Lance's favorite to win the tour
Discussing his successor, Armstrong, the 34-year-old Texan who is now devoted to fighting cancer, had until recently gone back and forth all spring between Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso.
"As far as my favorite, I change my mind every week," he admitted during the Giro d'Italia last month. "The way Basso is riding the Giro, he's really impressive. Perhaps too impressive - he's spending too much energy.
"Ullrich has looked good during the Giro," he continued. "He's my favorite. I think the course suits him."
Then, in an e-mail message this month, Armstrong went even further in discussing the chances of Basso, the Italian leader of the CSC team, and Ullrich, the German leader of T-Mobile.
"I have been impressed by the way that Ullrich has looked of late," Armstrong wrote. "Wow." He spoke before Ullrich won the nine-day Tour of Switzerland this month, showing power in the mountains and dominance in a long time trial.
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"As far as my favorite, I change my mind every week," he admitted during the Giro d'Italia last month. "The way Basso is riding the Giro, he's really impressive. Perhaps too impressive - he's spending too much energy.
"Ullrich has looked good during the Giro," he continued. "He's my favorite. I think the course suits him."
Then, in an e-mail message this month, Armstrong went even further in discussing the chances of Basso, the Italian leader of the CSC team, and Ullrich, the German leader of T-Mobile.
"I have been impressed by the way that Ullrich has looked of late," Armstrong wrote. "Wow." He spoke before Ullrich won the nine-day Tour of Switzerland this month, showing power in the mountains and dominance in a long time trial.
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