The Tour De Lance Starts Today
By Wyatt Earp | July 4, 2009
And, as always, the frogs will be working overtime to try and catch 7-time Tour winner Lance Armstrong “doping.” Sadly, the only dope here is the French sports minister.
PARIS – France’s sports minister says Lance Armstrong will be “particularly monitored” in anti-doping checks at the Tour de France this year.
Roselyne Bachelot, speaking in an interview on French cable TV on Friday, sent the warning to the seven-time Tour winner who has come out of retirement to race again in cycling’s showcase.
“The (doping) controls will be multiplied, and I tell Lance Armstrong that he will be particularly, particularly, particularly monitored,” Bachelot told i-Tele.
The American has denied having taken banned substances during his cycling career.
How great will it be if he comes back from a three-year retirement to win the Tour outright? I’ll be watching – every day. Go Lance!
Topics: Cycling | 9 Comments »
July 4th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Good to know that the French minister is such a good sport and is open to every cyclist from any country coming in and beating the French at their own game!
Surely she’s not prejudiced, is she?
There is only one response for Lance – stay clean and thrash them!!
July 4th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Not a bad start today for Lance and the whole Astana team.
July 4th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
Alan B – He’s clean – always has been – and I hope he wins it all.
Randal – After a 3-year retirement? Not bad at all. Hopefully, they can keep the pressure on.
July 5th, 2009 at 5:07 am
“He’s clean – always has been”
I didn’t doubt it! I said, “Stay clean” because there a lot of people out there just wanting to destroy him and his answer is to do as I said, “Stay clean and thrash them!!”
July 5th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Dangit…the tour just went off, and missed it again! Oh, I wonder if I will see the last stages on my brand new television…you know, the 46″. (nanner, nanner)
July 5th, 2009 at 11:41 am
RT – Versus replays the stage at noon most days. Will be rerun in about 20 minutes.
July 5th, 2009 at 11:55 am
At what point do the French get rid of that chip on their shoulder?
July 5th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
“At what point do the French get rid of that chip on their shoulder?”
Waterloo was 1815 so if you speak English (or an approximation to it) … 194 years (and counting)
July 7th, 2009 at 12:14 am
MeToo – Um . . . never?
Alan B – Yeah, that’s a long grudge.