberto Contador seems well out of reaching distance now. Do you think he even has a chance at this point?
This just in:

As far as this tour is concerned, Lance has confirmed it himself:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/11/lance-armstrong-tour-de-france-crashes-finished_n_642204.html

I am watching the Tour de France on TV. The competitive bicyclists at the tour are probably the most durable endurance athletes of any sport. For over a month, these men will pedal bikes for 3 - 4hrs at high speeds nearly everyday with only approx. 3 days rest during the month. Tomorrow - they begin to race through the mountain roads of the Alps. Lance Armstrong - who has won this tour several times and without any more to prove - is racing once again….

I get tired just watching them race.
TUs all around — Poor Lance Armstrong has another day of falls bec of traffic…The guy would be the "SC" among these riders & is still in the top 20 despite the series of accidents since last Monday…at least they all get a rest day on Monday.

I have been watching the Tour de France alot lately, and wondering does Lance listen to any music while riding?
If so what type and song names?(a few)

Thanks

Max points for best answer!

Just the other day Floyd Landis accused Lance Armstrong of not only doping in the tour but teaching other people how to beat the system. I grew up watching Lance win the tour and I really don’t want to believe this is true. if you think about it though, he did so many amazing things in the Tour De France. I was just wondering what other peoples views were. So what do you think… does lance use performance enhancing drugs?

I found a lump some time about March 2000 it got swollon. I went to see a doctor soon after and
he thought it was just an infection, so he gave me antibiotics. The lump
remained and it got bigger. In the last few weeks I saw a doctor again and
I arranged to have an ultrasound scan. Then today I went to see a
specialist. He examined me but he wasn’t experienced enough to know what
was wrong. He called in his boss, who also examined me, and then I was told
that I would have to have my left testicle removed. I’ve never had to have
surgery before. I don’t know what it’s like.

I’ve been so stressed out. I cried as I walked through the hospital. I had
to get a blood test and a chest X-ray my parents and cousins were crying . I had to phone up my school to
tell them that I can’t come to school for 4 weeks. It was so difficult to talk
because I was crying all my clothes were full off tears. I also can’t go weight training or cycling for a
month.

On the 19th and 20th, I have to take exams for school

Women laugh at men who only have one testicle, don’t they or they dont care? i start to cry after i watch porn :o( I think I’d
like to have an implant a real testical thats meakes semen and sperm.

It feels like a bad dream i couldnt talk for a month i felt like killing my self in 2000

I was given these information booklets about surgery to remove a testicle.
One of them says "Sexual intercourse can resume 1-2 weeks later."

Do you know who Lance Armstrong is? He got testicular cancer but he went on
to win the Tour de France 6 times in a row. Inspirational G unit 50 cent i think he has one testical i know hitler had one to i still cry about it do u know what i can do i dont want to kill my self

What cyclists have won the Tour de France, the Giro d’Italia, and the Vuelta a Espana in their career (doesn’t have to be in the same year)?

We all know Juv and acm cheat and dive and they bribe ref or pay to get favourable ref.

Italian Cyclists cheat as well - "IItalian cyclist Ivan Basso has been suspended by his Discovery Channel team because of a reopened Italian Olympic Committee probe into the rider’s involvement with the Operation Puerto blood doping ring. The punishment means Basso probably won’t enter this year’s Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. "
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/05/08/sports/s141544D42.DTL
http://www.usatoday.com/community/tags/topic.aspx?req=tag&pg=10&tag=Italian

You think Italians only cheat in competitive sports? WRONG.

Italians also conduct fraudulant performance.
"" Even Pavarotti’s longtime manager has said the Italian tenor has occasionally lip-sync’d when his lungs are tired. ""

Its official - Italians are synonymous with cheaters.

STAMFORD, Conn. — "The Detroit Red Wings’ victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals opener was the highest-rated and most-watched cable telecast of the championship round in six years.

The Red Wings’ 4-0 win on Saturday night had a 1.8 national rating — drawing over 2.3 million viewers. The rating was the highest for an NHL game on Versus, topping the audience that watched the Penguins’ Game 2 victory over Philadelphia in this year’s Eastern Conference finals.

Only Lance Armstrong’s final ride in the 2005 Tour de France had a higher rating in Versus history (2.1).

Versus will show Game 2 of the finals on Monday night before the series shifts to NBC for the remaining games.

The Game 1 rating is a 157 percent increase over last year’s opener and a 100 percent rise from two years ago."

Who would of thought?
It also says the most televised watched in 6 years. 6 years ago was the Wings vs. Carolina.
Nips- The NBA could be looking at a Celtics/Lakers match up. That is a match up with golden ratings written all over it. I have lost all interest in the sport of basketball, wont bother looking for it on T.V.
Joe- I got my money on the West I’m pulling for the Spurs. Celts also went to game 7 against the Cavs. And will also go to game 7 against Detroit. I hope all the big free agent signing in the beginning of the season fails.
Heres the link http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/24821860/

Can someone explain to me how the tour de france works. I’ve been watching. Some of the guys don’t even try they cross the finish line going slow. How do they keep score. How come lance Armstrong hasn’t won a stage or push to win one

What’s the standard of competitive cycling like in the U.S. in comparison to cycling in Europe? I already know that cycling’s more popular in Europe. Tour de France, Giro d’Italia etc, while America has little well known races.
What’s the standard like for 10 mile (16km) time trials or 60 mile (100km) road races where you live?

I know theirs the Tour de France, Tour Down Under, and Giro d’italia.
Can you name them all for me? And when do they have the events in 08-09?

Lance is going to compete in the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in 2009. Do you think the Uniballer will add the Vuelta a Espana as well? I’d love to see him finish out his career with a Grand Slam, wouldn’t you?

I met Lance back in about 1984 when he was a pro-triathlete. He was impressive to watch and meet. What are your opinions on his return to try an 8th Tour de France victory?

Does anybody else think that this year’s Giro d’Italia was just a prologue to a huge future Tour de France competition? Both Alberto Contador and Riccardo Ricco have similar riding styles, and both have asserted themselves as strong young riders.

As a side question, will Benatti and Cavendish and their battle in the Giro be a precursor to a sprinters rivalry as well?

I do not know the history but i was watching the Tour de France last night and the commentator said he didnt think it was a good idea for Lance to return when the sport of cycling is trying to clean up it image. Any info will be appreciated

What would be a good site/s to watch the Tour de France live this year?

There's no triathlon section, so I'll ask here. I loved watching Lance in the Tour de France, and I saw a news story recently where he finished the Boston Marathon in about 2 hours 50 minutes. I know he swam in high school and did triathlons as a teen. I always thought it'd be cool to see him do the ironman or something. He might not win, but it'd be fun to watch, especially the bike portion, as I'm sure he'd be the fastest guy out there riding.

We all know the hard feelings between lance and the tour officials. I think it is possible that this years Giro can have bigger ratings than the tour de france, at least in USA.

Although, people will still want to see what happens between lance and contador.

I really want to watch the 2007 Tour de France, live coverage (just like on Versus), for everyday of the tour. Comcast was supposed to hook up my cable on Tuesday, didn't show, was supposed to come today, and told me that they couldn't reach the pole with the cable box on it because a car was parked (legally) in the spot. I can't move the car, so I can't get cable, and so I can't watch the tour. Please help!!!