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Armstrong is engaged and contemplating a comeback (Teeth gnashing in Paris)
Austin American-Statesman ^ | 5 September 2005 | Suzanne Halliburton

Posted on 09/05/2005 8:48:44 PM PDT by Racehorse

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong made two significant announcements Monday regarding his future.

He and rock star Sheryl Crow are engaged and are planning a spring wedding.

And Armstrong confirmed that he is "thinking" about coming out of retirement and defending his Tour yellow jersey.

Armstrong made these relevations during an interview with the American-Statesman.

[. . .]

Armstrong has only entertained the idea of riding the Tour next July for about the last two weeks. He first started mulling the idea after a French newspaper reported Aug. 22 that Armstrong tested positive six times for a banned blood booster as he was winning his first Tour in 1999.

"I'm thinking about it," Armstrong said Monday. "I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."

(Excerpt) Read more at statesman.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: armstron; b; crow; europe; lancearmstrong; tourdefrance
What more could you ask?

Only that he win . . . !

1 posted on 09/05/2005 8:48:44 PM PDT by Racehorse
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To: Racehorse

Anything but Sheryl Crow.

:)


2 posted on 09/05/2005 8:49:53 PM PDT by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Racehorse
"I'm thinking about it," Armstrong said Monday. "I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."

i hope lance rubs their noses in it until they STFU with their lame attempts to sully armstrongs incredible wins...

3 posted on 09/05/2005 8:57:19 PM PDT by chilepepper (The map is not the territory -- Alfred Korzybski)
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To: Racehorse
Suzanne Halliburton?
4 posted on 09/06/2005 1:27:56 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative (France is an example of retrograde chordate evolution.)
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To: writer33
I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."

---cool

and........ Sheryl has nice legs.

5 posted on 09/06/2005 5:36:59 AM PDT by beyond the sea ("I was just the spark the universe chose ....." --- Cindy Sheehan (barf alert))
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To: Racehorse
"I'm thinking about it," Armstrong said Monday. "I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."

Go, Lance, go!

6 posted on 09/06/2005 6:57:00 AM PDT by texasbluebell
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To: Racehorse; Baynative; Aeronaut; jern; Voss; Drango; Petronski; nutmeg; whattajoke

You just don't tug on Superman's cape!


7 posted on 09/06/2005 9:55:29 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
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To: whattajoke; CyberCowboy777; Aeronaut; jern; concentric circles; Petronski; Voss; Drango; ...
WOW ping! Apologies for any duplicate pings.

Related threads:

Armstrong, Crow engaged

Armstrong is contemplating a comeback... Armstrong said. "it's the best way to piss the French off."

8 posted on 09/06/2005 2:46:15 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: nutmeg

Oh, wow!!! Would a comeback be terrific or what?! Bleed him and test him every day, you Froggies; all you'll find is true-blue Texan blood!


9 posted on 09/06/2005 2:59:57 PM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert (Kelo must GO!! ..... http://sonoma-moderate.blogspot.com/)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

Careful, that could become a banned substance.


10 posted on 09/06/2005 3:38:43 PM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You know, Happy Time Harry, just being around you kinda makes me want to die.)
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To: beyond the sea
I'm thinking it's the best way to piss (the French) off."

Good point. I still don't know if the legs are worth it, but Lance apparently thinks so.

:)

11 posted on 09/06/2005 5:07:06 PM PDT by writer33 (Rush Limbaugh walks in the footsteps of giants: George Washington, Thomas Paine and Ronald Reagan.)
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To: Racehorse

Go Lance!

Although, I have to say, since I believe he's a conservative at heart, that if he actually marries that lib he'll end up eating crow.

(runs and hides)


12 posted on 09/06/2005 6:11:06 PM PDT by mondonico
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To: Racehorse

Good move. Some things are best left alone. The French didn't know when to leave well enough alone. Now they will have to endure another Lance Tour win. I hope he follows through because they have an opening on Team Discovery and he will be welcomed back with open arms. And he'll win it again.


13 posted on 09/06/2005 9:58:02 PM PDT by RichardW
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To: Racehorse

The whole contemplating a comeback by Mr. Armstrong had me confused. However, the attitude of "I want to stick it to the French" makes it clearer and completely understandable.

Can you imagine Mr Srmstrong being psychologically fueled by that emotion?

If I were all the other Tour riders, I'd be rather unhappy at this turn of events.


14 posted on 09/07/2005 5:43:52 AM PDT by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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To: Racehorse

comeback????


15 posted on 09/07/2005 5:44:53 AM PDT by bigsigh
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To: mondonico
Bad boy, bad! bad!

(Funny as can be though)

16 posted on 09/07/2005 5:57:31 AM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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