Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby -Adam- » Wed May 13, 2009 12:25 am

Wonderful... :P
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Andrew G » Wed May 13, 2009 1:45 pm

That'll be him poncing about with his Blackberry due to the alerts everytime someone mentions his name :roll: .
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Mike I » Wed May 13, 2009 2:11 pm

I too can barely contain my excitement. :roll:
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby -Adam- » Wed May 13, 2009 2:34 pm

I often wonder, if any actual stereotypical road cyclists, other than those new to the sport, actually like Armstrong.

It would appear not.
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Brian Nolan » Wed May 13, 2009 2:40 pm

[quote="-Adam-"]I often wonder, if any actual stereotypical road cyclists, other than those new to the sport, actually like Armstrong.

It would appear not.


there are at least two ACC Lance fans ; Alex & Dombo :)

if he gets through these two Tours & does not fall foul of the multiple tests I will re join his fanclub :wink:
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby -Adam- » Wed May 13, 2009 2:45 pm

[quote="Brian Nolan"]if he gets through these two Tours & does not fall foul of the multiple tests I will re join his fanclub :wink:


If I had a house, I would bet it on the fact that he will not fail a test.
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby -Adam- » Thu May 14, 2009 1:13 pm

Well, he must be clean then... :roll:
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Sylv » Tue May 19, 2009 9:25 am

lancefacts

[quote]I’m not breaking any news here nor is it really important to begin with. However, I think Lance is an interesting guy and did some investigative journalism on google to find out some facts on his nicknames that I’ve been wondering about.

First, the easy one: Mellow Johnny’s, Lance’s bikeshop in Austin, TX.

Mellow Johnny’s is simply a play on the French words “maillot jeune,” meaning “yellow jersey”, and “Mellow Johnny” being the bastardized French words for what Lance dominated 7 times.

Another one of Lance’s nicknames is Juan Pelota, or JP for short.

A few weeks ago Lance tried to post a couple of videos of his latest training ride, but they came back with an error message that included Armstrong’s private email jp@livestrong.org.

When he started getting thousands of emails from fans, he quizzed them about what the “JP” stood for. He’s done this before with the numbers “1274″ and “27.5″ on his racing bike (1274 is days without a pro race and 27.5 is how many million people worldwide died of cancer in that time).

In the video below, Lance revealed JP stood for Juan Pelota, which is the name of the coffee shop in Armstrong’s Mellow Johnny’s bike shop in Austin. It’s a name he uses to register in hotels to keep a low profile.

The name refers to the surgery Armstrong had for testicular cancer when one of his testes was removed. “Juan” sounds like “one” with a Mexican accent, and of course “Pelota” is ball in Spanish…hence Juan Pelota = one ball.

Think this is funny? Lance Armstrong’s sperm from one ball can still penetrate 13 condoms, the birth control pill, a brick wall, and the 1975 Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line in order to impregnate Anna Hansen.

Of course now he’s changed his email address but you can always follow him on Twitter.
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby -Adam- » Tue May 19, 2009 10:33 pm

Give over.

[quote]"This circuit required explosive bursts. It required riders to get their butts up off the seats of their bikes, and some riders who are not so young anymore apparently don't feel like doing that," Zomegnan told the Associated Press. "Instead, it seems like their legs have become shorter and their tongues longer."


I think that about sums it up. Have heard of many other riders complaining they didn't get to race properly...
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:41 pm

Some anagrams of Lance Armstrong:

Rectal Snag Norm
Clear Strongman
Snort Canal Germ
Snort Clean Gram
Snot Gnarl Cream

etc etc, zzzzzzz
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Alex P » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:51 pm

Do you think that "Lance" is short for "Lancelot"?

That would increase the scope of the anagrams..
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Snoop Doug » Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:55 pm

[quote="Alex P"]Do you think that "Lance" is short for "Lancelot"?

That would increase the scope of the anagrams..


Tartan Scroll Gnome :lol:
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Re: Lance @ Giro D'Italia - Cento Anni

Postby Alex P » Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:46 am

Perception is EVERYTHING.......
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