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Posted by Ray_Finkle on Jul-31-2002 14:46:

Armstrong was one of the best before cancer, and he is still one of the best after cancer. This guy is cleaner than a shirt that just came out of my washing machine......uh.....anyways....

Yes ONCE is a great team. They did afterall finish as the overall best team but I still say that US Postal is on the same level as them in the tour. Did you see how his team paces him and gets him to the front? I thought Herman was incrediable for USPS and he is gonna be a good good rider over the years.

Posted by nettwerk on Jul-31-2002 20:42:

Indeed US Postal is a great team, capable of beating ONCE. But, if by some unfortunate accident, Armstrong cannot run or finish a competition, for who will the team work? Heras, maybe? I don't know if he can perform a great time trial... As for ONCE, they have the Galdeanos and Beloki capable of winning a competition by stages (and there's always space for a surprise... watch Azevedo ).

PS. Don't think that I love ONCE... but there's a portuguese in the team so...

PPS. I admire Armstrong for winning four Tours after a sucessful battle against cancer... and winning them with such a margin (this year was around 7:00)

Posted by Ray_Finkle on Aug-01-2002 05:11:

You're right though. If something happened to Lance, there is nobody on the USPS team that is near his level. I consider everyone else to be his support staff. They work their asses off for this guy as a team but I don't think anyone else on that team is as strong an individual rider as Lance.

Posted by nettwerk on Aug-01-2002 14:24:

Well... Heras has won a Vuelta, but I don't think that he can be a great choice for a competition winner if Armstrong says no...

Anyway, now it's time for the tour of my country... only 2 weeks, with not great names (Casero, Escartin and A.Osa can be the best that comes to Portugal this year), nor great stages (the only interests we got here are 2 good climbs, a team time trial and an individual one, and one long stage), but for a competition that some consider as a sort of preparation tour for the Vuelta, but it's gonna be enough to content a small country like Portugal.

Posted by Ray_Finkle on Aug-01-2002 14:52:

Well I'm talking about the tour de France especially. It's not ordinary bike ride.

Posted by nettwerk on Aug-01-2002 21:39:

The Tour is all but an "ordinary bike ride"... but I was getting a little off the topic... after all, the Tour is done, the Vuelta is near, and there's some minor tours (like in here) so...

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