Comments on: ESPN – Report: Armstrong to come out of retirement and ride for Astana – Cycling http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/09/espn-report-armstrong-to-come-out-of-retirement-and-ride-for-astana-cycling/ Commentary on media, technology, marketing and clamming strategies Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:36:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Marta http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/09/espn-report-armstrong-to-come-out-of-retirement-and-ride-for-astana-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-625409 Marta Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:22:09 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2090#comment-625409 It is official-Lance is coming out of retirement to 100% race the Tour de France. As a dork cycling fan I am bummed, as a lets cure cancer fan I think this is an amazing thing. As to cycling if he had said 'I am 100% going to win the Giro, the Vuelta or the Hell of the North' I would have been jazzed to see Lance show his versitility and bring those races up a few notches in recongition and prestige in the eyes of american cyclists and fans but just to suffer through all the build up to Lance grinding out another Tour win. I think my sock drawer needs rearranging. The natural synergy between cycling and medicine that Lance has juiced big time will just grow. The PMC was started 25 years ago by one man and 35 friends and is now the largest donor to the Jimmy Fund and one of the largest donors in all of Cancer care and research. There is something universal and inclusive about simply riding a bike that lends itself to causes(plus through gearing and drafting CEO's delude themselves into thinking they are better athletes then they are and that is okay becaue they give) Lance will only develop and spread this magic even further then he already has. So I am trendy again. Happens once a decade or so. So after the parade next year lets watch the prologue. He is going to want to win that and get the yellow jersey early for sure. It is official-Lance is coming out of retirement to 100% race the Tour de France. As a dork cycling fan I am bummed, as a lets cure cancer fan I think this is an amazing thing. As to cycling if he had said ‘I am 100% going to win the Giro, the Vuelta or the Hell of the North’ I would have been jazzed to see Lance show his versitility and bring those races up a few notches in recongition and prestige in the eyes of american cyclists and fans but just to suffer through all the build up to Lance grinding out another Tour win. I think my sock drawer needs rearranging.

The natural synergy between cycling and medicine that Lance has juiced big time will just grow. The PMC was started 25 years ago by one man and 35 friends and is now the largest donor to the Jimmy Fund and one of the largest donors in all of Cancer care and research. There is something universal and inclusive about simply riding a bike that lends itself to causes(plus through gearing and drafting CEO’s delude themselves into thinking they are better athletes then they are and that is okay becaue they give) Lance will only develop and spread this magic even further then he already has.

So I am trendy again. Happens once a decade or so. So after the parade next year lets watch the prologue. He is going to want to win that and get the yellow jersey early for sure.

]]> By: Charles http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/09/espn-report-armstrong-to-come-out-of-retirement-and-ride-for-astana-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-624914 Charles Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:12:53 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2090#comment-624914 I guess he was getting tired of serial dating... I guess he was getting tired of serial dating…

]]> By: Chris http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/2008/09/espn-report-armstrong-to-come-out-of-retirement-and-ride-for-astana-cycling/comment-page-1/#comment-624865 Chris Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:07:16 +0000 http://www.churbuck.com/wordpress/?p=2090#comment-624865 Just finished reading a story on this as well, and was equally excited! I always wanted to see Lance devote himself to races other than just the Tour...the spring classics will be great and having him back in the sport will help raise the prfile again Just finished reading a story on this as well, and was equally excited!

I always wanted to see Lance devote himself to races other than just the Tour…the spring classics will be great and having him back in the sport will help raise the prfile again

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