View Full Version : Lance won 2000 TT on Blade


rusty4x
05-27-2006, 04:32 PM
I read this article on cyclingnews.com. I guess Lance won his two time trials in the 2000 tour on a Litespeed Blade. I guess it was a litespeed with trek decals on it, makes me wonder how often this happens. Old news, but i thought it was kinda funny.

Here's the link: http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/giro06/tech.php?id=/tech/2006/features/giro_disco

HerbertK
05-31-2006, 07:55 AM
I read this article on cyclingnews.com. I guess Lance won his two time trials in the 2000 tour on a Litespeed Blade. I guess it was a litespeed with trek decals on it, makes me wonder how often this happens. Old news, but i thought it was kinda funny.

Here's the link: http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2006/giro06/tech.php?id=/tech/2006/features/giro_disco


It was actually in 1999 when he won all 3 Tdf TT stages on a Blade. See pics:

http://external.cache.el-mundo.net/elmundodeporte/especiales/2005/07/tour_francia/armstrong/1999/img/2.jpg

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/cycling/1999/tour_de_france/news/1999/07/03/armstrong_tour/lg_armstrong_all_01.jpg

http://www.bromleyvideo.com/images/gw_posters/gw_posters_popup/500x360/b60wuexa.jpg


In 2000 though he did indeed ride a Trek.

Cheers,

Herbert
Litespeed
www.litespeed.com

rusty4x
05-31-2006, 08:02 AM
Didn't read it carefully enough...indeed 99. Nice pictures!

IcemanYVR
07-26-2006, 07:28 PM
I will find the link, or the info, but Richard Virenque won the Polka-Dot Jersey on a Litespeed when he was with Festina. It was rebadged as a Peugeot. There were other companies (late '90s, early '00s) where this happened as well.

Here's a link, just read the last paragraph. It is also somewhere on cyclingnews.com, but I can't find the link:

http://www.mosquito-bikes.co.uk/htdocs/litespeed-road.php?name=shop

CoLiKe20
08-03-2006, 10:17 PM
it was funny. I was "wait....a....second...that's a Litespeed!"