| Re: Tour de France 2004 - Final Week: The disgrace of the French
Come on - it's just cycling, a sport.
Don't disgrace yourself.
Some Americans seem to have developed a heavy hostility against everything
and everybody French. I wonder why. - The Iraq war?
Armstrong is a known Bush supporter, but I have not before seen him quoted
for a statement like this. Are you sure he actually said it?
Thomas
"Malev" <malev_malev@yahoo.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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> The good news for France is that Frenchmen are enjoying their best
> Tour in a decade - particulary as a determined young Frenchman, the
> current maillot jaune Thomas Voeckler has kept the yellow jersey for
> far longer than any thought possible.
>
> Race favourite Lance Armstrong commented on the matter during a post
> 13th stage interview. "Well, yellow traditionally is associated with
> cowardice, ...so in a way actually, it's good that a Frenchman has
> worn the jersey for most of the race.... But he shouldn't count on
> wearing wearing anything by the final stage - except a soiled diaper"
>
> Indeed, Lance is expected to take over leadership of the race for good
> after the next stage of any noteworthy difficulty, on July 20th.
>
> Added Lance, "I doubt the French could beat me, even if they were
> using recumbents, which, I think, well obviously, are more suited to
> their style."
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