Guess that's it for his season. Unless he decides to go to the Vuelta.
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
Guess that's it for his season. Unless he decides to go to the Vuelta.
..and cyclingnews flash news it is..come one..where are we living.
Ok conspiracy theorys out..
Yesterday add Astana Leipheimer for Giro..today..
and early today..
Lance Armstrong is considering an early stop in the Giro d'Italia
Edited by Guido Mukk on 23-03-2009 16:12
oh yeah, forgot about that. but to be fair that was only last year because of our success at the track world champs and the fact it started in london the year before. plus the government was running a campaign to get more people riding bikes when "carbon footprint" was the new buzzword. the interest will prob have died down by this summer with the memories of the olympics a distant memory. and wasn't it itv4 not the main channel? so it's not terestrial tv.
of course the Road Worlds and the BBC used to do the tour of britain.
But let's not take terrestrial tv for anything. They show:
-Football (not much of that either. Sky's got it all)
-Rugby
-Tennis
-F1
-Athletics (every so often)
That's it.
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
ringo182 wrote:
oh yeah, forgot about that. but to be fair that was only last year because of our success at the track world champs and the fact it started in london the year before. plus the government was running a campaign to get more people riding bikes when "carbon footprint" was the new buzzword. the interest will prob have died down by this summer with the memories of the olympics a distant memory. and wasn't it itv4 not the main channel? so it's not terestrial tv.
WRONG! The centinary tour was covered on ITV1
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
this is what it was all about. good old channel 4 coverage from the 80's and early 90's. many a happy evening spent sat on my dads lap watching this. gotta love the music
ringo182 wrote:
oh yeah, forgot about that. but to be fair that was only last year because of our success at the track world champs and the fact it started in london the year before. plus the government was running a campaign to get more people riding bikes when "carbon footprint" was the new buzzword. the interest will prob have died down by this summer with the memories of the olympics a distant memory. and wasn't it itv4 not the main channel? so it's not terestrial tv.
WRONG! The centinary tour was covered on ITV1
how much coverage though? was it a nightly thing or just 1 programme. i don't remember watching it.
and doddy, yes the worlds do sometimes get some coverage on sports saturday. but that was only this year cause Nicole Cooke won. i don't remember it in any previous years apart from eurosport. didn't they show it on BBCi last year with a few highlights on BBC2?
the first weekend was Live. I remember it well.
The rest was highlights. But thats what you expect from ITV. They have loose women and Jeremy Kyle show
There's no point slapping a schleck - Sean Kelly on "Who needs a slap"
doddy13 wrote:
of course the Road Worlds and the BBC used to do the tour of britain.
But let's not take terrestrial tv for anything. They show:
-Football (not much of that either. Sky's got it all)
-Rugby
-Tennis
-F1
-Athletics (every so often)
That's it.
I don't know about that. I'm sure they do limited Skiing, as well as Golf, Snooker, Horse Racing, Boxing, occasionally on interactive Darts and Bowls, and even American Football now (despite the fact practically no-one cares about it here). I didn't mention Cricket, but the amount of coverage of that is pitiful imo. So, more cycling coverage please
Bad news for Lance Armstrong I wonder if he doesnt get the chance to win the tour de france will he back next season, the way this season has started for him i will be very surprised even though im glad he's back because cycling really hit off for me the year he retired, so i really didnt get the chance to see him race. Glad contador is back in the tour this year, missed him last year.
Ste117 wrote:
Bad news for Lance Armstrong I wonder if he doesnt get the chance to win the tour de france will he back next season, the way this season has started for him i will be very surprised even though im glad he's back because cycling really hit off for me the year he retired, so i really didnt get the chance to see him race. Glad contador is back in the tour this year, missed him last year.
Armstrong has already confirmed he will ride another season
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
doddy13 wrote:
of course the Road Worlds and the BBC used to do the tour of britain.
But let's not take terrestrial tv for anything. They show:
-Football (not much of that either. Sky's got it all)
-Rugby
-Tennis
-F1
-Athletics (every so often)
That's it.
I don't know about that. I'm sure they do limited Skiing, as well as Golf, Snooker, Horse Racing, Boxing, occasionally on interactive Darts and Bowls, and even American Football now (despite the fact practically no-one cares about it here). I didn't mention Cricket, but the amount of coverage of that is pitiful imo. So, more cycling coverage please
yep more cricket and cycling at the expence of anything done indoors
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Ste117 wrote:
Bad news for Lance Armstrong I wonder if he doesnt get the chance to win the tour de france will he back next season, the way this season has started for him i will be very surprised even though im glad he's back because cycling really hit off for me the year he retired, so i really didnt get the chance to see him race. Glad contador is back in the tour this year, missed him last year.
I think this will be an interesting tell why Armstrong really did come back to cycling. If he really came back for cancer, he'll still try to ride the Giro or at least the Tour whether or not he's in shape. If he came back to win an 8th, he won't ride the Tour. Or that's what I'm guessing...
