The new improved Lance Armstrong discussion thread.*

[GrumpyGregry]

Hang on though he still hasn't tested positive has he?

What a complete and utter *anker.

 

[totallyfixed]

Just finished watching the interview, I won't spoil it for those who haven't yet seen it, suffice to say it is about what many of us expected, disappointing and contrived despite admitting taking peds.

 

[Zofo]

Just watched the whole thing and, as expected, LA was in charge and only really saying what he wanted to say and in a way that suited him. He refuses to be drawn into issues with named individuals by saying he wont go there etc. It went about as well for him as it could possibly have done, considering he's admitting to being a total fraud, cheat, bully and total peanut.

 

[black'n'yellow]

hang on - Armstrong took drugs..??

 

[NormanD]

What?? Lance cheated?? ..next you'll be telling me Monica Lewinsky sucked at being the presidents intern!!

 

[2pies]

I'm not defending Lance, I wasn't even a huge fan of him at the time, but the real truth is this:

Twenty of the twenty-one podium finishers in the Tour de France from 1999 through 2005 have been directly tied to likely doping through admissions, sanctions, public investigations or exceeding the UCI hematocrit threshold.

Reports also say that Lance was the king-pin of it all, as far as US Postal was concerned, but did no other high-profile riders assume similar roles within their teams e.g. Pantani, Ullrich, Beloki, Vinokourov?

Also, other TdF winners have admitted to doping, yet they haven't had their names struck from the records. Why?

 

[Panter]

Well it's not a god day for this fan boy, everyone seems to be claiming he doped, even Lance now.
Still, I'm going to keep holding the faith

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

His fanboys will do one of two things

1. Defend him as a "hero" who has done a lot for cancer ( but not for research ie: he hasn't saved one life)
2. Say nothing

 

[Noodley]

I'm not defending Lance, I wasn't even a huge fan of him at the time, but the real truth is this:

Twenty of the twenty-one podium finishers in the Tour de France from 1999 through 2005 have been directly tied to likely doping through admissions, sanctions, public investigations or exceeding the UCI hematocrit threshold.

Reports also say that Lance was the king-pin of it all, as far as US Postal was concerned, but did no other high-profile riders assume similar roles within their teams e.g. Pantani, Ullrich, Beloki, Vinokourov?

Also, other TdF winners have admitted to doping, yet they haven't had their names struck from the records. Why?

Oh it's been a while but why not:


View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGI8YNa5f-M

 

[Zofo]

His fanboys will do one of two things

1. Defend him as a "hero" who has done a lot for cancer ( but not for research ie: he hasn't saved one life)
2. Say nothing

I'm an EX fanboy and happy to admit I was wrong and what a totally c**t he is!

 

[david k]

Well it's not a god day for this fan boy, everyone seems to be claiming he doped, even Lance now.
Still, I'm going to keep holding the faith

Yes, even Lance is just jumping on the band wagon

 

[mooseracer]

So it's now without even the tiniest amount of doubt that Lance was a drug cheat. Watching him in the tdf was an inspiration to me and is what got me into road biking and away from the mtb. I can't say I'm outraged particularly, it's the fact he held himself (and was held up) as the 'great hope' of clean cycling, putting the dirty past away for good etc that I suppose makes so many people's blood boil.

The brashness, aggressive nature, bullying etc doesn't really bother me either - exists in many top sportsmen.

I do find it genuinely amazing how people get sooo worked up about this - he's just another druggy from the past, don't worry they're all clean now. Oh, wait.......

 

[Noodley]

The brashness, aggressive nature, bullying etc doesn't really bother me either - exists in many top sportsmen.

Go on then, your top ten of brash, aggressive, bullying sportsmen are ...?

 

[mooseracer]

Most of those that spring to mind are American

 

[Noodley]

Most of those that spring to mind are American

That's okay, we'll not discriminate on the basis of them being americans.