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Old 07-12-2004, 10:51 AM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally posted by Wax_off
So is it only me who finds American news coverage of this event laughably stupid? Headlines like "Armstrong falls out of lead!" and "Armstrong falls to 6th overall" What a joke.

Apparently someone asked Voeckler what his lead of more than 9 minutes over Armstrong meant. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Seriously, to even ask that question shows that you know nothing about how the grand tours work. You'd think that after 5 years of American hype around Lance that people would know a bit better.
Sad but true...but then again...i think that is arrogance on our part as a national collective in that it is a sport that is not respected here in the states like it is elsewhere. Most other countries do recognize and respect it as a world sport...here...it's just an annoying sport to many that reminds them of the bikers they try to take the pedals off while we're on the road training. I think most of u'll feel me on this perspective.


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