porky Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Armstrong said he wants to win a stage in this Giro' date=' and is not that concerned with the GC. Perhaps the plan is for him to lose a lot of time, go on a breakaway on one of the transition stages, and then buy out his break-away companions [/quote'] Yeah, well then he is going about it the right way - he is loosing a lot of time.! You are not going to pull that 3 minutes back on Basso or Di-Luca unless they stop somewhere for tea.!
Sacrosanct Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Armstrong had this to say on Twitter today after the stage: "St. 5 done. As I thought, it was a tough one. Lost 3 mins which isn't bad considering. Rode my tempo and tried to be consistent."
porky Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Armstrong appears to have a short memory, for years he bashed the Giro, the route is easy, the speeds are slow etc - guess he may have to reconsider.!
SwissVan Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Armstrong had this to say on Twitter today after the stage: "St. 5 done. As I thought' date=' it was a tough one. Lost 3 mins which isn't bad considering. Rode my tempo and tried to be consistent."[/quote'] "Lost 3 mins which isn't bad considering". That about sums it up perfectly. Hats of to the man he's got more guts and character than most of the other competitors, lets see where they are when they reach his age and have been retired for a few years.
Guest colonel Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Selling tubes in a LBS?? Or telling their kids hwo they moered Lance in the Giro.
Harryn Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I have ambivalent feelings on this. On the one hand I agree with SwissVan. The man has guts and character. But the wicked part of me thinks, yah, maybe its tougher to ride without the juice.
Christie Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I'm sure he is looking for some sort of achievement in his comeback. I can't see him being satisfied with returning and not winning anything.Interesting to compare one time rival Basso & Armstrong, both are making comebacks from a long time out of competition, and chances are both are off the juice.
SwissVan Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I have ambivalent feelings on this. On the one hand I agree with SwissVan. The man has guts and character. But the wicked part of me thinks' date=' yah, maybe its tougher to ride without the juice.[/quote'] Doping is irrelevant, they were / are still all on the same playing field to say.I think its a lot tougher to make a comeback at 37, after breaking your collarbone jakkity jak....
Tumbleweed Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Without a team to protect him?he is?simply average. ? porky. i almost agree with you. armstrong is a remarkable cyclist, made better by a good team around him. love him, hate him, he is a damn fine bike rider. maybe not right now, but...
Guest colonel Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 I'm sure he is looking for some sort of achievement in his comeback. I can't see him being satisfied with returning and not winning anything. Interesting to compare one time rival Basso & Armstrong' date=' both are making comebacks from a long time out of competition, and chances are both are off the juice.[/quote'] Kinda like me falling pregnant and having a baby out my bum chances??
SwissVan Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Ahhh as in juice to aid your power?? He he.. I can see why you hate LA so much. You know moes how they say opposites attract and like repels, well you remind me a lot of LA
SwissVan Posted May 13, 2009 Posted May 13, 2009 Without a team to protect him he is simply average. porky. i almost agree with you. armstrong is a remarkable cyclist' date=' made better by a good team around him. love him, hate him, he is a damn fine bike rider. maybe not right now, but...[/quote'] Hmmmm.... So where does that leave the other 172 lost souls who are behind LA in the GC?
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