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LANCE ARMSTRONG HAS BAD STACHE FOR GOOD CAUSE

By
theOCD
Published: 16 November 2009 3:34 PM ESTPosted in: Cycling

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Lance Armstrong is used to being the best. But the six-time Tour de France winner is noticeably behind the pack when it comes to growing a mustache. Earlier today, Armstrong debuted his new facial hair to his twitter followers (image below).

Lance is growing the mustache to support the charity Movember this year. The month-long campaign generates funding for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation. You can get more information on Movember here or sign up here. And if the charitable cause isn’t enough of an incentive, how about peer pressure? Cool cats such as The Bachelor Guy and Chris Illuminati are doing it. Oh yeah, so are we.

As Lance admits, his ’stache is clearly “struggling.” But hey, you have to applaud his effort. It might fill in eventually. If it doesn’t, there’s always Just For Men Jet Black. That’s what I use. Here’s Lance’s ’stache via twitpic:

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TOUR DE FREAKS 2009

By
theOCD
Published: 27 July 2009 4:39 AM EDTPosted in: Random

In America, fans wear hats or jerseys to support their teams. Some individuals even paint themselves to show their support. Yeah, that’s a little strange. But it’s not quite as random as the Tour de France followers. I guess most of them just want to get on TV because they don’t seem to care about disrupting the race. Obviously, there are the extremely drunk Americans who have the USA flag and want to run next to Lance. Beyond that, it seems like a bunch of nutty, wine-guzzling Euros. I can’t really set this one up any better. The pictures speak for themselves. My favorite is this “doping dude” with the strainer on his head. He looks like he could be Jack Black’s cousin and I’m surprised he doesn’t have white crap in the corners of his mouth. nc5r3vt9ha

Hes a fan of Chinese rider Do Ping

He's a fan of Chinese rider Do Ping

Via azcentral:

Evidently, it isn’t enough for many Tour followers to find a place along the course and cheer on their favorite riders. No, some feel obligated to actually enter the race, especially in the mountain stages when they crowd the course and wave banners and flags in front of riders like a matador. Some even jump right in and run alongside the cycling stars.

On Sunday, Alberto Contador had to shrug one groping fan aside as he attacked a climb en route to the yellow jersey. Occasionally there are mishaps, like the time in 2003 when Lance Armstrong was charging up a mountain climb and a young fan waving a yellow souvenir bag caught Armstrong’s bars, sending him crashing to the asphalt.

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JULIE BLANC & THE 2009 TOUR DE FRANCE PODIUM GIRLS

By
theOCD
Published: 23 July 2009 2:29 AM EDTPosted in: Spotlight, Women of Sports, World Class Women

The 2009 Tour de France comes to a close this weekend.  Unfortunately, it’s not looking like Lance is gonna pull this one out.  He’s riding for Team Astana along with race leader Alberto Contador.  If you didn’t know, Astana is a sponsored by Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan.  Alberto Contador currently owns the maillot jaune (yellow jersey) as the overall leader and he’s also had the dotted “King of the Mountain” jersey once.  Below is an explanation of the jersey classifications from Wikipedia:

General classification

Maillot jaune		 Points classification

Maillot vert		 Mountains classification

Maillot à pois		 Young rider classification

Maillot blanc		 Team classification

Classement par équipe		 Combativity award

Prix de combativité

It turns out that each jersey in the race has a corporate sponsor. Luckily for you, the sponsors employ beautiful women to present the jersey along with water, flowers, (awkward) kisses, and a stuffed lion for Contador. In the case of Carrefour girls (pictured below), they also get outfits designed by Agatha Ruiz de la Prada. There’s an American among he podium girls or “Hôtesses” in French and her name is Laura Antoine. She’s been featured in a couple of video interviews recently (Sporza, Versus). However, our favorite podium girl is Julie Blanc of Carrefour.

Yellow means

Yellow means "You're Effing Awesome"

MEET JULIE BLANC, HOTESSE EXTRAORDINAIRE

Witness the beauty of Julie Blanc. She represents Carrefour as a hôtesse in the polka-dress. You wouldn’t guess it by looking at her, but Carrefour is basically a Wal-Mart. She’s 21 years old and I suspect that she’s French. She’s set to be on the French game show Fort Boyard which is pretty much the same thing as Fear Factor. Julie will star alongside a former cyclist, former boxer, a rugby player, and another model (Jessica Sow). I scrounged dem Internets and figured out that Julie is represented by Conmia Model Management. Below are pictures of her rocking polka dots and her portfolio. Don’t blame me for the smallness of pictures.

Shes real perty

She's real perty

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