Roman529
Moon Runner / The 3 AM Crew
I have been watching some of stages on the OLN network. Al Trautwig does a decent play-by-call of the guys in the peleton. I just hope another American can win it to upset the Frenchies.
ckb2001 said:Looks like it's Landis' year! After L'Alpe d'Huez, he leads his main rivals by more than 2 minutes. Almost everyone that leads after this stage ends up winning the Tour. Anyway, there are two more mountain stages left in the next two days, and this will be the last chance for someone to overtake him!
Good luck Landis!
ckb2001 said:(It must suck if you're Ullrich, eh? You win once in 1997, everyone hails your talent, saying you could be the next Indurain and win 3-5 Tours, and then comes this guy Armstrong and puts you in perpetual 2nd place (or worse)!! Then, the year Mr. Nemesis retires, you can't compete because of doping allegations!!)
ckb2001 said:What will happen next year though if Landis can't compete after hip surgery? Of course, he could make a great recovery and try for a repeat. I guess without him, our best chance is Leipheimer, who could have been up in the top 3 by now if he didn't totally mess up on the time trial.
Kdawg954 said:I thought Jullich was gonna be great, but I guess he has had alot of bad luck in this tour, now he's getting older, his time may have passed.
Kdawg954 said:What a performance from Landis . . this guy has tons of heart, one of the most memorable performances in Tour De France history. He is definetly back in it, especially w/ a very important time trial comming up.
ckb2001 said::yeahthat:
I didn't even watch it today because I had written him off. I couldn't imagine yesterday was a bluff of some sort (who knows whether it was, but losing 8 minutes this late in the game I thought couldn't be considered a bluff).
Then, out of curiosity I check ESPN and WOW!! Man, I hope he makes it!