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As a cycling fan and rider, this feels like Mike Jordan coming back for the third time. Lance is a phemomeon as a seven time winner of the Tour.

He will need to reinvent himself again. At 37, no one has ever succeeded this late in a career.

Also, Astana is not guaranteed admission into the Tour de France. They were excluded this year for past sins by previous management.

I saw this coming a few nights ago when hubby was reading me excerpts from an interview with him in Men's Journal. I don't remember exactly what the quote was, but I thought, "Uh-oh. Lance is bored."

I've gotta say, I am looking forward to watching him race again. I just wonder if it means Contador is bailing from the Astana team.

FWMustangGirl wrote:I saw this coming a few nights ago when hubby was reading me excerpts from an interview with him in Men's Journal. I don't remember exactly what the quote was, but I thought, "Uh-oh. Lance is bored."

I've gotta say, I am looking forward to watching him race again. I just wonder if it means Contador is bailing from the Astana team.

FWMGirl,

Interesting comment about Contador. Astana is claiming there is no truth. I can't imagine Alberto and Lance, much less Levi Leipheimer, all on the same team.

Water Pony wrote:

FWMustangGirl wrote:I saw this coming a few nights ago when hubby was reading me excerpts from an interview with him in Men's Journal. I don't remember exactly what the quote was, but I thought, "Uh-oh. Lance is bored."

I've gotta say, I am looking forward to watching him race again. I just wonder if it means Contador is bailing from the Astana team.

FWMGirl,

Interesting comment about Contador. Astana is claiming there is no truth. I can't imagine Alberto and Lance, much less Levi Leipheimer, all on the same team.

Agreed. Cycling teams are not exactly forthcoming with information until a deal is done usually. My husband said yesterday that someone asked Hincapie about the rumor, he smirked, and said, "No comment." So maybe Lance joins Columbia. Or maybe Astana is playing it close to the vest until they are ready to announce. I can't imagine Lance returning without Johan Bruneel.

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Armstrong tells magazine that he's coming back
Cyclist says he's '100 percent' going to ride in Tour de France next year, Vanity Fair reports.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF


Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Lance Armstrong told Vanity Fair that he is "100 percent" planning to return to cycling and compete in next year's Tour de France, the magazine's Web site reported today.

The report comes a day after the magazine and Armstrong left everyone wondering about the accuracy of a report by the online cycling journal Velo News. That site quoted anonymous sources familiar with the Vanity Fair interview as saying that Armstrong intended to return to pro cycling.

Armstrong, the seven-time Tour de France champion, still has spoken directly on the matter.

He told Vanity Fair that he made the decision to return to competition a month ago during a mountain bike race at Leadville, Colo. "It wasn't a light bulb going off," he said, but it grew out of frustration "with the rhetoric coming out of the Tour de France. Not just the Tour on TV, but the domestic press, the international press, the pace, the speeds at which participants rode. It's not a secret. I mean, the pace was slow."

Armstrong turns 37 next week and thinks he can be competitive at that age.

"Look at the Olympics," he said in the interview. "You have a swimmer like Dara Torres. Even in the 50m event, the 41-year-old mother proved you can do it," Armstrong says. "The woman who won the marathon was 38. Older athletes are performing very well. Ask serious sports physiologists and they'll tell you age is a wives' tale."

Not sure about it being a wives' tale, but I still think old folk, to a point, can maintain competitiveness.

smu diamond m wrote:Not sure about it being a wives' tale, but I still think old folk, to a point, can maintain competitiveness.

Watch it now, he and I are the same age

smupony94 wrote:

smu diamond m wrote:Not sure about it being a wives' tale, but I still think old folk, to a point, can maintain competitiveness.

Watch it now, he and I are the same age

I think that was meant to read...."maintain consciousness." And I can attest to the fact that I do not nod off more than 2 or 3 timeflmhnlnmn.h vccvfbgnn zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

smupony94 wrote:Top story in Austin

CYCLING

Armstrong tells magazine that he's coming back
Cyclist says he's '100 percent' going to ride in Tour de France next year, Vanity Fair reports.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

I am giddy over this. I adore cycling, and I think Lance makes the sport so much fun to watch. Of course this means I have to find a way to schedule that trip to France to watch this one next summer. We saw him win his 2nd and 6th. I really want to be there again.

FWMustangGirl wrote:

smupony94 wrote:Top story in Austin

CYCLING

Armstrong tells magazine that he's coming back
Cyclist says he's '100 percent' going to ride in Tour de France next year, Vanity Fair reports.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

I am giddy over this. I adore cycling, and I think Lance makes the sport so much fun to watch. Of course this means I have to find a way to schedule that trip to France to watch this one next summer. We saw him win his 2nd and 6th. I really want to be there again.

If he rides, I will go to the Tour as well. Great storyline. Still, hard to imagine getting back into shape to compete along with a team strong enough to carry him and dedicated to his success. Apparently, it won't be Astana, as I understand it.

Water Pony wrote:

FWMustangGirl wrote:

smupony94 wrote:Top story in Austin

CYCLING

Armstrong tells magazine that he's coming back
Cyclist says he's '100 percent' going to ride in Tour de France next year, Vanity Fair reports.
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

I am giddy over this. I adore cycling, and I think Lance makes the sport so much fun to watch. Of course this means I have to find a way to schedule that trip to France to watch this one next summer. We saw him win his 2nd and 6th. I really want to be there again.

If he rides, I will go to the Tour as well. Great storyline. Still, hard to imagine getting back into shape to compete along with a team strong enough to carry him and dedicated to his success. Apparently, it won't be Astana, as I understand it.

I see him riding all the time in Austin, and at some points he is going faster than me.

BTW, Trek has to be thrilled, since they missed out on the Tour de France this year, along with Astana, the team they sponsor.

Since Astana is supported by Trek, Lance would be hard pressed to ride a different manufacturer's road bike.