Thomas Hoffman

I hear he takes the Single Speedo class to a whole new level.

Thomas Hoffman

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Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance has to win the Tour

No better training then racing, so I heard he is coming out to Oregon to
Race Cross, since there are like two races a week into December. Plus he
can do at least three races at each event, Unicycle, single speed and
Masters A.

--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Tom Perilloux wrote:

From: Tom Perilloux
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance has to win the Tour
To: "Jack Bennett"
Cc: "OBRA OBRA"
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 10:50 AM


Good point. He's setting expectations low at this point.
Initially, his comeback was to win the tour. Now the hype is beginning to
die down and he's saying it will be a challenge and maybe he will race the
Giro. No way he wins the tour after racing the Giro.

Personally I think he needs to concentrate on the cancer awareness
and race wins are secondary. That way he can call his comeback a
satisfactory if he raises awareness and a great success if he gets some
wins.


On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jack Bennett
wrote:

Lance is returning to racing to prove he was clean. But if
he returns, tests clean, and doesn't win, won't the doubters just say if he
can't win now when he's clean, then he must have been racing dirty before?

Just coming back and racing clean won't make his point. In
fact, he runs the risk of reinforcing the doubters and undercutting his own
case. He has to win the Tour. He must be supremely confident.

- Jack

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No better training then racing, so I heard he is coming out to Oregon to Race Cross, since there are like two races a week into December.  Plus he can do at least three races at each event, Unicycle, single speed and Masters A.  

--- On Thu, 9/25/08, Tom Perilloux wrote:
From: Tom Perilloux
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Lance has to win the Tour
To: "Jack Bennett"
Cc: "OBRA OBRA"
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008, 10:50 AM

Good point.  He's setting expectations low at this point.  Initially, his comeback was to win the tour.  Now the hype is beginning to die down and he's saying it will be a challenge and maybe he will race the Giro.  No way he wins the tour after racing the Giro. 

Personally I think he needs to concentrate on the cancer awareness and race wins are secondary.  That way he can call his comeback a satisfactory if he raises awareness and a great success if he gets some wins.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jack Bennett wrote:

Lance is returning to racing to prove he was clean. But if he returns, tests clean, and doesn't win, won't the doubters just say if he can't win now when he's clean, then he must have been racing dirty before?

Just coming back and racing clean won't make his point. In fact, he runs the risk of reinforcing the doubters and undercutting his own case. He has to win the Tour. He must be supremely confident.

- Jack

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bennett.jack@yahoo.com

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Joe Cipale

Wow...

Some people here really DO have too much time on thier hands.

There was no guarantee he would win one, let alone 7. There is no gurantee he will win #8. Sit back and enjoy the ride and let it go at that.

Tom Perilloux wrote:

> Good point. He's setting expectations low at this point. Initially, his
> comeback was to win the tour. Now the hype is beginning to die down and
> he's saying it will be a challenge and maybe he will race the Giro. No way
> he wins the tour after racing the Giro.
>
> Personally I think he needs to concentrate on the cancer awareness and race
> wins are secondary. That way he can call his comeback a satisfactory if he
> raises awareness and a great success if he gets some wins.
>
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jack Bennett wrote:
>
> > Lance is returning to racing to prove he was clean. But if he returns,
> > tests clean, and doesn't win, won't the doubters just say if he can't win
> > now when he's clean, then he must have been racing dirty before?
> >
> > Just coming back and racing clean won't make his point. In fact, he runs
> > the risk of reinforcing the doubters and undercutting his own case. He has
> > to win the Tour. He must be supremely confident.
> >
> > - Jack
> >
> > .................................
> > Jack Bennett
> > bennett.jack@yahoo.com
> > .................................
> >
> >
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Tom Perilloux

Good point. He's setting expectations low at this point. Initially, his
comeback was to win the tour. Now the hype is beginning to die down and
he's saying it will be a challenge and maybe he will race the Giro. No way
he wins the tour after racing the Giro.

Personally I think he needs to concentrate on the cancer awareness and race
wins are secondary. That way he can call his comeback a satisfactory if he
raises awareness and a great success if he gets some wins.

On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jack Bennett wrote:

> Lance is returning to racing to prove he was clean. But if he returns,
> tests clean, and doesn't win, won't the doubters just say if he can't win
> now when he's clean, then he must have been racing dirty before?
>
> Just coming back and racing clean won't make his point. In fact, he runs
> the risk of reinforcing the doubters and undercutting his own case. He has
> to win the Tour. He must be supremely confident.
>
> - Jack
>
> .................................
> Jack Bennett
> bennett.jack@yahoo.com
> .................................
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Jack Bennett

Lance is returning to racing to prove he was clean. But if he returns, tests clean, and doesn't win, won't the doubters just say if he can't win now when he's clean, then he must have been racing dirty before?

Just coming back and racing clean won't make his point. In fact, he runs the risk of reinforcing the doubters and undercutting his own case. He has to win the Tour. He must be supremely confident.

- Jack

.................................
Jack Bennett
bennett.jack@yahoo.com
.................................