For me, that was a bit of a waste of time. I wish the interviewer was more knowledgeable on the subject rather than dwelling on what he thought was a clever question.
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For me, that was a bit of a waste of time. I wish the interviewer was more knowledgeable on the subject rather than dwelling on what he thought was a clever question.
Have you an idea of Armstrong's worth? He's not short of a few bob you know. But it's all rather irrelevant.
I was reading an article somewhere (I'll link if i find it again), which basically said it's still going to be extremely difficult to prove perjury, difficult, complex and expensive, despite the USADA report. In fact the only people likely to have the resources are the Dept of Justice.
I must admit to be turning that way too. Particularly after reading the Betsy Andreu interview. This statement particularly swayed me...
I've always had a kindly feeling towards Hincapie, recognised his selflessness (or what I thought was). I think I'm now suffering with a very mild dose of what Armstrong fans are dealing with.
in global terms, getting on for half a billion. But..........he's a resourceful man, a tricky item. I doubt he's got it in a bank account labelled 'Lance Armstrong'. He may suffer some losses, but he'll never be anything other than very wealthy.
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I wonder if George started to turn against Armstrong when Radioshack chased the breakaway he was in when he rode for HTC, in the 2009 Tour (i think it was then) which would have resulted in Hincapie ending the day in yellow, something he never did in the 17 TdFs he rode. I'm sure i read somewhere that he never forgave Armstrong, his former best pal for this.
Also puts a different slant on this years finale into Paris when he was allowed to lead the peloton onto the Champs. Almost appears like this was a "thank you for your silence".
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Which means that no-one should bother? There are all kinds of reasons for seeking to have court judgments reversed or to sue, and the money is only part of it. I'm slightly surprised that someone as intelligent as you could miss the symbolic aspects, not to mention the cumulative impact of multiple cases on Armstrong's credibility and on his networks.
Maybe he'll use the example of Conrad Black in his defence?
I suspect its more news fluff and bluster than reality. They settled out of Court. The settlement agreement will have included clauses, which they will have willingly signed, which will be binding and say they agreed with his version of events. That is going to be a tough one to overturn in Court versus had they continued to fight the case and lost. In that latter case they could easily have the case re-opened on the basis of new information or the Court being mislead but not when they have proposed a settlement and signed a binding agreement.
IIRC there are very few Court judgements. They were (nearly?) all settled out of Court, an outcome that is normally triggered by the defendant, and as noted above not so easily re-opened because the Court will say you withdrew from having us decide the issue and instead willingly signed to say you were wrong.
Strathlubnaig
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Breaking news. Armstrong never doped. Just followed a strict diet is all.
Paul_L
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As sponsored by the US Doping Association (organic department) !!
GrumpyGregry
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Times settled out of court. QED no court judgement to reverse. He'll keep his loot.
LA is an "American Hero" and lots of folk there don't care to see the heroes tarnished, caring, I guess, more for the hero than the sport?
So my guess is, in the states, his status, financial and otherwise won't change. With friends in high places I honestly can't see the DoJ going after him.
you couldn't make this up could you?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/14/lance-armstrong-lie-detector-usada
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/14/lance-armstrong-lie-detector-usada
steveindenmark
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The translator is slighly worse than Google translate
But you get the idea, sort of.
Steve
