In VeloNews today
Bush: Lance will win, ‘and I’m going to win’ By Agence France Presse This report filed July 16, 2004
President George W. Bush predicted Friday that he would win the November presidential election and that fellow Texan Lance Armstrong would pedal to a historic sixth victory in the Tour de France.
“He’s going to win, and I’m going to win. There’s no need to worry about either race anymore,” Bush told reporters after watching the race aboard Air Force One en route to Tampa, Florida.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan told reporters that Bush, who fell out sharply with France in the run-up to the war in Iraq, has been avidly watching the storied bicycling race.
“He has been trying to follow the Tour de France, and he certainly is pulling for Lance Armstrong to capture his sixth title. And so he has been watching it with great interest,” said McClellan.