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« on: July 24, 2005, 02:18:47 PM »
Lance Armstrong won his 7th Tour de France in a row.  

http://sportsillustrated.netscape.cnn.c ... 0724TDF112

Some facts about riders in the tour:
http://www.tourdefrancenews.com/tourdef ... 23,00.html
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« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2005, 02:45:05 PM »
OWNED! Well.. It sucks that he is retiring...I enjoyed watching the hour long discovery special about him...mostly his body too...genes have alot to do with it but he trained his body so he actually has less lactic acid then most other people...crazy stuff.
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« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2005, 02:51:14 PM »
I heard he was going to run for the Govenor of Texas?  Anyone else hear of this rumor?  If so, is there any truth to it?
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« Reply #3 on: July 24, 2005, 02:54:10 PM »
I'll tell you what....for football there is Brett Favre, for Hockey it was Gretsky, for boxing it was Ali, and then there was Armstrong.....

HEART, thats what makes one great.
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« Reply #4 on: July 25, 2005, 11:22:14 AM »
Quote from: "SINJIN"
I heard he was going to run for the Govenor of Texas?  Anyone else hear of this rumor?  If so, is there any truth to it?


I've heard the same.

Don't know if there's truth to it though.
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« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2005, 11:40:07 AM »
My dad use to ride in competitions and know alot about bikeing and he told me that it has to do much with the team aswell . Like making distractions and cutting the lead competitors off. Things like that alos helped lance.
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« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2005, 11:44:56 AM »
Good for him!

It's a nice way to end a successful career.
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« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2005, 12:31:53 PM »
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My dad use to ride in competitions and know alot about bikeing and he told me that it has to do much with the team aswell . Like making distractions and cutting the lead competitors off. Things like that alos helped lance.
It actually has to do alot of aerodynamics...they ride in different formations and rotate out so one guy does 70% less work..its really cool.
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