I’m not quite as expert as some here, but some questions linger in my mind: What’s next for Contador? I’m assuming he won’t be part of the new Radio Shack team. How did a guy from Luxembourg get the highly anglicized moniker “Andy”? Does the toaster represent some repressed traumatic event from Brian’s childhood? If the 37-year-old Armstrong describes himself as “an old fart,” what does that say about those of us in the 60-and-up crowd who still have athletic aspirations? Will Bob (“Tour day France”) Roll ever come to terms with his negative experiences with French snobbishness? Was it just my imagination, or did Lance seem to falter in the last few seconds of the Mount Ventoux climb? I believe he was docked around 3 seconds. Did he back off because he’d achieved his goal for the day, or had he reached his absolute physical limit? What will now take the place of my nightly Tour fix? 
- wimmens
- his bro is FRANK
- the what
- time to walk into the woods and die
- perhaps it is he who is the snob, given that he refuses to pronouce the race even close to correctly?
- turns out biking up huge mountains is hard, even for pros
- wimmens
“his bro is FRANK”
I know. That strike me weird, too, to be perfectly fr… er, never mind.
According to wikipedia, the three languages of Luxembourg are German, French, and Luxembourgish. Since it’s obviously not German or French, I guess “Andy” must be Luxembourgish, although the latter language was not offered in my high school. 
“the what”
You must not have been watching Versus.
“time to walk into the woods and die”
Ha! I don’t think so. 
“perhaps it is he who is the snob, given that he refuses to pronouce the race even close to correctly?”
Perhaps. I notice that he pronounces other words, phrases, and place names with impeccable French pronunciation.
- The new way to agree to something in our house is to say “That sounds guuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuud.” a la Brian to the toaster.
My favorite was the part where the psychiatrist asks the usual psycho-babble question, “And how does that make you feel?”–to which Brian responds: “Hungry!”
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He’ll go to a new, weaker team with a Spanish sponsor and will have to ride solo next year if he wants to win. My guess is he will. The ‘Andy Griffith Show’ just got a prime time slot in Luxembourg. Its right before ‘Miami Vice’ and after ‘Matlock’. No clue. You can fill your athletic aspirations by helping other 60 year olds across the street. After 3 days in Paris I feel the same as Mr. Roll I think Lance knew he had 3rd locked, and let off. I hear Shark Week is coming up.
Contador-to-Garmin rumors abound. Otherwise, that Spaniard should consider doing the Vuelta a España late next month. But yeah, I’m with Jack. Contador can have any unshaven Euro-chick he wants.
His given name might be Andreas. Unless he and Frank are trying to pull some Obama-like wool over the eyes of Luxembourg in re: their origins.
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What the…
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It says you still got some good years left because you were smart enough to not go pro when young and burn yourself out (at 35, that’s MY story, anyway).
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No. He’s a dolt.
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Agree with Jack. Climbing Alps is damned hard.
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Training! Duh.