Lance the Francophile

[ufkacbln]

As Cunobelin said, the best thing to do would be to publish the paperwork.

I do find it odd that WADA are so cagey about this - I'm sure they've slapped sanctions on people for being late to testing, a situation not entirely dissimilar.

IMHO it boils down to the conduct of the test.

If LA asked permission of the tester and the latter did in fact allow a shower then there is no case to answer. The conduct of the test has complied with the tester completely

If the tester did allow LA to leave the room without querying it then there is some doubt in the conduct of the tester and LA and it would be difficult to opportion blame

If the tester did not allow the shower and / or LA was told not to then LA is totally and unequivocally guilty of the charges


This is where the question is for me. LA was not late, did not refuse the test and it is the actual conduct of the test that is the problem. Guilt and Censure will be dependent on the above questions being answered.

 

[rich p]

I for one amm f***ing fed up with Armstrong playing the cancer card. Does he think nobody had heard of it before, researched it before? FFS. Lots and lots of cancers are now treatable and that had nothing to do with Saint Lance and his pious crusade.!

 

[mondobongo]

Rich very well put. It does seem whenever his actions are brought into question we get the you are not helping in the fight.

AFLD could nail this quickly, investigate what happened now. What changed after the tester wrote no anomalies on the report to unleash this circus.

Of course you could also say that you reap what you sow and that leaking the story was not a clever move, they would have been better preparing the case if there was one and then kapow.

 

[Radius]

I for one amm f***ing fed up with Armstrong playing the cancer card. Does he think nobody had heard of it before, researched it before? FFS. Lots and lots of cancers are now treatable and that had nothing to do with Saint Lance and his pious crusade.

So he should just stop fighting against and promoting the fight against cancer, because there are lots that are treatable? I honestly don't think he's 'using' cancer as a means for personal gain, as some people seem to be suggesting.

 

[montage]

So he should just stop fighting against and promoting the fight against cancer, because there are lots that are treatable? I honestly don't think he's 'using' cancer as a means for personal gain, as some people seem to be suggesting.

here here!

 

[yello]

here here!

maybe maybe.

Let's separate the two shall we? Lance the cyclist and Lance the campaigner. I know LA intermingles the two functions but he can't expect cycling authorities to do likewise and bend the rules because it's for a good cause. No matter how good the cause.

Let's focus here on the issue which was quite succinctly put above, imo, by Cunobelin. Was LA allowed to take a shower or not? And with that single sentence, don't you just realise how silly this all is?

 

[montage]

maybe maybe.

Let's separate the two shall we? Lance the cyclist and Lance the campaigner. I know LA intermingles the two functions but he can't expect cycling authorities to do likewise and bend the rules because it's for a good cause. No matter how good the cause.

Let's focus here on the issue which was quite succinctly put above, imo, by Cunobelin. Was LA allowed to take a shower or not? And with that single sentence, don't you just realise how silly this all is?

Of course this whole thing is silly, just an endless witch-hunt.

 

[yello]

 

[Noodley]

Of course this whole thing is silly, just an endless witch-hunt.

If Lance flies around on a broomstick in robes with a big pointy hat and a cat by his side then fingers will be pointed.

 

[montage]

If Lance flies around on a broomstick in robes with a big pointy hat and a cat by his side then fingers will be pointed.

or if he attempts to trim his nails using a pencil sharpener

 

[Chuffy]

If Lance flies around on a broomstick in robes with a big pointy hat and a cat by his side then fingers will be pointed.

I never get tired of that picture.

But srsly guys, this whole thing is almost too damn stupid to be worth taking any notice of.
Incidentally, who went public on it first? The first I saw of it was Team LA's preliminary strike....

 

[yello]

The first I saw of it was Team LA's preliminary strike....

Good question. I thought the leak came first then LA responded.

 

[Bollo]

Good question. I thought the leak came first then LA responded.

+1, I thought it was a case of Lance getting his retaliation in first.

 

[ufkacbln]

Just to be picky!

If LA had got in a preliminary strike... then it would have been a reponse not a leak.

 

[mondobongo]

If Lance flies around on a broomstick in robes with a big pointy hat and a cat by his side then fingers will be pointed.

So does this mean Lance is a witch?????