Don't believe everything you read in SI. As for "not liking an American coming over and winning"- this is childish. Come to the Tour and see for yourself. Or come to a Grand Prix track meeting in france (Gaz de France?) and see how they applaud Marion Jones, Allen Johnson and others. Come to the next World champs in August in the Paris suburb of Saint Denis, for that matter.
UG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Bray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 5:32 PM Subject: Re: t-and-f: AOY - French version > I'm surprised he made the list at all. According to the SI AOY article > about Lance, the French generally have a very low opinion of him. He gets > jeered as he rides by in the French countryside. They view his achievements > as impossible without drugs, therefore he must be a cheating doper. Plus > the French never do like Americans of any sort to come over and win "their" > sporting events. > > Kurt Bray > > > > >As an interesting postscript to our recent AOY thread, I thought I'd pass > >along the results of the 2002 "Champion of Champions" poll of the editorial > >staff of the French sports daily, L'Equipe. In spite of his Tour de France > >exploits, Lance Armstrong was only tied for eighth with Serena Williams. > >Here are the top ten. Note that they have just one list for both men and > >women--I believe Flo-Jo is the only woman who has ever won. > > > >1. Michael Schumacher (Germany, auto racing) 144 pts > >2. Janica Kostelic (Croatia, alpine skiing) 117 > >3. Roberto Carlos (Brazil, soccer) 85 > >4. Tim Montgomery (USA, athletics) 84 > >5. Ole-Elnar Bjorndalen (Norway, biathlon) 69 > >6. Ronaldo (Brazil, soccer) 65 > >7. Ellen MacArthur (GBR, yachting) 60 > >8. Serena Williams (USA, tennis) 57 > > Lance Arrmstrong (USA, cycling) 57 > >10. Dejan Bodiroga (Yugoslavia, basketball) 49 > > > > > >No Barry Bonds. No surprise. > > > >Schumacher won this last year as well, but Americans won the two years > >before that--Tiger Woods (2000) and Andre Agassi (1999). > > > >Bob H > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
