Lance has signed onto 2 new sponsors -- Gerital and Grecian Formula. But on a more serious note Lance has finally seen the writing on the wall. He will be 39 in a couple months and he is up against much younger and very hungry young men. Lance will not be set up by Radio Shack to do a sprint -- Lance is no sprinter -- it's not his job. As long as he finishes the TdF then he will have done his job. The idea of Lance doing something special during the TdF should be that he (at 38 almost 39 yrs. old) is at the TdF and finishing a very tough race series. Nobody past the age of 33 has won the TdF since post WWII. My comments are not to take anything away from Lance but just from following the TdF for over 30 years.
Gary Smith TLC for Bikes -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: Gyros <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 4:34 pm Subject: [Gyros: 16054] Lance's Tour...what might we expect? eing a true Lance fan it pains me to see how his Tour hopes have come undone. he reasons are many and a bit complicated, but suffice it to say even the most essimistic predictions of his chances to win would have been much too lenient. Now, Lance fans are left to wonder what to expect of him. Will he work for Levi, nd, if he does what exactly would he be working towards? Levi cannot make up he time deficit on Schleck and Contador, barring tragedy. Is it worth using the ntire team to help Levi to a possible podium finish? I really thought that Lance still feels as though he can do something special in is final tour, and, this would mean winning a stage and wearing yellow one inal time. But, he has lost time to the main field in the last 2 stages, which s not a great sign. If he is in good form you would think that he would at east stay in contact with the main field. Yesterday, he lost 29 seconds to the ain field on a sprinters stage. Why would he do this? Are you going to tell me hat Lance cannot stay with the peloton in the final miles of a sprinter's race? nd, he was well behind in today's stage. I cannot rationalize this. It is nimagineable that Lance would drop out of the tour...but, he certainly is not iding like someone who is into it. I am hoping that Radio Shack is focusing on a particular stage for Lance to win, ut I am unable to see which one that would be. Scheck and Contador will be ighting it out in the Pyrenees, so those stages will be difficult to win...the printers will be gearing up for the final sprint stages, and I can't see Radio hack setting him up for a win in a sprint stage; and, Contador will have much ore at stake in the final Time Trial and will certainly outride Lance. Right now, what is Lance riding for? His motivation has always been to win; can e handle just going through the motions and waiting for this thing to end? Or, is he going to do something very special? I am hoping that he gives us something pretty quick! Today he left without alking to any reporters, which he has not done thus far. Please, oh God of ycling, do not provide us with the worst case scenario which has Lance quitting he tour. Give him a stage win. - ou received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. o post to this group, send an email to [email protected] o unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
