Armstrong charged and banned

[Flying_Monkey]

You might be on my ignore list

You're definitely on mine...

 

[yello]

Armstrong can't run in the NY marathon....

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more-sports/broadway-article-1.1144271

“That’s an event that we test,” a USADA attorney told the Daily News. “So that would fall under our authority.”

...though I suspect that'll be the least of his worries!

 

[steveindenmark]

Smokin Joe, my comment about a drugs allowed tour was said tongue in cheek. It is obvious we don`t have to discuss it because it is still going on anyway.

Neil Armstrong a true legend RIP

 

[Smokin Joe]

Smokin Joe, my comment about a drugs allowed tour was said tongue in cheek. It is obvious we don`t have to discuss it because it is still going on anyway.

Neil Armstrong a true legend RIP

Sorry, didn't realise.

 

[smutchin]

Moreover, it is interesting to note that the UCI has banned the publication of such real-time statistics in 2012. And we can understand why when you see that the power production by [Bradley] Wiggins and [Chris] Froome (first and second of the Tour) is comparable to the turbulent times of the late 1990s and early 2000s."

Any observations on this quote in Cycling News today ?

I'd like to see some evidence that the performances are comparable before jumping to a conclusion. Others have made the opposite claim about Wiggins and Froome's power output, ie that it's nowhere near the peaks of the EPO era. Does anyone actually have any hard data to back up either claim? (clue: No, they don't.)

d.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I'd like to see some evidence that the performances are comparable before jumping to a conclusion. Others have made the opposite claim about Wiggins and Froome's power output, ie that it's nowhere near the peaks of the EPO era. Does anyone actually have any hard data to back up either claim? (clue: No, they don't.)
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We don't have it for them in particular but we do have a pretty good idea of the power outputs of the peloton in general:

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/07/tour-in-mountains-analysis-discussion.html

And the analysis suggests that the power output is what you would expect without doping.

 

[albion]

The floodgates have been opened....

Its the amount of complete bollocks spoken that moves everyone into a very small corner.

The wonder of the internet has certainly enhanced dumb tribalism.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Its the amount of complete bollocks spoken that moves everyone into a very small corner.

The wonder of the internet has certainly enhanced dumb tribalism.

It also undermines powerful and corrupt individuals who are now less able to dominate by their real-life presence alone. This is a good thing.

 

[raindog]

The wonder of the internet has certainly enhanced dumb tribalism.

which can work both ways of course

 

[Red Light]

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report-armstrong-hotel-search-cancelled-in-2005
can't help grinning at this bit....
“I don’t know who gave this order but I know that the investigators were furious that they had to pull back. On that evidence, Lance Armstrong was well protected in France.”

From the man who lost his clients a lot of money going up against Armstrong in Court. No conflict there then

 

[albion]

Seems that was the guy hired as an arbitrator in a case against Lance whilst he was also representing defendants in a libel and slander suit brought on by Armstrong.

So why do people post stuff that ends up having the opposite effect intended?

 

[kedab]

*dips toe in*, *takes toe out*

 

[festival]

Just saw Armstrong interviewed on tv today.
He was at the atb race and we saw his current partner and child, the fact that all his lady friends look a bit like Stepford wives may say something but I was wondering, wouldn't it be normal for a partner to ask " what actually is the truth about these drug alligations darling?"
Could a normal person go about their life without asking questions of their partner?
Did any of them dare?

 

[Smokin Joe]

This is from today's Observer.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/26/lance-armstrong-doping-whistleblowers

The piece by Emma O'Reilly is pretty damning.

 

[albion]

"As an anti-doping Tour winner, I would expect Bradley to say this is good for the sport "

Its the flipping Taliban again at it again. There is no room for dissenters.