Topic: Le Tour De France (Read 157 times)

green_beetle · « **on:** July 22, 2004, 01:27:00 AM »

official le tour de france thread.

anyone interested in it?
ive been watching it for a few years now, and i love it.

chefelf · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2004, 09:59:00 AM »

Rylinkus · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2004, 09:41:00 PM »

The last time trial stage I watched was a mockery. Somones gonna get hurt with fans getting in the way. I knwo being close to the action seems cool, but there should be some limits.

Chicken Scratch Boy · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2004, 10:26:00 PM »

thats europe for you

if it were in the us, there'd be cops and yellow tape everywhere

green_beetle · « **Reply #4 on:** July 23, 2004, 01:33:00 AM »

chefelf · « **Reply #5 on:** July 23, 2004, 05:35:00 AM »

Chicken Scratch Boy · « **Reply #6 on:** July 23, 2004, 11:54:00 AM »

i could probly do it in 2 hours. not really sure

i'd prolly want to train up to it.
and maybe get a nice merlin or somthing

darth stuart · « **Reply #7 on:** July 25, 2004, 12:33:00 AM »

has armstrong practically won it? i dont really know anything about except what i glance at in the sports. bicycaling is not my cup of tea

thomes08 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 28, 2004, 06:05:00 PM »

yup he one..... his 6th

thomes08

chefelf · « **Reply #9 on:** July 28, 2004, 06:08:00 PM »

If anyone wants to get pissed at an idiot writer who doesn't know the first thing about cycling, then check this out:

http://www.dailyhera...?intID=38194111

Chicken Scratch Boy · « **Reply #10 on:** July 28, 2004, 10:24:00 PM »

what does taking a beating have to do with being an athelete

besides, lance could own any footbal game, as long as he gets a suiting possition

IE: qb lateral to him, and he runs like hell.

and...

football player + cycling = disaster waiting to happen

Rylinkus · « **Reply #11 on:** August 01, 2004, 06:36:00 PM »

To me the term athlete requires a combination of physical conditioning and handeye coordination/skill. Cycling really doesn't require as much skill as some other sports. Nor baseball being in shape (David Wells anyone?) When I think great athletes I tend to think more along the lines of someone like Michael Jordan, (To pick a well known example.) Fit and skilled as all hell. No matter now in shape I were to get I could never do what MJ could. And no matter how skilled you were if you were morbidly obese you wouldn't be able to play the way he did either.

I don't want to sound like I'm trying to steal Lances good name. As far as endurance goes he's amazing. As good as it gets. Greatest athlete? I've heard both him and Barry Bonds mentioned in the last few months. I don't think either of them are deserving of that title. I don't really know who is though.

chefelf · « **Reply #12 on:** August 01, 2004, 06:50:00 PM »

Well it's all so relative. Comparing a football player to a bike rider is worse than comparing apples to oranges. Lance Armstrong may be the most physically fit man in the world, but it's difficult to say where the lines between skill and athleticism are drawn.

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