Take the Lance Challenge!
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 3, 2009 7:12 PM EST
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PrintThanks to PdC'er Roadside, we have a special, one-time contest open to all registered Podium Cafe members: win a pretty fair stack of magazines from the Lance Armstrong years, including VeloNews and Cycle Sport editions transcribing Armstrong's legendary exploits!
The contest is pretty simple: just predict when he will score his first win of the year. Whoever gets it right wins the booty. Tie goes to whoever emailed me the answer first. And if Lance doesn't win anything this year, then DS Little Bear keeps them. The rules:
1. You must be a registered member of the Podium Cafe. Since that already includes half of the known universe (I'm told), this shouldn't be an issue. Unregistered lurkers: it's not that we don't love you, but... why not register? It's free and anonymous. One caveat: if you plan to win, I'll eventually need an email address at least.
2. Pick the day when Lance will score that first win in four years (or thereabouts). Some details: a win can include a one-day race, stage of a stage race, or any final classification (GC, KOM, points, fastest geezer, you name it). It cannot include a team win (e.g., TTT stage, team classification), and does not include taking the lead in a classification before the race is finished. "Never" is not an answer. And only UCI professional races; if he does a MTB race on an off-day, or outsprints Bono on a PR ride, that doesn't count.
3. Email your submission to lachallenge@yahoo.com. Please include the date of your predicted win, and the name of the race (including stage # or classification if applicable) for added clarity. Please do not email me at my usual podcaf(at)yahoo address. That inbox is busy enough.
4. One entry per person. This is important: when he wins something, we'll start parsing through the entries. There is no deadline, so if he rides the Giro di Lombardia after nine winless months and scores the victory, and you send in your prediction the Friday before, good on ya. But of course, if anyone else beat you to that prediction, they win. And of course he could win something as soon as February 14, so you probably shouldn't wait forever. Enjoy!
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This has been mostly an anti Lance/USP/Disco/JB/Astana/Levi/ place?! What has happened to you Chris?
Did you sell your soul to the devil?:D
Pshaw
We don’t have an official position. And Roadside donated a prize that Lance fans might be interested in. So here you go.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 3, 2009 7:37 PM EST up reply actions
Don't take my post seriously,
I heart this place, it’s very early here…
I’m not a Lance “fan”, but I don’t hate him either, where does that put me?
onto the next subject
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 3, 2009 8:25 PM EST up reply actions
Out playing with the reindeer?
Or are you resting up for next Christmas? LOL!
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
lol, awesome :-)
Fun idea.
The prize for the next contest is the 5ft tall stack of back issues at the Gav Shack. Will someone rid me of this beast? ;-)
really?
Perhaps we should chat off-line. It’s CycleSport and ProCycling. Think the stack starts around 2000 and goes to the present. No VeloNews, we usually didn’t keep more than a few of those around at a time. LOL, they’re sorta taking up a lot of space!
I personally don't see what the big deal is
I always thought Lance was pretty cool.
"I didn't look for him and I didn't see him. If you base your race on another rider, most of the time you lose."
Tom Boonen
I dunno
Lance isn’t the most savory character.
CQRanking.com, you complete me.
by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 4, 2009 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Is it wrong that I always liked that movie?
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
a five foot stack of issues
that sounds like an earthquake hazzard
Nov. 2008
Tour de Gruene tt, solo and dual w/John Korioth
Thanks very much, I’ll be here all week . . .
This is probably the absolute last thing I would want right now
in 2 years I would definitely take it but with the onslaught of Lance coverage already happening and bound to happen through July I wont be able to hear his name anymore when this year is over. I even almost yelled at my dad the other day because he mentioned his name, can’t remember for what but it was a day after the tdu so I was sick of his name. Don’t get me wrong this is a real cool gift and it’s great someone here will get it, and I’m not blaming Lance for the over blown coverage, I’m blaming the media, just like a good politician would.
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
Lance coverage is more live coverage baby
Think positively Phil, out of this media onslaught of a deserving cycling star, hopefully more cycling stars will be born for more people. This is how it works, like it or not, new people have to be led in by this digusting media in this way often times.
That doesn't mean I can't be annoyed
and I will be annoyed by July, just like I was annoyed of the political election coverage by October. But you are right, I should think positively…..it’s only 2 more months until Flanders!
"If you go (with a break), you can either win or not win. If you don't go for it, you definitely won't win."
~ Jens Voigt
Just sent my guess in!!
Ohh only 56 days to Belgium… Wahoo
Sorry i’m on beer number three here..
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
This timezone-difference is sometimes hard to take
Reading about someone on their third beer as I’m making my last cup of morningcoffee last as long as possible while (unsuccessfully) trying to convince my body to get off it’s ass and get to work.
I know...
It’s funny, but hey.. you are alwayssure of a laugh at anytime..Ok had to stop for a while, so just opening Beer 4, damn ride in the morning is going to hurt.
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
And both of you were doing those things while I was attempting
to keep fast asleep. Always a party at the Cafe. :-)
"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."
I'm in
So I’ll be cheering for LA at least once this season. Unless, of course, the competitive bastard scores a win before my predicted date…
Lance has timing and a sense of drama
so he will definitely wait for the Ventoux stage at the end of the TdF (oops did I say that out loud?)
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Nah i'd say ToC
The media will go crazy, and in the USA…..
We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950
If Flatbagger or Willj win how do you pay for postage/shipping?
Do you just keep them in your basement until they show up to claim them. Or do you dip into petty cash and deliver them personally?
Speed on the descent can easily be lost when you slam into a tree.
email it in!
General notice to all: posting your answer here doesn’t count.
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by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 4, 2009 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
haha just trying if anyone took the bite..
You clearly didn’t
Some say the best things in life, are one the inside.
I think I already won the Lance Challenge.
The last three issues of Cyclesport have had Lance on the cover. Throw in a couple more from Velonews and I feel like a winner.
"And if Lance doesn't win anything this year, then DS Little Bear keeps them."
All eventualities are covered.
How is the challenge going?
Will we get an overview of predictions to make it interesting? And to give laggers the opportunity to fill in the blank spots (Lance winning sprinting stages in the ToC or Giro).
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