It's all about me

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So, is tomorrow the day for Lance, with the first mountain-top finish? Or does he wait until Sat.?

And WTF is up with LeMond, who has now repeated his questions regarding Lance's use of drugs. (link ). Is he jealous that when people think of American cyclists it's no longer of LeMond?

Finally, I'm sick of Richard Virenque. He always claims stages when no one else cares (which is the way it goes), but for a former convicted drug user, why the honorifics? Particularly when he dicks another rider by blowing off a deal. Cheese-eater, indeed.

I'm not sure thathe blew off Meryxx yesterday; he just ran out of steam.

As for whether tomorrow is the day he attacks, I think that will have a lot to do with how he feels and how the others fare. Either way, it will be exciting...

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Why does Lance get a free pass but Bonds is accused of cheating at least 3 times a day?

Has Bonds every passed a public drug test?

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Has Bonds every passed a public drug test?

I'm not sure, whereas Lance et al get tested daily.

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Alex_de_Large
I'm not sure thathe blew off Meryxx yesterday; he just ran out of steam.

As for whether tomorrow is the day he attacks, I think that will have a lot to do with how he feels and how the others fare. Either way, it will be exciting...

Merckx is being a pussy. I think they may, as he claims (http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...ul04/jul15news), have had a deal where Virenque would win the mountain points and they would help each other to the finish, but Merckx cracked on the Cat 1 climb. You can only work with a rider who is going at least approximately the same pace as you. Merckx looked like he lost it, and eventually even got dropped by the Peloton. What if Merckx got off his bike and started walking - was Virenque obligated to do the same?

Lance said he things the climbs tomorrow are overrated, so I think he would prefer to wait, but if Mayo attacks (as he says he will) and starts gaining time, it may not be his decision to make.

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Has Bonds every passed a public drug test?

Did Lance put on 40 lbs of muscle before this year's Tour?

Is there a theory out there that Lance's cancer actually physically made him a better cyclist by breaking him down and enabling him to build back up cycling-specific muscles? So his regrown muscles are more specialized than everyone else?

[SlaveNoMore]

Alex_de_Large
I'm not sure, whereas Lance et al get tested daily.

Isn't this the first year they can actually test for certain synthetics, like hemoglobin?

[Alex_de_Large]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Is there a theory out there that Lance's cancer actually physically made him a better cyclist by breaking him down and enabling him to build back up cycling-specific muscles? So his regrown muscles are more specialized than everyone else?

Carmichael has said that pre-cancer Lance would never have been able to be as successful as post-cancer Lance, as he had too much muscle mass from his triathlon days. He lost all of that mass when battling cancer, and came back jacked in a cycling sense, but without any extraneous mass.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?


Is there a theory out there that Lance's cancer actually physically made him a better cyclist by breaking him down and enabling him to build back up cycling-specific muscles? So his regrown muscles are more specialized than everyone else?

His own theory (I think it's his) is that a) he is more capable of enduring pain, which is crtiical in cycling and b) it caused him to drop so much weight that he found his more ideal cycling physique. He started off much bigger and more of a sprinter, and hurt in the climbs. Both make sense.

As for flower, true, merxcx cracked and is somewhat sour grapes. but he wasn't walking, either.

[SlaveNoMore]

Did you just call me Coltrane?
Is there a theory out there that Lance's cancer actually physically made him a better cyclist by breaking him down and enabling him to build back up cycling-specific muscles? So his regrown muscles are more specialized than everyone else?

Yes. As a matter of fact, Oliver Stone and Michael Moore are fighting for the movie rights.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Isn't this the first year they can actually test for certain synthetics, like hemoglobin?

So you're saying lance is simply ahead of the curve, and has been for many years, of the drugs they are capable of testing for?

If there's no Armstrong, would Ullrich be facing the same allegations?

[Pretty Little Flower]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So you're saying lance is simply ahead of the curve, and has been for many years, of the drugs they are capable of testing for?

If there's no Armstrong, would Ullrich be facing the same allegations?

No way. Ullrich uses X!

Merckx was not walking, but he really could not keep up - to the point where it would have seriously jeopardized Virenque's chances of staying ahead of the peloton. His race director said he needed to go ahead. In that situation, you go ahead. Of course, this is easier for me to say with the hindsight of seeing Merckx get dropped by the peloton.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Is there a theory out there that Lance's cancer actually physically made him a better cyclist by breaking him down and enabling him to build back up cycling-specific muscles? So his regrown muscles are more specialized than everyone else?

I don't know, but I'll say this --- if I godforbid get cancer I'm gonna beat it and wind up with a huge dick.

[Flinty_McFlint]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
I don't know, but I'll say this --- if I godforbid get cancer I'm gonna beat it and wind up with a huge dick.

I think you mistakenly included the word "with" in that sentence.

Your pal,

Flinty

[Aloha Mr. Learned Hand]

Originally posted by Anne Elk
But what the fuck happened to Billy Bob?

I didn't think that was him.

My first thought was, "Where's Tubbs?"

[Atticus Grinch]

Neurosurgeon declines to treat paralegal who works for med-mal firm; winds up with story posted on law.com referencing his "above-average" payment to settle 1997 malpractice suit.

Oops. Nobody fucks with the Jesus.