The new improved Lance Armstrong discussion thread.*

[Chrisc]

I'm not gonna hold my breath...
Be good if they drop it tonight tho. Right in the middle of what's possibly the final Lance love in in Austin.

 

[dellzeqq]

UCI have now come out and said their decision is imminent! Good grief.

as in sometime next year?

 

[User169]

Dutch press are reporting that UCI has just initiated action against Carlos Barredo in view of bio passport irregularities, so they've obviously got bigger things on their plate than LA.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Dutch press are reporting that UCI has just initiated action against Carlos Barredo in view of bio passport irregularities, so they've obviously got bigger things on their plate than LA.

Not to mention all the hours they have to spend on vital issues like the shape of the head tube on a time trial bike.

 

[raindog]

as in sometime next year?

dell, is your avatar Steve Stills?
I know it's off topic, but I've got to know.

 

[dellzeqq]

dell, is your avatar Steve Stills?
I know it's off topic, but I've got to know.

it is. Damn - I'm going to have to change it again

 

[david k]

If they offer him enough money he might... TV networks would pay a lot to get that exclusive interview.

how much will it take?

 

[david k]

and should we all chip in?

 

[Chrisc]

Odd. Never thought I'd see the words initiated, UCI and action, in one sentence...

 

[DogTired]

how much will it take?

One taser and two sets of batteries.

 

[johnr]

Really?

Not sure it really matters. There are human rights issues around employers prying into (recreational) drug use when it has no impact on someone's ability to do the job, but when it comes to breaking fundamental rules of the sport, asking someone to reiterate that they're not doing it is always going to be reasonable.

Where it might get a bit more complicated is for someone like Millar who was guilty and served his sentence (and possibly others who were dopers but are now clean). But Sky has made clean riding such a profound principle of their 'brand', that I doubt any court would uphold a former cheat's right to enforce their contract - they can always go and work for Riis after all.

 

[Scoosh]

UCI have now come out and said their decision is imminent! Good grief.

 

[johnr]

1. This shocked reaction from an outsider looking in at our pain
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/18/peddlers-cyclings-dirty-truth-review
2. SRAM leave the good ship Armstrong
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/19/lance-armstrong-cycling-drugs-sram-sponsor

Oakley are taking the 'principled' stance of waiting for UCI to make a decision. No doubt looking for another employee they can get to commit perjury in the hope of getting their man off.

 

[Oldspice]

SKINS Compression Chairman Demands Action in Open Letter to UCI President

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Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/18/4347504/skins-compression-chairman-demands.html#storylink=cpy​

 

[beastie]

SKINS Compression Chairman Demands Action in Open Letter to UCI President

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Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/10/18/4347504/skins-compression-chairman-demands.html#storylink=cpy​

Rabobank seem to agree, the are quitting cycling, men's and women's, at the end of the year.