On UK tv, they'll be showing the live Tour de France at 3 pm to 4 pm our time, which would make it 10 am to 100 am your time.

Oops, I was thinking East Coast time. Take 3 hours off that, so 7 am to 8 am.

Coverage on OLN starts at 7:30 a.m. Eastern, so will start at 4:30 a.m. Pacific.

LANCE! LANCE! LANCE!

for those battling disease, may this be an inspiration.

Fantastic race; perfect course planning; spectacular OLN coverage here in the USA. Armstrong is one of the greatest sportsmen of all time. Have you read his recent Playboy interview? Very interesting...here it is...

http://www.playboy.com/arts-entertai...strong/04.html

Thanks, S_Holmes. That was a very interesting interview.

So it's true, you guys get Playboy for the articles!

Thank you Btilke and TravelerGina. He is such an inspiration for so many people. A good friend of mine is battling breast cancer and was so inspired by his book and what he has done with his life, that it has given her a lot of hope. He's a gem

Well, Lance went, and now he is gone from the Tour de France.
I can make a case for him being among the elite of all athletes. Has anyone been more dominant in his or her sport at the highest level?

Even if you can think of someone, they hadn't come back from the dead.
He was the first winner to be allowed to speak from the podium. He finally got to tell the naysayers/disbelievers what he thinks of them. A great man and a great champion.

Yeah, he's gone -- to <b>7th Heaven</b>! Kind of sad we won't see him in competition anymore, I'm going to miss him but his legacy will live on.

He is for sure one of those in the pantheon of &uuml;ber-elite atheletes. There are others; Woods, Bird, Gretzky, Jordan , Chamberlain come to mind.

I found it very odd that they changed the sprint rules after the race was over. Unless, that is, that the OLN commentators were mistaken.

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The pics are also very interesting :-D



Congrats to Lance!!! and the Discovery Channel Team!!! Great job!!!

Cool post, Scarlett. Great ride, Lance!

I'm already feeling the effects of <i>Le Tour withdrawal</i>.

//Note to self: start planning now to go see part of it in person next year\\

Found any good slide-show photo journals of this year's Le Tour de France? Please post a link if you have!

Here is a minor one I have found:

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml

(link labeled &quot;photo essay&quot; is currently found on this page under main artlicle)

-- photo #10 w/sunflowers is
pretty nice.

They didn't change the sprint rules per se. They did not give intermediate points for sprints but did give the stage win points/time which allowed Vinocurov to move up. I think if anyone didn't understand there would have been a protest before the awards ceremony.
Look on oln.com or cyclingnews.com for videos, etc.

Sorry, I see it is photo #11 showing the riders and sunflowers, but #10 with the hay rolls is nice too.

Ahhh, I see! (said the blind man)&gt; that website is constantly updating with more photos, thus the individual position of each particular picture keeps shifting... have a look anyway but disregard the photo #s I have previously stated.

Let the parades begin! Once Lance returns home to Austin, there will be a big celebration downtown to honor him. I haven't gone in the past, but I think we will take advantage of this last piece of history before his retirement. Although I am sure Sheryl Crow will be seeing (Ugggh!), I think it would be so fitting to play Coldplay's &quot;Yellow.&quot; Way to go Lance!

I meant that Sheryl Crow will be &quot;singing.&quot;

I thought that John Kerry, when interviewed on OLN, summarized Lance's career well...that Lance truly is in the pantheon of all-time great athletes. I told my ten-year old son, who was fortunate enough to have watched the Tour in the Pyrenees a couple of years ago, that he can tell his grandchildren that he saw one of the greatest athletes ever. In my opinion, with his accomplishments, and the remarkable personal story that Kerry alluded to do with surviving such a significant bout with cancer, Lance ranks up there with the greatest: Ruth, DiMaggio, Ali, Jordan. What an inspiration he has given to all whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Now, what do I do at 9pm every night? Nothing to watch on tv!

Didn't his daughters look gorgeous in their yellow dresses?

Why didn't someone (obviously not me) think of organizing a Fodorite trip to the Tour de France?

One more thing, what an inspiration to moms everywhere Linda is. Massive amounts of kudos to her.

Author: bob_brown ([email protected])
Date: 07/24/2005, 01:05 pm
Well, Lance went, and now he is gone from the Tour de France.
I can make a case for him being among the elite of all athletes. Has anyone been more dominant in his or her sport at the highest level?

Today on oln they interviewed Wayne Gretsky and Tiger Woods for their opinions.

You would think he'd at least do a lap of honour :)

Geordie

&quot;Il restera de l'Am&eacute;ricain l'image d'un vainqueur sans partage, un peu en guerre avec tout le monde pour autant qu'on lui r&eacute;siste, mais qui puise pr&eacute;cis&eacute;ment sa force dans l'adversit&eacute;. Il a d&ucirc; se battre pour exister en tant qu'enfant oubli&eacute; par son p&egrave;re, se battre pour survivre au cancer, se battre pour obtenir ses succ&egrave;s et convaincre le monde qu'ils &eacute;taient acquis honn&ecirc;tement. Sa vie jusqu'ici fut donc un combat de chaque instant, il a droit &agrave; pr&eacute;sent &agrave; un peu de qui&eacute;tude...&quot;

BTilke: Thanks for sharing the excerpt from the Belgian press. I think that the writer captures alot of what makes Lance tick, and does so very poignantly. I thought that Lance's remarks on the podium reflected a bit of his being &quot;en guerre avec tout le monde,&quot; as he took aim at detractors of the sport of cycling. Given his past, he has my complete understanding and sympathy, but it almost seemed like he couldn't resist that chance to fire back some.

By the way, MSNBC has a terrific slide show of Lance and the TdF--great photos.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8698947/
(an interview--click on the slide show sidebar)

Definitely one of the all time great athletes. I think we'll be seeing lots more of Lance, albeit not in the Tour de France. However, I think he could do better than Sheryl Crow!

What's wrong with Sheryl Crow? And who would be &quot;better&quot; for him? If the are both crazy about each other, as they themselves admit, why knock the relationship. I wish them well.

Thanks for the MSNBC link, BTilke. Very nice pix.

Armstrong will be a guest on Letterman one week from tonight. (Monday Aug. 1)