Greatest Pure Athlete?

Toogoofy317 · July 08, 2009, 05:57:58 PM

Thought this would make for interesting talk.

IMHO I'd say Lance Armstrong

How many other athletes can ride 2,000 miles in three weeks without a motor? After watching the team time trial yesterday and watching almost a whole team going out on a sweeping corner at 45mph with only a helmet on and sliding OMG I wanted to give them my moto jacket! People say it is a individual sport but it so is not. Watching the peloton how it just always seems to eat up the break away. How they form the Echelons it is just amazing how they do this going so fast with less than inches to each others wheel.

As they say this week you can't win the race but you sure as hell can lose it! I just wonder who is going to take Jan Ullrichs place as Lance's arch nemesis! Is going to be an awesome race this year!

Mary

XealotX · July 08, 2009, 06:40:18 PM

Greatest Pure Athlete?

Without a doubt?

Me

annguyen1981 · July 08, 2009, 06:48:07 PM

Mike Tyson

XealotX · July 08, 2009, 06:59:28 PM

Mike Tyson hasn't exercised his brain in years.

spc · July 08, 2009, 07:13:24 PM

Quote from: Toogoofy317 on July 08, 2009, 05:57:58 PM
I just wonder who is going to take Jan Ullrichs place as Lance's arch nemesis! Is going to be an awesome race this year!

Christian Van Velde is a pretty tough opponent, hopefully he can stay clean unlike Jan in his fight.

It is going to be awesome watching that field of youngins get spanked by an old man.

Toogoofy317 · July 08, 2009, 07:22:47 PM

I cannot wait for team Atana to put Columbia Highroad in their place. You tell the world you are the best in the world you better back that chit up! But, I think Lance, Levi, and Contador is going to make them eat their words and like it! As long as all of their Egos don't get in the way of the task at hand!

Also what is up with the Cavendish dude on Columbia thinks he is the best rider since Lance Armstrong. Oh wait Lance is there guess he aint' the best!

I truly love cycling that and Dolphin football and I'm a happy camper. Preseason starts next month YES!

Miami has the dolphin's the greatest football team. They run the ball like no one's ever seen! Their in the air their on the ground they're always in control. So, when your talking Miami your talking Super Bowl!

Lame aren't I?

Mary

LOUiE · July 08, 2009, 09:14:18 PM

its hard to put anyone else in Lance's category haha

maybe we need to split the category up a bit. So many sports are so different. I mean, biking requires huge endurance but Baseball and football are quick bursts of speed where endurance isn't as big of a necessity.

grayghost · July 08, 2009, 10:12:44 PM

Kareem A Wheat

wladziu · July 08, 2009, 10:20:29 PM

My wife, as she's humping my boner.

Oops.
I mean, Lynyrd Skynyrd.

SmartDrug · July 09, 2009, 12:26:50 AM

Osama Bin Laden, greatest hide and go seek player in the history of the world.

yamahonkawazuki · July 09, 2009, 02:54:32 AM

Quote from: SmartDrug on July 09, 2009, 12:26:50 AM
Osama Bin Laden, greatest hide and go seek player in the history of the world.

ROFLLMFAO, so wrong, yet so funny too

brickerenator · July 09, 2009, 04:14:27 AM

Current or out of all athletes?

I'm going to say Jim Thorpe

rohde88 · July 09, 2009, 08:09:33 AM

Quote from: brickerenator on July 09, 2009, 04:14:27 AM
Current or out of all athletes?

I'm going to say Jim Thorpe

yea, i would say some two/three sport athletes, Tony Gonzalez of the Chiefs or Terrell Owens

Toogoofy317 · July 09, 2009, 11:35:23 AM

Yeah, going for all time athletes!

T.O? Really. Dan Marino is way better than him. Hell, the Mark's brothers were better than him!

Mary

ohgood · July 09, 2009, 05:29:03 PM

Lance Armstrong has my vote. Without getting into the cancer stuff, he inspired quite a few people. Include the cancer, he inspried millions.

Cycling is a sport, not a game. An atheletic competition that requires facets most folks will never undersrtand. It hurts terribly, and the hurt is soooooo sweet a pain.

Go lance, GO !

Chanse · July 09, 2009, 06:47:12 PM

Im sorry but I dont think any of the athletes mentioned are worthy, not even lance, because all of them are still, underneath it all 'still', driven by money, and fame. Even Lance has millions of dollars in sponsors and promotions... I think to find a PURE ATHLETE you would actually look somewhere you would never look. The Special olympics. Those kids are PURE.......

cafeboy · July 09, 2009, 07:03:38 PM

+1 chanse

Jay_wolf · July 10, 2009, 02:16:14 PM

Crocop.. enough Said

XealotX · July 10, 2009, 03:46:38 PM

Read everyone's suggestions. Nope.

Still me.

wladziu · July 11, 2009, 12:58:10 AM

Pssshhh... Whatevs, home slice.

I do eleventy sets of kock push-ups as a warm-up excercise.

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