What a day yesterday!
First, Fabian Cancellara manages to turn around his 2009 season by winning both the final ITT of the Tour de Suisse and the overall. Congrats to Fabu, 2009 TdS Champion!
Second, Lance Armstrong wins the Nevada City Classic after a successful breakaway. Congrats to Lance for his first comeback victory! Now let's go take back the Tour
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06-22-2009, 11:54 AM #1
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Two cyclists just made my day!
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06-22-2009, 12:10 PM #2
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Glad to see Fabian made a comeback after all the illness. He is the time trial machine. Lance is just a freak of nature! Can't wait for the tour.
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06-23-2009, 08:57 AM #3
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I don't know about Cancellara and the Tour and I definitely doubt Lance is up to it. He looks too old and frankly, to scared.
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06-23-2009, 10:48 AM #4
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Astana will ride for Contador unless something goes wrong for him. I could see Lance trying to get a stage win, and but most likely he'll be a super domestique. Even he has admitted that he's a longshot for the yellow jersey.
But I gotta say, finishing 12th in the Giro is impressive given his age and the fact that he retired for 3 years and broke his collarbone a month before the race.
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06-23-2009, 11:55 AM #5
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Awesome for both!
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06-23-2009, 12:11 PM #6
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Up to what?
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06-23-2009, 04:51 PM #7
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Too SCARED?
I'm sorry, that's just totally off the wall. The man beat brain cancer that spread throughout most of his body and continued to compete during the process. Pardon me, I think that was prostate cancer that spread to the brain and other places, but either way is just as bad.
You don't get to call him "scared". I'm willing to bet you haven't got a clue of what he's already faced and survived.
My dad beat cancer 4 times. It took 3 simultaneous cancers at the age of 89 to finally take him out. I don't think you know what courage is.Last edited by ZenSojourner; 06-23-2009 at 04:56 PM.
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06-23-2009, 04:56 PM #8
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Just to clarify, he never had brain cancer. He had testicular cancer that metastasized to the brain and lungs, which is a very different thing. Testicular cancer responds to treatment far better than brain cancer does, so it really is a different thing. Sorry - I work in oncology, it's a little pet peeve of mine. Not that I'm not a big fan of his for all he's done for cancer awareness, I most definitely am. But even he says something in that stupid movie "dodgeball" about having brain cancer. He did not have brain cancer.
I see you edited while I was posting. But again the "either way just as bad" isn't true. All stage 4 cancers are not created equal.
Personally, I am looking forward to watching him in the tour and am a tad annoyed that I bagged on planning a trip to France to watch because cousins told me they were coming to visit in July and this weekend they told me they can't. Don't think I can pull off a trip at this point. UGH. So I'll be watching Lance on Versus and enjoying my July anyway. I'll have to buy some stinky cheese and good wine to enjoy while watching!
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06-23-2009, 11:25 PM #9
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If Cancellara wins the prolougue he'll probably be in yellow for a week before any significant bumps show up. Nobody expects him to contend for the overall. Originally Posted by alpinerabbit
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06-24-2009, 08:02 AM #10
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I am truly very sorry for your loss.
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06-24-2009, 08:12 AM #11
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(((((((ZS))))))), I'm so sorry for your loss.
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