Afterlance

[ornoth_cycling]

This is a copy of a posting I just made here entitled “ Afterlance” in roadies

Okay, I’ve about had enough of people bemoaning the state of American cycling. Yeah, we’ve lost ole Lancey-pants and Iron Tyler of the Vanishing Twin, but are these people myopic?

Let’s have a quick review:

• Bobby Julich
• Floyd Landis
• George Hincapie
• Levi Leipheimer
• Tom Danielson

Comments

[ukelele]

One of my coworkers (who really doesn't know anything about cycling other than Lance) said the Tour wasn't going to be interesting this year. I started sputtering. It's the first year the Tour will be really interesting since the '90s! Yarrrr!

Don't know what to be more excited about; the fantastic state of American cycling, or the possibility that Mr. Cute himself, for my fave team, might top the podium this year (that'd be Ivan Basso).

Mmm.

[ornoth]

Well, I'm an amateur at boy-watching, but I think David Millar seems a reasonable choice...

[ukelele]

All ye need to know comes from Crazy Jane (crazyjaneski.typepad.com), assuming she updates this year. She didn't do last year, but the archives are well worth reading.

(I admit a certain bias; cycling is so heavily male-dominated -- and I went to an engineering school; it's hard for male domination to bug me -- that any sort of knowledgeable female commentary at all is more than welcome. But she also has a ...unique...writing style. :)

[ukelele]

(How could I fail to add the bike-specific rest of the URL? crazyjaneski.typepad.com/le_tour_delicieux)