This is why Lance will win again next year:

"Why do you do it?" I asked him once. "What's the pleasure in riding a bike up a mountain for six hours?" "I don't understand the question," he said. "Well, there has to be some pleasure in it," I said. "I mean, your back hurts, your neck hurts, your butt hurts. What's the payoff?" "I still don't understand the question."

posted by monju_bosatsu at 09:32 AM on July 28, 2003