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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
Viva la Lance
Lance Armstrong will go for his seventh Tour de France victory (in a row).
To say that I'm not into bike racing is quite the understatement. But watching Lance and his team is amazing. Every man on his team is a talented athlete in his own right, but, when together, they form a team that, obviously, no one can beat.
Normally, I would be saying that Lance should retire at the top of his game, go out with a bang, and all that. I'd mention something about how this is just rubbing all the other cyclists' noses in the fact that they can never achieve what Lance has achieved. How this is just kind of mean.
But, hey! Who will be most upset and downright offended by Lance if he wins a seventh TdF? France! So, pedal away, Lance! Pedal away!
PARIS (AP) - Six-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will attempt his seventh consecutive win in cycling's most prestigious race this summer.Riiiight. Sorry, Lance. You wouldn't be planning to race in the TdF again if you didn't think you'd win... hands down. Not that I'm complaining.
Armstrong's schedule "will include this summer's Tour de France, where he will go for a seventh straight victory," his Discovery Channel team said on its Web site Wednesday.
"I am grateful for the opportunity that Discovery Communications has given the team and look forward to achieving my goal of a seventh Tour de France (victory)," it quoted the Texan as saying.
The announcement ended speculation about whether Armstrong would skip the race to focus on other events. Last year he became the first cyclist to win the Tour de France six times.
"I am excited to get back on the bike and start racing although my condition is far from perfect," Armstrong said in the statement.
To say that I'm not into bike racing is quite the understatement. But watching Lance and his team is amazing. Every man on his team is a talented athlete in his own right, but, when together, they form a team that, obviously, no one can beat.
Normally, I would be saying that Lance should retire at the top of his game, go out with a bang, and all that. I'd mention something about how this is just rubbing all the other cyclists' noses in the fact that they can never achieve what Lance has achieved. How this is just kind of mean.
But, hey! Who will be most upset and downright offended by Lance if he wins a seventh TdF? France! So, pedal away, Lance! Pedal away!
