The more things like this happens, the more I become impressed with the shit lance puts up with.

http://msn.foxsports.com/id/2593080


It's crap like this that make Merckx and Armstrong the best of the best. FFS make the sport more respectable by limititing the access of idiots such as these. Otherwise the crowd favorite is always going to have an advantage. Given that most of the challenge comes from overseas perhaps I'm not that surprised.

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Disgusting lack of sportsmanship. Apart from the spitting at Lance, lots of the German spectators shouted abuse at Voigts (for chasing Ullrich on the earlier stage).

Also, the nutters who run alongside the riders should be shot in the foot

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Originally posted by occrider The more things like this happens, the more I become impressed with the shit lance puts up with. http://msn.foxsports.com/id/2593080 It's crap like this that make Merckx and Armstrong the best of the best. FFS make the sport more respectable by limititing the access of idiots such as these. Otherwise the crowd favorite is always going to have an advantage. Given that most of the challenge comes from overseas perhaps I'm not that surprised.

yep that's disgusting

go azevedo! this guy is doing a brilliant tour

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yeah i thought even one of the 2 stages in the mountains in the south of france when he was riding through all the people with orange shirts it looked as people were spitting on him while he was passing by. People are dirt bags sometimes serious fuckin makes me sick.

Anyhow yeah people were awfully close to the riders in some parts of the time trial i seriously thought people were gonna run into the riders i think they should have some more saftey so no one does anything stupid. Imagine someone knocking armstrong, basso, kloden, ulrich off there bike for them to get back on and get up pace with where they were and with them losing so much energy from it. It could really lose a tour for someone that would be traggic and sad for some idiot to ruin it for someone.

Wow! What an amazing finish by Lance today. Floyd has to be the maaaan. I tell you, once Lance leaves, it's all up to him, and I def. think he has potential.

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I was sickened by the people spitting on Lance as well, and also saw pictures of people giving him the finger, yelling obcenities, and using the race for political views (saw people wearing "fuck bush" shirts and holding anti american signs) running in front of the camera. I was also a bit perturbed by Hinault downplaying Lance's success because this is the race he practices the most for, as well as Greg Lemond accusing Lance of doping with no proof.

Wow that race was close today. I thought Kloden had it and Lance came out of nowhere.

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil Wow that race was close today. I thought Kloden had it and Lance came out of nowhere.

That's what Lance is all about. I was also disapointed to see all the crap that went on during the time trial. Especially some of the stuff written on the road, such as "EPO Lance" and "F*ck Lance". But I was over it once I saw "Rip their balls off Lance".

Lance was exactly right when he said it wasn't a good idea to have a time trial on that mountain. I was worried that something was going to happen to him. I mean, come on guys, have some respect for the riders, we don't see you out there trying to win the tour 6 times.

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Congrats to Lance Armstrong 6 straight Tours. Brilliant and truely i think will stand for a long long time. He totally dominated this Tour no one was even close to compete with him this year. Truely Amazing

Congrats to Lance for winning once again,its admirable how much he s done in the last 6 years and all the crap he s had to go through.

Well it's over, another year of the Tour De France, one of my favorite times of the year. Although I didn't see it on TV at all(because i dont get the channel) I listened to it every day. Congrats to Lance, IMO he's the greatest athlete of our era. Congrats also to the other riders who stepped up like Kloden and Basso to make the tour interesting even though many of the big name riders went out early. Also congrats to the machine of a US Postal team, in which everyone saw what they are truly capable of in the last time trial. I hope Lance comes back and wins a seventh and then focuses on other races after that. I also hope the public there treat him with the same respect they give Virenque and Ullrich. (they both used drugs and the public doesn't care, yet nothing has been proven against Lance yet he is vilified).

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Originally posted by BadBadNeil Well it's over, another year of the Tour De France, one of my favorite times of the year.

Don't worry, you still have the Vuelta and the World Championships (in Verona...I'll be there baby. I'm biking from Rome to see it in October). So there's still a lot of racing left. Lance was unreal this year, and it'll be interesting to see what kind of reaction the field will have next year.

Okay, I'm going to go pout some more. I got destoryed in my race this morning. Flat crits don't work well with skinny climbers like me.

6 in a row!Lance Armstrong is amazing

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