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Sunday, September 28th, 2008Lance Armstrong is an extremely talented cyclist, but winning the Tour De France seven times also required some luck. Over the course of a 23 day race that covers more than 2000 miles, many things can go wrong. The loss of just a few minutes due to an accident, mechanical mishap or a bad day could have […]
Based On the Vuelta Does Astana Need Lance?
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Team Astana dominated the Vuelta - with Alberto Contador winning the overall race and Levi Leipheimer coming in second. Levi won both time trials. If the Vuelta followed the lead of this year’s Tour De France, and not offered time bonuses, Leipheimer and Contador would have been tied for the lead
Contador earned 58 seconds in bonuses, including […]
Can Lance Win Without George and Other Stuff?
Friday, September 19th, 2008The Lance Armstrong comeback news has been official for about a week (see Vanity Fair article). Since then, Lance has asked José Luís “Chechu” Rubiera to delay his retirement for one more season, so that he can ride with Lance next season. Chechu is a strong climber on the Astana team, where he is helping Alberto Contador […]
Et Tu, Ullrich?
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008Now that Lance Armstrong has confirmed that he is coming out of retirement, the natural follow-up question is - What about Jan Ullrich? The greatest challenger to Lance had been Ulrich and it would only be fitting to see these two in competition again. What are are the Yankees without the Red Sox, Ali without Frazier, and […]
Lance Armstrong Will Come Out Of Retirement
Monday, September 8th, 2008Rumors have been circulating that Lance Armstrong will come out of retirement to join team Astana for five races next year including the 2009 Tour De France. He has done a few mountain bike races this past year including the Leadville Trail 100 in August. The strongest indication that Armstrong will return to racing is that he […]
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