For me, if Lance would truly work for Levi and help to get him into the 3rd spot on the podium I would feel he really went out on top showing that he was not only a great champion but a class act and team player. Unfortunately based on his interviews that I have seen and his riding the last 2 days, it seems he is brooding as a sore loser and is not willing to bury himself for the greater good of the team. Time will tell, just my take so far, I think the federal investigation is also weighing on him, seems like that is going to get ugly....... On Jul 16, 4:34 pm, <[email protected]> wrote: > Being a true Lance fan it pains me to see how his Tour hopes have come > undone. The reasons are many and a bit complicated, but suffice it to say > even the most pessimistic 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, and, if he does what exactly would he be working towards? Levi cannot > make up the time deficit on Schleck and Contador, barring tragedy. Is it > worth using the entire team to help Levi to a possible podium finish? > > I really thought that Lance still feels as though he can do something special > in his final tour, and, this would mean winning a stage and wearing yellow > one final time. But, he has lost time to the main field in the last 2 stages, > which is not a great sign. If he is in good form you would think that he > would at least stay in contact with the main field. Yesterday, he lost 29 > seconds to the main field on a sprinters stage. Why would he do this? Are you > going to tell me that Lance cannot stay with the peloton in the final miles > of a sprinter's race? > > And, he was well behind in today's stage. I cannot rationalize this. It is > unimagineable that Lance would drop out of the tour...but, he certainly is > not riding like someone who is into it. > > I am hoping that Radio Shack is focusing on a particular stage for Lance to > win, but I am unable to see which one that would be. Scheck and Contador will > be fighting it out in the Pyrenees, so those stages will be difficult to > win...the sprinters will be gearing up for the final sprint stages, and I > can't see Radio Shack setting him up for a win in a sprint stage; and, > Contador will have much more 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 he 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 > talking to any reporters, which he has not done thus far. Please, oh God of > cycling, do not provide us with the worst case scenario which has Lance > quitting the tour. > > Give him a stage win.
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