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#587432 - 07/24/06 04:35 PM
Floyd the Biker/French Dominator
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Congrats to Floyd as he takes over from Lance as Americans continue to dominate the French Tour de France.  What an accomplishment considering his hip problem and upcoming hip replacement. Truly, a great accomplishment.
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#587434 - 07/24/06 04:43 PM
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Next year probably
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#587435 - 07/24/06 04:44 PM
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does anybody know where i can watch a replay of stage 17?
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#587437 - 07/24/06 04:46 PM
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That's not necessary. Every good Frenchman knows that the only U.S. victories that were valid were Floyd's and Lemond's. All good Frenchmen know that chemotherapy uses banned drugs and when that was over Armstrong doped himself, so there's only been 4 legitimate U.S. wins in the last 20 years.
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#587439 - 07/24/06 07:06 PM
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happygilmore - here is the thread you were looking for! 
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#587440 - 07/26/06 02:22 PM
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I don't care who wins, as long as it ISN'T a Frenchman! Amazing how Floyd can ride with the bad hip he has. He has the same affliction that put Bo Jackson into retirement.
It IS true, what Lance Armstrong said. "Whoever can suffer the most wins."
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#587441 - 07/27/06 02:22 PM
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Breaking news on Landis - hope it isn't true or there's a good explanation. MSNBC Story
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#587442 - 07/27/06 02:26 PM
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MSN is reporting that Floyd Landis tested positive for the male hormone testosterone after stage 17 of the race. He had an unusually high testosterone/epitestosterone level. Landis is reported to be in Germany conferring with doctors about his hip, and missed scheduled appearances in Denmark and the Netherlands this week, which has 'baffled' organizers.
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#587443 - 07/27/06 03:02 PM
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They're going to test his backup sample now.
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#587444 - 07/27/06 03:13 PM
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I don't care who wins, as long as it ISN'T a Frenchman! Amazing how Floyd can ride with the bad hip he has. He has the same affliction that put Bo Jackson into retirement.
It IS true, what Lance Armstrong said. "Whoever can suffer the most wins."
Bo Jackson continued to play baseball post hip replacement, but he did retire from football.
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#587446 - 07/27/06 03:39 PM
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Could the hip problems and the stress of competition cause increased hormone levels?
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#587448 - 07/27/06 03:54 PM
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I guarantee you this will lead to finally blowing the lid off Lance's charade. As I have stated here many times, I will never be convinced Lance Armstrong was clean.
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#587449 - 07/27/06 04:06 PM
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Could the hip problems and the stress of competition cause increased hormone levels?
yes, however the test. and the epitest. would BOTH increase at about the same rate. when they test for steroids they check both levels to see if one (the test. because this is what give the desired effects) is out of whack with the other.
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#587450 - 07/27/06 04:13 PM
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I guarantee you this will lead to finally blowing the lid off Lance's charade. As I have stated here many times, I will never be convinced Lance Armstrong was clean.
i am.
but to the floyd issue, i am not TOO worried yet. i just spoke with my mom why alerted me to the story. i grew up like 5 minutes from where floyd gre up so it is HUGE story at home. i explained to her that test. is NOT what bikers want. they don't want to be big. they want to be small. this thing could be related to the hip. EPO is the cycling "steroid". EPO is what gives endurance.
don't start jumping to conclusions just yet people!
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#587451 - 07/27/06 04:17 PM
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I am with Cub Dave. Even though I think lance made an incredible feat, all of those guys do it.
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#587452 - 07/27/06 04:23 PM
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I am with Cub Dave. Even though I think lance made an incredible feat, all of those guys do it.
lance never tested positive though.
people, instead of villifying our heroes, let's let the the evidence come out. it will. i happen to believe that the french are out to get us. try to weigh that into your thoughts, too. if floyd was unfairly seeking an advantage, he should be punished. but it is WAY to early to jump to conclusions here.
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#587453 - 07/27/06 04:34 PM
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one more thing: does it make a whole lot of sense logically for floyd to be cheating after everything that happened right before the tour?
all i can say is PATIENCE.
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#587454 - 07/27/06 04:35 PM
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lance never tested positive though.
people, instead of villifying our heroes, let's let the the evidence come out. it will. i happen to believe that the french are out to get us. try to weigh that into your thoughts, too. if floyd was unfairly seeking an advantage, he should be punished. but it is WAY to early to jump to conclusions here.
I agree. It is a shame that doping is so rampant in the sport, but it seems that when ANYONE who DOES win, it is immediately assumed they must have taken something. Gee, I guess you can't win if you aren't taking something.
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#587455 - 07/27/06 04:49 PM
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CubDave will always have his opinion, wrong as it is. No one in the sport of cycling has ever trained the way Lance trained, many 12 hour days, he did the Col de Madeline 3 times in 1 day, and L'alp du Huez 4 times in one day. He would ride the entire TdF route 2 times prior to the race so he would know it like the back of hishands
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#587456 - 07/27/06 05:10 PM
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Happy - I know we have and will always disagree, and that's ok, and as much as I do not like Lance Armstrong, I honestly hope he is never found guilty - why you ask? Because if he isn't, it won't bother me, but if he is, people like you that strongly believe he is innocent will be very disheartened and I don't wish that upon anyone.
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