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A Evans
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Posted: 16 February 2011 at 1:41pm |
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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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aber-fan
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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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A Evans
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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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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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A Evans
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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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WHAT SINGER WAS HE NOBBING
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A Evans
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Sheryl Crow mun
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maldwyn
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Is Eddy Merrckx still about?I had a Derailleur once with his name on it.
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Up the bum no harm done.
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lofty evans
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Quaint |
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In 1972, Roy Bergiers scored that try and said "that was for you lofty"
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