Cycling

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• 1 Anonymous // Jan 8, 2010 at 1:08 am

  its true he did lost a lot of weight. his muscle grew back differently. thats why he looks like less of a bulky rider now, compared to 1993. but over time he reached 165 again. some even say he weighed 174-5 back in 1993

• 2 Anonymous // Jan 10, 2010 at 7:39 pm

  i keep hearing and reading about how he lost so much weight after the cancer thing and how that helped him. Im 5′10″ also and my race weight is 150lbs.

• 3 Anonymous // Jan 10, 2010 at 10:54 pm

  he weighs the same now.

• 4 Anonymous // Jan 13, 2010 at 12:03 am

  165! Lance was so heavy back then.

• 5 Anonymous // Jan 15, 2010 at 10:18 pm

  @sauceyf4: I love this commentator!

• 6 Anonymous // Jan 18, 2010 at 3:57 am

  at the time of this race I was in college and had no idea who he was. used a pic shot during this race as a magazine spread assignment. wish I kept that piece, now that I know who armstrong is….

• 7 Anonymous // Jan 21, 2010 at 2:23 pm

  ma vai a farti fottere…stronzo

• 8 Anonymous // Jan 23, 2010 at 2:36 am

  BaPrCy has Lance wanker wings.

• 9 Anonymous // Jan 25, 2010 at 4:45 am

  We Europeans do not hate Lance Armstrong. Well, some do, but that’s always the case with succesful people. But your comment is ridicolous anyway.

• 10 Anonymous // Jan 27, 2010 at 3:47 am

  That’s not to say he doesn’t have a lot of reason *to* like him, but yeah… also, I [and a lot of cycling fans] have an issue not with armstrong, but with some of his fans, who have this perception that he is The Greatest Cyclist Who Ever Lived. He’s good, damn good, best *grand tour stage racer* of his era. But not The Best That Ever Was. I don’t mean to diminish his accomplishment, but all I’m saying is people who are not Lance Fans are not simply “jealous” and only like LeMond for his name.

• 11 Anonymous // Jan 27, 2010 at 2:37 pm

  “And why would anyone hate Lance Armstrong?”
  I’m saying there is some reason to. What I meant by “golden boy” was that he isn’t some perfect, flawless god whom the Europeans just chose to despise out of spite. He’s (less so these days, but that’s a maturity that’s fairly recent) always been a bit of an arrogant prick, and a lot of people don’t like him not for of all the tours he won, but the way he won… like some people hate the Patriots because they didn’t like the style they won by.

• 12 Anonymous // Jan 27, 2010 at 3:40 pm

  I don’t know if Lance is a “golden boy”, whatever that means. But he is a man who is the best at what he does, and a very grueling sport at that. And he is one who has survived cancer, and still went on to victory, over much younger opponents. That, and the fact that his occasionally “not nice” personality is the only thing people can say against him, and yes, he is worthy of respect.

• 13 Anonymous // Jan 29, 2010 at 7:18 pm

  Not true. I don’t have a personal problem with Lance Armstrong, but I certainly think that it is not reasonable not to like the man. He has a great “PR Face”, but there are moments where some rather… unfreindly… elements of his personality show up. That and he almost certainly doped in ‘99. I’m cool with that, since so did everyone else. But to say he’s some kind of golden boy who the Europeans hate for no reason is rather naïve.

• 14 Anonymous // Jan 31, 2010 at 5:17 am

  And take drugs.

• 15 Anonymous // Jan 31, 2010 at 6:53 am

  “the Texan being chased down by the little punchie Italian” @ 5:50 ……………LOL HaHa !

• 16 Anonymous // Feb 1, 2010 at 8:24 pm

  whatever you want drexelur1.

• 17 Anonymous // Feb 4, 2010 at 11:41 pm

  But Greg “LeMond” has a French sounding name, so the Europeans gave him a pass. Europeans are just sore losers. And why would anyone hate Lance Armstrong? Did he rape anybody? Bite off the ear of any of his opponents? No. The only objectionable things he did was be American, and WIN! Sore losers.

• 18 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2010 at 1:46 am

  Seriously now? One of Lance Armstrong’s best friends is the legend him self in cycling. Yes, Eddy Merckx. His carreer is a lot more impressive then the one from Armstrong.

• 19 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2010 at 4:40 am

  he cant win tour. contador rules

• 20 Anonymous // Feb 7, 2010 at 10:17 am

  why did you forgot to mention museeuw !
  the commentator says his name about 10 times and he was the greatest classic champ in his era

• 21 Anonymous // Feb 10, 2010 at 4:26 am

  16 years later he can win Tour. Amazing

• 22 Anonymous // Feb 11, 2010 at 7:43 am

  I really really hope he does!!!!

• 23 Anonymous // Feb 11, 2010 at 10:40 am

  yup

• 24 Anonymous // Feb 11, 2010 at 5:02 pm

  If he manages to win the tour de france this yr he will be a true legend! i doubt it though but with someone who won the wc only 21 yrs old ull never know.

• 25 Anonymous // Feb 15, 2010 at 2:36 am

  Lance beat the best riders of the era here . . as the second group includes Indurain, Chiapucci, Tchmil, Bjarne Riis, Olaf Ludwig, . .

  You can also see the larger upper body/torso he had then from his youthful triathlon days . . . . this is pre-cancer and pre-chemo . .