Lance Armstrong

While this is an unwelcome distraction in terms of this years tour it is a positive development for following reasons:

  • Armstrong being caught is a good thing
  • More importantly with three popular cycling related threads on the first couple of pages of this website it confirms that tfk cycling community is booming.

If found guilty:

Will he be stripped of his titles?

And if so, who gets them? Cuz most others were at it too

It depends on the type of Nurofen Painkillers you have been taking. If it was the ordinary Nurofen, you will be fine. If it was the Nurofen Plus, you are facing a lifetime ban and you are destined to end up as a Junkie, living on the streets.

Most probably (though there is some doubt as to whether eight year statute of limitations may apply)

I think the EPO years (early nineties up to say 2008) should be scrapped from history book imo. It was impossible to compete against guys that were at it. At least more recent high profile cases have been micro doping which while not on, is tame in comparison.

Lance ain’t happy…
http://twitter.com/#!/lancearmstrong/

So let me get this straight…come in and tell [s]@[/s][b]usantidoping[/b] exactly what they wanted to hear…

Is it confirmed that the riders definitely testified yet? Is Lance admitting that they have in this tweet?

This is superb stuff :lol:

Riders simply aren’t commenting. They did testify for sure. Garmin guys (Vaughters, Zabriske and vandevelde) would have strained enough relationship with him but Leipheimer and Hincapie are his chums. Both said today they haven’t talked to him in a while. Basically Lance trying everything he can to discredit investigation. Reports that he has even hired private investigators to follow USADA panel around.
Nike look a little silly now?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIl5RxhLZ5U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q8Y0uL-4oA

They probably had to waterboard Hincapie to get a confession out of him.

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Most probably (though there is some doubt as to whether eight year statute of limitations may apply)

I think the EPO years (early nineties up to say 2008) should be scrapped from history book imo. It was impossible to compete against guys that were at it. At least more recent high profile cases have been micro doping which while not on, is tame in comparison.[/quote]

Don’t see ant point in scrubbing the results from record books because everyone knows that everyone was at it. Better just to put a big asterix next to them,

Looks like Lance was the one who leaked the story today. Bruyneel writes for the paper concerned.

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Don’t see ant point in scrubbing the results from record books because everyone knows that everyone was at it. Better just to put a big asterix next to them,[/quote]

I don’t think the 2006 winner Oscar Pereiro was on drugs was he? He won the tour after Landis was disqualified in probably the most bizarre circumstances ever. On stage 13 - think it was a flat stage - he went away in one of those suicide breaks {check Balbec} but Landis team let him go and he built up a 29 minute lead which put him in yellow. They did this so landis wouldn’t have to defend the yellow in the coming mountain stages. Some of the other teams did try temporarily to close the gap but then said feck it. So Pereiro went into yellow but wasn’t expected to hold it for more than a few days.

However, he surprised everyone by staying with the big guns in the high mountains to finish second overall behind the drug fuelled Landis, who was later disqualified, handing the Maillot Jaune to the Tours most surprising winner.

I remember at the time how brain dead this was on this stage from the other teams to let this happen and the real big loser, in my opinion was Andres Kloden who finished 30 odd seconds behind Pereiro. I bet he wished when it was all over they didn’t allow a “journeyman” 29 minutes.

Ah this is great, the yanks can stick their fake humility up their own holes.

Obviously the timing of the story is the key to it, but the fact that Hincapie is openly being touted as one to give evidence against Armstrong is significant.

Lance must spend massive amounts on his legal fees (watch out Rocko), so I propose that we make as many slanderous comments as possible here.

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I don’t think the 2006 winner Oscar Pereiro was on drugs was he? He won the tour after Landis was disqualified in probably the most bizarre circumstances ever. On stage 13 - think it was a flat stage - he went away in one of those suicide breaks {check Balbec} but Landis team let him go and he built up a 29 minute lead which put him in yellow. They did this so landis wouldn’t have to defend the yellow in the coming mountain stages. Some of the other teams did try temporarily to close the gap but then said feck it. So Pereiro went into yellow but wasn’t expected to hold it for more than a few days.

However, he surprised everyone by staying with the big guns in the high mountains to finish second overall behind the drug fuelled Landis, who was later disqualified, handing the Maillot Jaune to the Tours most surprising winner.

I remember at the time how brain dead this was on this stage from the other teams to let this happen and the real big loser, in my opinion was Andres Kloden who finished 30 odd seconds behind Pereiro. I bet he wished when it was all over they didn’t allow a “journeyman” 29 minutes.[/quote]

I think Landis had something in his book about Pereiro. The team Pereiro was in the year before (Phonak) was riddled with dopers.

Malicious attempt to sabotage le Tour De France.

Walsh on RTE Radio 1 now

Not much new in it, but he makes a very good point about the careers of clean riders and Dan Martin there. Where would they be if there was no doping?

Shock revelation: Larryduff owns and wears a Phonak jersey. Even Tyler Hamilton couldn’t drive a wedge between Larry and his beloved Phonak.

I can’t talk, I have a Saunier Duval one.

I wear Mapei-Quickstep: Oskar Camenzind, Johan Museeuw et al

I remember reading CycleSport magazine in 1998 and some impassioned reader had posted them in his Festina jersey saying he couldn’t wear it anymore. Bet he regrets that now.
Doping chic.