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    Posted: 16 February 2011 at 1:41pm
Has quit cycling (for good this time he says and being 39 i cant see him coming back again), the guy is an absolute legend and an example of how to fight back against a horrible disease, love road cycling myself so this guy is one of my sporting heroes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9399280.stm
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Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Has quit cycling (for good this time he says and being 39 i cant see him coming back again), the guy is an absolute legend and an example of how to fight back against a horrible disease, love road cycling myself so this guy is one of my sporting heroes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9399280.stm


So do I - great fun, if you can get away from too much traffic.

Have you read his book ("It's not about the bike")? Fascinating.
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Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Has quit cycling (for good this time he says and being 39 i cant see him coming back again), the guy is an absolute legend and an example of how to fight back against a horrible disease, love road cycling myself so this guy is one of my sporting heroes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9399280.stm


So do I - great fun, if you can get away from too much traffic.

Have you read his book ("It's not about the bike")? Fascinating.


I have, got nothing but admiration for the guy, the way he fought back from cancer and then win the tour 7 times, bit annoying that people are now labelling him as a drugs cheat even though he has never tested positive, sour grapes if you ask me, will always remember him blowing away Jan Ullrich going up the Alp du'ez, awesome.
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Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Originally posted by aber-fan aber-fan wrote:

Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Has quit cycling (for good this time he says and being 39 i cant see him coming back again), the guy is an absolute legend and an example of how to fight back against a horrible disease, love road cycling myself so this guy is one of my sporting heroes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9399280.stm


So do I - great fun, if you can get away from too much traffic.

Have you read his book ("It's not about the bike")? Fascinating.


I have, got nothing but admiration for the guy, the way he fought back from cancer and then win the tour 7 times, bit annoying that people are now labelling him as a drugs cheat even though he has never tested positive, sour grapes if you ask me, will always remember him blowing away Jan Ullrich going up the Alp du'ez, awesome.


I love France and the French - but they always had a bit of a downer on Lance - mainly, I suspect, because they have not had a winner for so long. Lance also, though a great cyclist, is not a great diplomat and tended to be pretty contemptuous of the journos - so he did provoke them, too.

As for French winners - did you know that two-time winner Laurent Fignon died last year from cancer at only 50? He continued to comment on the race on French TV, one day out of 2 (he was too weak to cover every day) right up to near the end of the 2010 tour. He didn't have much voice left, but still gave a forthright opinion (in that, he was very like Lance). he died on 31 August 2010 just a few weeks later.
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Originally posted by aber-fan aber-fan wrote:

Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Originally posted by aber-fan aber-fan wrote:

Originally posted by A Evans A Evans wrote:

Has quit cycling (for good this time he says and being 39 i cant see him coming back again), the guy is an absolute legend and an example of how to fight back against a horrible disease, love road cycling myself so this guy is one of my sporting heroes.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/9399280.stm


So do I - great fun, if you can get away from too much traffic.

Have you read his book ("It's not about the bike")? Fascinating.


I have, got nothing but admiration for the guy, the way he fought back from cancer and then win the tour 7 times, bit annoying that people are now labelling him as a drugs cheat even though he has never tested positive, sour grapes if you ask me, will always remember him blowing away Jan Ullrich going up the Alp du'ez, awesome.


I love France and the French - but they always had a bit of a downer on Lance - mainly, I suspect, because they have not had a winner for so long. Lance also, though a great cyclist, is not a great diplomat and tended to be pretty contemptuous of the journos - so he did provoke them, too.

As for French winners - did you know that two-time winner Laurent Fignon died last year from cancer at only 50? He continued to comment on the race on French TV, one day out of 2 (he was too weak to cover every day) right up to near the end of the 2010 tour. He didn't have much voice left, but still gave a forthright opinion (in that, he was very like Lance). he died on 31 August 2010 just a few weeks later.


Ye really sad, great cyclist and was involved in the closest finish ever to the tour when he lost to Greg Lamond by 8 seconds in the day when they finished the race with a time trial
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Is Eddy Merrckx still about?I had a Derailleur once with his name on it.
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WHAT SINGER WAS HE NOBBING



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