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NeoPhono
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Registered: Sep 2003
Location: In Orbit
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| quote: | Originally posted by BadBadNeil
What I've seen though French people seem to treat Lance worse than Ullrich and Virenque who are known to have taken drugs in the past. They say Lance doesn't race all the major races of the year so hes not a winner, but a person FROM France Virenque never goes for wins, he only goes for King of the Mountains, does this make him less of a champion? From what I've seen people think too much of tradition in Europe, just take Lance for what he is, a damn good rider who trains hard for his favorite race, and in which he has won 6 times in a row. |
It's also important to note that under Chris Carmichael's training system, Lance only peaks for around 6 weeks during the season. With the Giro in May and the Vuelta in August, it would be hard for him to continue peaking throughout this time. Sure, other riders train differently and can peak at a lower level for longer, but I think Lance's domination of the Tour tends to speak volumes for the power of the Carmichael system. It's a question of whether you want to be really good at one event or pretty good at alot. The Merckx era of winning multiple events is coming to a close as cycling has become a sport of year round training. Although physical prowess is important, it's more about timing your peak than anything.
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Jul-26-2004 16:38
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h0tsweetbabyd0l
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lance is a legend i wont deny it and i don't think anyone will try to comment about that but as a cyclist ....the human being i don't like him because he doesn't behave like the others usually do ....im a real fan of cycling since im 10 yrs old and i know in the peloton there are rules and for example the tradition is that when a cyclis wears the yellow jersey he usually lets the ones who are far ranked in the general win the stage but it didn't happen this way with simoni because lance hates him since the revelations he made about the US postal but even though what simoni could have said he should have let him won ...and that's an another reason why lance isn't liked in the peloton he is feared and respected but that is .....and i go every year see the tour but lance seems very cold in comparaison with the others cyclists who gonna accept to take pics with the people give some autographs .....lance on the contrary is surrounded by his security guards and is kinda arrogant ....so yeah he is a great cyclist but as the man himself ...i think he should be more human and nice with the people who like cycling for example
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Jul-27-2004 09:33
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