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 Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Tour de France?

I usually wouldn't comment on these things; indeed, I usually don't know anything about sports. But today I saw a newspaper, and on the front page was Lance Armstrong, winning that race in France, again. Apparently he had cancer and is still winning.

At any rate, what I really enjoyed was the look on the face of the race administrator, or whoever was handing him the award. Everyone else is smiling, but the one guy (I guess he's the French Tour administrator?) is just scowling, like “oh damn, he did it again”. I'm sure if I read french, I'd get a kick out of the newspaper articles there... BTW, my friend made some T-shirts up for the occasion: “Lance Armstrong, Survivor Champ!”. Although, if I was designing the shirts, they'd say something like “Tour de Lance” or “Invasion of France”...

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Tuesday, July 26, 2005 6:21:09 PM UTC  #    Comments [2]  |  Trackback

Wednesday, July 27, 2005 5:59:29 PM UTC
the french don't like lance because he doesn't seem to be emotionally invested in the tour. it sometimes seems that it's just a checkbox on his todo-list.
the french have been better losers when the champion at least showed some sign of emotion for the tour.
Thursday, July 28, 2005 3:08:34 AM UTC
I totally disagree. Lance is very emotionally invested in the Tour, and he's well liked by the French. Unlike many other riders who also try to win other races, Lance focuses solely on the tour. His terrific sportsmanship and his lack of the usual American arrogance have won the hearts of most French. The fact that he lives in Europe most of the year helps too. The write-up of his win on the French site covering Le Tour was extatic with praise.
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