The timing seems highly ambitious I must admit. He's posted enough pics on twitter of himself on rides meeting Joe Public to make me think he's more approachable than you're insinuating. Even still, just to be in a pack with him would be worth taking a dive from work.... (sorry to those who don't like him, each to their own, eh...?)
@lancearmstrong: Hey Glasgow, Scotland!! I'm coming your way tomorrow. Who wants to go for a bike ri
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dhague said:
He seems to have stopped twittering - so perhaps he is in the air now & will be here by noon.
From what I've heard he will speak to joe public- when the TdF stayed in Les Arcs 1950 this year a couple of guys guessed which restaurant he would be in, booked a table for themselves and managed to have a chat. Someone else got him to sign his book for them. Given the short notice can't imagine that there will be hundreds of people so you might get a chance to say hello
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scook94 said:
I wasn't making a dig against Lance, it's just a plain numbers thing: bear in mind that when he posts the pics on Twitter, he hasn't announced where he's going to be at 24 hours notice. If there are a couple of dozen people turning up, I'm sure it'll be great to meet him. If it's in the hundreds, then the chance of any individual one of those people meeting him is fairly low - but it'll still be an experience, I'm sure. Bear in mind he has well over a million Twitter followers, and I'm guessing a few of those must live near Glasgow...
Honestly, if I lived anywhere near there, then of course I'd turn up for the ride, but I'm just setting realistic expectations for those who are there tomorrow.
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scook94 said:
Too right. You wouldn't want to infect anyone else
I was supposed to start a new job tomorrow. Managed to postpone it until Wednesday - what a nice employer! I'm under no illusions of actually getting to meet the man but I think even just to ride along in a group with him is something I'd be glad to say I'd done.
There have been accounts of twitter accounts being hacked. Happened quite recently, and caused some embarrassment, for - I think, but I'm probably wrong - some British cyclist...
...can just see it now, bemused residents of Ashley House Hotel looking out the windows at a waiting bunch of cyclists... cue worried elderly gent; 'ah, Morag, I knew I shudnae cut up that cyclist yesterday'....
...can just see it now, bemused residents of Ashley House Hotel looking out the windows at a waiting bunch of cyclists... cue worried elderly gent; 'ah, Morag, I knew I shudnae cut up that cyclist yesterday'....
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Chuffy said:Great minds....
I bet Kennykool just jizzed in his pants. He's actually ON THE SAME GEOGRAPHIC LANDMASS as the Great Man!
Nice one Chuffers. I DID just jizz my pants however not the first time I have been on the same land mass as Lance the Great of Plano, Texas in Juily when I was in Paris for the end of Le Tour. I even saw the Astana team bus head the wrong way up the Chamnps elysee....it was the best day!!!!!!
Not sure I can believe this Tweet. Surely there would have been more coverage of it....I'm away to check out his facebook page
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The group has been cycling for over two hours now with L in the middle, according to Tom Morton on Radio Scotland a few minutes ago.
