It seems as if Lance Armstrong needed to prove something. The man won a record seven straight Tours (even if he did use PEDs or something, I'm convinced that damn near everyone else was too ... including the rumors that have followed this year's winner), fought off cancer and started one of the dynamic fund-raising campaigns we've seen.
He last raced in the Tour back in 2005. He missed three years. He went from age 34 to age 37. Could you really expect the man to just walk right in a win again?
Yes.
I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't so much expecting a win as much as I was hoping for one. Armstrong left at the top of the sport and we really didn't get to see any kind of decline. That's usually the lasting image of someone who retired. We tended to forget that Armstrong couldn't possibly be able to pick right back up where he left off.
I think he did. Armstrong finished third in this year's Tour which is quite impressive. I know that it breaks his streak of titles in years he competed, but this one has to be viewed positively. Most people just can't take that kind of gap off during their competitive years and do that well upon their return.
To him, it was just like riding a bike.
He last raced in the Tour back in 2005. He missed three years. He went from age 34 to age 37. Could you really expect the man to just walk right in a win again?
Yes.
I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't so much expecting a win as much as I was hoping for one. Armstrong left at the top of the sport and we really didn't get to see any kind of decline. That's usually the lasting image of someone who retired. We tended to forget that Armstrong couldn't possibly be able to pick right back up where he left off.
I think he did. Armstrong finished third in this year's Tour which is quite impressive. I know that it breaks his streak of titles in years he competed, but this one has to be viewed positively. Most people just can't take that kind of gap off during their competitive years and do that well upon their return.
To him, it was just like riding a bike.
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