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This Has to Be Killing the French

by John Cole|  July 21, 20033:08 pm| 2 Comments

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I bet they just hate this:
Shaking off a crash that left him lying on the road, Lance Armstrong the dominator reappeared in the Tour de France today, winning the major stage in the Pyrenees, significantly widening his overall lead and taking a big step toward his fifth consecutive victory.

After he hit a spectator and went down early on the last of six climbs, he told himself, he said later,”Lance, if you want to win the Tour, attack.”

Damn simplistic Americans. Always attacking. And he’s a Texan to boot. Maybe we should have the Belgians charge him with Human Rights Violations.

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  1. 1.

    Eric Lindholm

    July 21, 2003 at 3:15 pm

    Do the French cyclists imagine there’s a battle behind them?

  2. 2.

    Brian J.

    July 21, 2003 at 8:09 pm

    I don’t know if it’s like this every year, but hasn’t the Tour de France looked a little like a hockey game this year?

    Every couple of days, someone’s putting a hit on Lance, and he just gets back on his skates, er, bike.

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