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Tour De France 2006

40 durable postsStarted 2006-07-11Latest 2006-08-13
#30238Post 1 of 40

Anyone follows the Tour? Who do you think will win? My pronostic:

  1. Landis
  2. Evans
  3. Hincapie
  4. Kl?den
  5. Fothen
#668419Post 2 of 40

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Hey Domi, long time no see :)

To be honest, even though Tom Boonen is world champion, cycling isn't my cup of tea. I already gave it a few tries, but there's too little action imo...

Good thing that Armstrong isn't riding anymore. Makes it a tad less boring.

#668424Post 3 of 40

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i wish lance was still beating the french at their bicycle race. :p

#668426Post 4 of 40

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Some people like to watch cycling others don't :) I watch the tour every year since 1991, the year Indurain won his first of five... I'm addicted to the 'action' in the tour but I can understand it's sometimes boring to see a flat stage if you're not an addict like me :-)

#668437Post 5 of 40

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[quote=Jenks]i wish lance was still beating the french at their bicycle race. :p[/quote]No offence Jenks, but that was a pretty crappy statement. The Tour isn't an inter country competition and even if it was, the French haven't had a Tour winner in 21 years...

#668475Post 6 of 40

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[quote=KinKyJ]No offence Jenks, but that was a pretty crappy statement.[/quote]

no offence kinky, but i don't care what you think of my statements. ;)

#668761Post 7 of 40

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......... and a frenchman takes the yellow jersey. Can you say karma Jenks? ;)

#668766Post 8 of 40

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Im sure it's early in the stages, give the french time, they eventually lose at everything. ;)

#668778Post 9 of 40

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Our Jan Ullrich from Germany probably will win the trophy "most drugs eaten to become the best". Damn cheaters.

#668781Post 10 of 40

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I don?t give a shit about cycling, but I miss the roads of France, that?s why I watch it whenever possible.

#668930Post 11 of 40

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[quote=TomTom]Our Jan Ullrich from Germany probably will win the trophy "most drugs eaten to become the best". Damn cheaters.[/quote]Yeah, what's the story in the mean time about that infamous list? Lost track of it with the soccer 'n' all...

#673004Post 12 of 40

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Been a fan of the race and the sport as well since '85. Glad to see Lance out of it. Too much about one person in a great sport. Yeah, yeah. Shut up about it. I miss the competitions but still watch it on tv. I was laughing pretty hard when I heard about the eleven guys that were banned prior to the race start. Who's gonna win it? The dude with the boils on his ass. :RockOn:

#676218Post 13 of 40

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... woohoo Landis. All I can say is well done mate, well done.

[URL="http://espn-att.starwave.com/photo/2006/0722/oly_a_floyd_412.jpg"][IMG]http://espn-att.starwave.com/photo/2006/0722/oly_a_floyd_412.jpg[/IMG][/URL]

#676231Post 14 of 40

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Have you been seeing the coverage on the race this year? It's fucking hilarious how idiotic the local (USA) press is about this whole thing. It's like the sports reporters have never really followed the race at all. "Oh he's way out, so much for his chances now." :roflmao: Fucking idiots.

#680618Post 15 of 40

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[quote] The Phonak team has confirmed the speculation that Floyd Landis returned a positive A sample after his win in stage 17 of the Tour de France. "The Phonak Cycling Team was notified yesterday by the UCI about an unusual level of Testosterone/Epitestosterone ratio in the test made on Floyd Landis after stage 17 of the Tour de France," said the team in a statement. "The team management and the rider were both totally surprised of this physiological result.

"The rider will ask in the upcoming days for the counter analysis to prove either that this result is coming from a natural process or that this is resulting from a mistake in the confirmation. In application of the Pro Tour Ethical Code, the rider will not race anymore until this problem is totally clear.

"If the result of the B sample analysis confirms the result of the A sample, the rider will be dismissed and will then pass the corresponding endocrinological examinations."[/quote] ..

#680634Post 16 of 40

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A menonite on doping? That'll be the day...

#680645Post 17 of 40

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.... oops. just when i thought everything was somewhat/kinda/sorta cleaned up.

#680658Post 18 of 40

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what an idiot. you cheat, win and get caught. How stupid can you be ... hesh.

#680821Post 19 of 40

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From Hero to Zero - I've loved Le Tour since I was a kid, but these idiots are seriously tarnishing an already damaged sport.

#680824Post 20 of 40

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guilty until proven innocent, huh? what a great philosophy.... :roll:

the same thing happened to lance... i expect it to happen to more in the future. though it looks grim, give the guy the benefit of the doubt until all the results are in.

#680826Post 21 of 40

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both are roiders imo

#680909Post 22 of 40

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^^ this has nothing to do with roids.... and it wasn't a "positive" test, it was an "abnormal testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio".

#680926Post 23 of 40

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[QUOTE=geoffgulley]^^ this has nothing to do with roids.... and it wasn't a "positive" test, it was an "abnormal testosterone-to-epitestosterone ratio".[/QUOTE]

Floyds testosterone levels were that of a normal person but for some reason his epitestosterone were way below normal. You don't dope with epitestosterone. UCI allows for a 4 to 1 ratio with testosterone being the bigger number fo the two. His ratio was 11 to 1!! I hope the B sample comes back non-negative, but for some reason it doesn't, I won't be surprise either. After thinking that Tyler Hamilton couldn't be found guilty of dope and was, I won't be surprise again. According to the Tour de France there was only on positive and that was Floyd. These cyclist are smart and know what they can get away with, but this one doesn't make sense to me.

#680935Post 24 of 40

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[quote=mtguru]Floyds testosterone levels were that of a normal person but for some reason his epitestosterone were way below normal. You don't dope with epitestosterone. UCI allows for a 4 to 1 ratio with testosterone being the bigger number fo the two. His ratio was 11 to 1!! These cyclist are smart and know what they can get away with, but this one doesn't make since to me.[/quote]

...and that's the thing, it makes absolutely no sense to me either. Of course neither does going out the night before and drinking Jack Daniels before the last major mountain stage.

#680952Post 25 of 40

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LOL!!! homeboy got caught, he should have brought some of that stuff at the local french headshop that cleanses your system, since hes so sweet at cycling he could have biked there and biked to his #1 spot again.

[IMG]http://arachnid.pepperdine.edu/privitt/images/sculptures/large/rolling_stock_full/Caught%20Red%20Handed.jpg[/IMG]

#681040Post 26 of 40

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I watched the stages every day, and I was excited about who could win, and finally this... I feel myself deluded... :(

#681115Post 27 of 40

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Wether he's innocent or not, to the French, he's already a cheater.

#681180Post 28 of 40

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^^^ not a compliment coming from a nation of quitters

#681186Post 29 of 40

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All I can say is... :Gay:

#681229Post 30 of 40

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[quote=KinKyJ]^^^ not a compliment coming from a nation of quitters[/quote]

go write some peotry or something...:roll:

#681400Post 31 of 40

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The sad thing about KinkyJ is that he still pretends to be hetero. The sad thing of this topic.. well, no explanation needed. Bring back LeMonde. :RockOn:

#682647Post 32 of 40

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[quote=beanzncheez]The sad thing about KinkyJ is that he still pretends to be hetero. [/quote]

:roflmao:

#682934Post 33 of 40

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hey cool, beaner's got a sidekick

#682942Post 34 of 40

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^ ^ Don't be jealous because he's got a sense of humor. Do what you always do; ask him to be your friend and threaten him that you'll cry if he says no. Then cry anyways. :roflmao:

#682946Post 35 of 40

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does that work for you?

#682949Post 36 of 40

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:roflmao: Still hiding from the truth. :roflmao: Good for you. Now go fuck that ugly dude.

#682959Post 37 of 40

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still repeating yourself yawn

Anyway, back on topic:

The go for testing Landis' B sample has been given. Meanwhile a source within the UCI confirmed that it was synthetic testosterone which has been found in the first sample.

#683097Post 38 of 40

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Yet you still reply because you feel compeled that someone here believes that you're not fucking a dude. :roflmao:

#685706Post 39 of 40

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so i guess he's guilty, but i'm still not 100% convinced he is guilty. does anyone think that there are tons of other reasons that could account for "off levels"? i bet there are lots that scientists haven't discivered all the possibilities for having abnormal levels.ultimately, drugs and drug testing will scar an innocent athlete's career. drugs in sports are tarnishing my credibility in every way.... very sad.

#690520Post 40 of 40

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Anybody who is in connection with this sport says that, all of them use drugs. Somebody get busted, others not..

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