Re: nike comercial

["robert and carla lawson" <robandcarla@hotmail.com>]

Well another incredible story told correctly!! I wasn't sure how the whole 
thing was started just what hubby told me. But remember there are some good 
stories out there too from us.. the unsung heroes. That are Nike material.
Carla (still groggy this AM with the crud!)
Ansata (Mom its pretty out here come ride!!!)
Haley (Mom come get me that woman is making me workkkkk!)
Rob (bye babe gonna go golf!)
>From: "Kirsten Price" <splash@dakotacom.net>
>Reply-To: "Kirsten Price" <splash@dakotacom.net>
>To: "robert and carla lawson" 
><robandcarla@hotmail.com>,<ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: Re: nike comercial
>Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2000 01:54:00 -0700
>
>Although Lance was indeed riding for Cofidis (a French sponsored team) in
>1996, he rode through several stages  of the Tour de France before dropping
>out (as I recall, he pulled during one of the mountain stages in the Alps).
>He was not "kicked off the team." Cofidis did terminate his contract after
>he announced that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer in October 
>of
>that year. It might seem cold of them, but I wouldn't be too hard on
>Cofidis.  They need active riders on their roster and it was pretty clear
>Lance wouldn't be active for a while, if ever again.
>
>It is also true that none of the powerhouse teams (including Cofidis) 
>wanted
>to take a chance on him when he started racing again in 1998, a decision 
>I'm
>sure has led to some regret.  To their credit, the US Postal Service team
>did take a chance and picked him up.  This last year has been an incredible
>year for that team.  They've really got some great riders in addition to
>Lance (George Hincapie, Kevin Livingston, Frankie Andreu, Tyler Hamilton...
>and I see they've added Viatcheslav Ekimov).
>
>Anyway, you are definitely right that it is really an incredible story and
>Lance is an unbelievable athlete. I have no doubt that the whole thing is
>movie material.  Don't forget Greg LeMond though.  He came back to win
>another Tour after nearly being killed by a shotgun blast in a really bad
>hunting accident.  These guys really are amazing. They can have all the
>endorsements they can grab as far as I'm concerned.
>
>Kirsten
>
>Kirsten Price
>splash@dakotacom.net
>Tucson, AZ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: robert and carla lawson <robandcarla@hotmail.com>
>To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2000 11:14 PM
>Subject: RC: nike comercial
>
>
> > Have you seen the Nike comercial where the guy has needles and stuff in
>his
> > arms undergoing testing? At the end he says how does he do it?  and hes
>says
> > "I'm on my bike 6 hours a day what are you on?"
> > First this guy developed cancer and was kicked off the French team for
>Tour
> > De France. He was later picked up by the American team and ended up
>winning
> > the Tour De France. Such an awesome story.
>
>

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