July 24th, 2004 |
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As the Wheel Turns: Armstrong-Simeoni soap opera:
“VeloNews | Mercado wins, but Armstrong move takes center stage
Rupert Guinness offers the definitive account of Lance Armstrong’s contretemps with Filippo Simeoni from Friday, with after-stage comments from both riders, and both coaches.
Apparently, Simeoni was near tears after the incident and considered dropping out of the race.
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(Via Tour de France 2004.)
July 24th, 2004 |
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Le Tour
Lance, Stage 18:
“For all the other people who’re enjoying the cyclysm, there are two great discussion threads on yesterday’s Tour drama between Lance Armstrong and Filippo Simeoni, one on SportsFilter and the other on Ask MetaFilter. Armstrong may be arrogant, but he’s…”
(Via Q Daily News.)
July 23rd, 2004 |
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Le Tour
USPS Pro Cycling Team - 2004 Tour de France
Lance will get a new bike for the last day. It’s a TREK, but it has gold leaf wrapped around the down tube and seat tube. It’s says “Livestrong.†The gold and black colors really make the bike stand out and it will be interesting to see what the rest of the team will get.
July 23rd, 2004 |
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Le Tour
Mercado gets the stage win:
BBC Sport | Stage 18 photo gallery
The BBC gallery has a picture of Armstrong riding with Simeoni, and another of him just in front of the T-Mobile led peloton.
Armstrong’s message was apparently to both the breakaway: “Don’t work with this guy,” and to Simeoni: “Any break you get in is a doomed break.”
(Via Tour de France 2004.)
July 22nd, 2004 |
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Tyler Hamilton
Tugs and I slept side by side that night. Ironically, one year after he had done so for me, I was comforting him at the Tour de France. Before the start of stage 10, I said my good-byes. My wife drove him back to Girona where the vet was waiting for her call. On the way into town she stopped at a bakery and bought a whole bag of pastry. It had been weeks since Tugs had been well enough for a treat. But Haven’s brother Derek, who traveled with her to France, suggested they take Tugs to a park for his final feast. They carried him out of the car and sat with him under a shady tree and fed him his chocolate and sugar and cheese covered desserts until there wasn’t a crumb left. He was still on earth, but I think, in that moment, he must have been in heaven.
A nice tribute to what sounds like a good dog and a great friend…
July 22nd, 2004 |
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Le Tour
Bob Roll on Stage 17
Lance Armstrong never looks too far forward. He gets done with on set of business, and moves on to the next. He seems so very close now to winning the Tour for the sixth time. In a couple of days, we will know. Barring a cataclysmic injury because of a crash, Lance Armstrong will win the Tour de France for a record sixth time.
July 21st, 2004 |
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Le Tour
Cycling: Armstrong extends lead:
“Lance Armstrong wins the Alpe d’Huez time trial by over a minute to stretch his lead in the Tour de France.”
Go Lance GO!
(Via BBC News.)
July 21st, 2004 |
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Le Tour
