think this old fart can win a professional bike race again ? three years out of the peloton, 37 years old, just kind of hung around at the tour down under, then BLAM, yesterday at the tour of california he gets a top 10 in the prologue, today he spends most of the stage leading the chase group trying to run down mancebo, ( rock racing, winner of today ) and keeping levi out of the shit as it was a horrible day in northern california. lance has proclaimed that he will dedicate this race to levi and be the domestique extraordinaire that gets him to the finish at the end of the week with the yellow jersey on his back.
levi is the 2 time defending tour of california champion and is the odds on to win this year also, and with team astana bringing the strongest team to the race all the experts are picking levi. i think that lance doesnt have a problem backing levi, after all levi backed him for a few years during his winning streak, however i truly believe that lance may have issue backing contador in the big stage races coming up this summer. johan bruyneel was smart not bringing contador to california and i think the coolest thing to do is let lance try to win the giro ( tour of italy )and let contador try to win the tour of france. i think lance should snub the french, screw em, then lance could be ready for the velta ( tour of spain ) which is widely considered a much tougher race. it should get interesting, i think there will be some in house fighting at astana this year. myself i think its great lance came back, lets face it the guy is an animal on a bike, he can suffer like no other bike racer, and more times than not thats what wins. i read in one of his books that most times he is on his bike he is in a rage ( his own words ) and ever since reading that i related to him, its the way i get rid of anger or keep it at bay, im stoked hes back, i hope he kicks those punk euro bitches asses !been a little cold and ive been a litle lazy, but my mountain bike will back on the trail soon and i will hopefully be headed to california to ride with kj, chris, jordan and junior T this weekend, we are going to palomar mountain to watch the last stage of the tour of california, i cant wait to see the aliens climb that road, and not to many people have actually seen lance race in this country. oh i also was invited to pua sawicki' birth day ride and party on saturday, also in socal, (shes the national 24hr champion ) come on unemployment office wheres my damn money !!!!!!!
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