Actually, to be more specific, the real question is who is @JuanPelota on twitter?
There's a fun and intriguing mystery circling the twitter universe, and it has to do with seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, and the sport of triathlon.
@JuanPelota ,who already has almost 800 followers, describes himself on his twitter account as , "Grew up idolizing The Big 4. They used to call me Junior. Retired. Raisin' 5 kids. I swim, I bike, I run. I travel. I fight cancer. And I like cold beer."
In the real world the pseudonym Juan Pelota is what Lance Armstrong sometimes uses to check into hotel rooms clandestinely when he doesn't want to use his real name to avoid unwanted publicity. It's also the name of coffee shop in Armstrong's Mellow Johnny's bike shop in Austin.
Why does Armstrong prefer the pseudonym "Juan Pelota?"
According to www.bikingbis.com:
"The name refers to the surgery Armstrong had for testicular cancer when one of his testes was removed. Pelota is Spanish for ball. Juan Pelota. Get it?"
But here's the fun and intriguing part of this story. Somebody has set up a twitter account under the name @JuanPelota and best of all has been twitting about triathlon training.
If you read this persons tweets he or she is obviously familiar with Armstrong and his friends.
And of course if you are a regular visitor and reader of EMT, you'll know that both Lance Armstrong and his coach Chris Carmichael have told us that Lance intends to race a triathlon in 2011.
So the obvious big question is: who is @JuanPelota
Our own Twitter Master Danny Ward has his own thoughts of the matter.
Danny believes:
"It's either Lance, or some sort of in-joke, or one of his friends.
things that make me think this...@JuanPelota tweeted on Nov 2nd
@uchiaustin w/ miss pelota,( a reply to a sushi bar in Austin), on Nov
3rd @ancearmstrong tweeted... @UchiAustin w/ @annahansen. I'm tellin'
ya, best sushi anywhere!
reading @JimmyRiccitello and Lances tweets, especially the speedo, one
ball refs. (Lance calls his speedos grape smuggler)
Even Dan Empfield thinks so HERE....sure you've seen the latest @slowtwitch reply"
Of course none of this proves that @JuanPelota is indeed Lance Armstrong. It could just as easily be somebody having a laugh on twitter.
Either way it certainly is a fun mystery, and we're very happy as it gives us something to report besides what famous cyclist has just failed yet another drug test.
Thanks @JuanPelota !
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