Cycling 2013

Right, and he might be genuine. But motorman could be bringing blood transfusions into the hotel at night to selected riders and he wouldn’t know a thing about it.

Absolutely agree. It all looked a bit cleaner until the vuelta made a huge feckin joke of the entire sport again. Fat pats ousting is the only ray of hope.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/lance-armstrong-exclusive-interview-part-1

Yeah read that Thraw. I am almost starting to warm to the chap. Will be good if he eventually tells the truth.

“99% of my career wasn’t about doping”? Ffs. Reverse those odds. Without doping he would have had no career to speak of.

Do you reckon he was ‘reasonably’ clean when he won the worlds? or did he just get lucky on a wet day? From Walsh’s books and what Lance says the main changeover happened in 95.

“reasonably” about sums it up. To be truthful I think he was doped up tote gills to win the worlds. Armstrong is selective with the truth. I wouldn’t ever trust a word he said. Think of his barefaced lying for years. He only blinked when the game was well and truly up, and in my honest opinion, everything since then has been a, possibly misguided, attempt to manage the story to suit his own ends. The man is a psychopath.

In Lance we trust

Ah come on. He’s a total cunt. And he’s still lying. I prefer the WADA or USADA “1 in a million chance he was clean” in 2010 to his protestations that he was.

Of course he is a kunt. But when everyone is so self righteous all chanting he’s a kunt, all the time you just get bored with it. If he ever does open up it will be interesting. For his own good he will have to do it, his pride might prevent that though.

Nail on head. He never will.

You wouldn’t know if he did, to be honest.

Michael Rogers has been suspended following a positive test for Clenbuterol in Japan in October. Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has also been suspended after the UCI spotted an abnormality in his biological passport.

The alleged abnormality happened one month before JTL joined Sky, and Roger’s positive test happened after he left Sky.

Hopefully the net is starting to close in on Sky and the whole house of cards is brought tumbling down soon.

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Can you imagine if they got Wiggins and Froome? I actually think that would finally be the thing cycling would need to hit rock bottom and start again. Unless the Arabs or Chinks want to take it over.

Locke is in deep shit. He came from nowhere winning all around him.

Delighted Rogers was caught, always seemed too nice.

In other news grand tour winner Chris Horner without a team for next year yet.

Naw I’m grand thanks @balbec. Looking forward to the auld Christmas

There will always be suspicion over those 18-20 mph average spins that you do.

Rodgers’ return to form stunk big time. Same with Porte. Have listened to few interviews with Walsh recently where he claims there isn’t a shred of evidence against Sky. Baffling

Reading Walsh’s article in the times this morning. Laying out the facts about the recent positive tests but at the same time provide a list of reasons (other than doping) as to why the cyclists may have failed the tests. The last paragraph then is just a rehash of the sky anti doping mantra.

honestly thrawneen, i 100% believe Wiggins and Froome are doping but like Usain Bolt, Lionel Messi, Henry Shefflin, Cooper and BOB they will never get done as it will have a castastrophic financial impact on the sport.
You’ll see average joes the likes of Diarmuid Connolly, Sean O’ Brien, Joe Canning, Bugler all get done over the next few years but some will always remain sacred and above conviction