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No, whilst this isn't the thread for it, suffice it to say that Slowpoke was merely pointing out that the problem lies with everyone that breaks the law.

Probenecid boy has always been our guy!

100% It's all about the money!

Is Lance Armstrong considering a confession? In what could be the most dramatic turnaround in the drawn-out saga of Lance Armstrong and the US Anti-Doping Agency's case against him, a report today states that the now ex-Tour de France champion, who has been banned for life from all WADA code signatory sports, is considering a confession so that he can resume his sporting career in running and triathlon. The NY Times' Juliet Macur writes that sources familiar with the case, which saw Armstrong stripped of his competitive results from August 1, 1998 on and banned for life, have "has told associates and anti-doping officials that he is considering publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career". According to the report, Armstrong's attorney Tim Herman said that a confession was not on the table. However, the report indicates that pressure from the wealthy Livestrong Foundation supporters have been urging him to come forward to spare the non-profit further damage. The Livestrong Foundation was previously known as the Lance Armstrong Foundation, until the charity legally changed its name to strip Armstrong from its moniker following the release of the USADA's reasoned decision in October. The WADA code allows for reduced sentences in return for testimony from athletes on how they were able to engage in doping activities. Tyler Hamilton, one of the witnesses in the USADA case, was given a reduced 8-year ban for his second offense when he tested positive for DHEA. Four riders were given reduced bans of six months for their doping admissions and cooperation with USADA in the Armstrong/US Postal Service investigation: Levi Leipheimer, David Zabriskie, Chrisitan Vande Velde and Tom Danielson. However, a reduced ban coming after the sanction being delivered unchallenged by the UCI and WADA would be highly unusual. A confession from Armstrong would be a delicate and complicated move: he is currently facing lawsuits from SCA Promotions, which is looking to recoup money it was forced to pay him in bonuses for his Tour de France victories, money it refused to pay after the David Walsh and Pierre Ballester book LA Confidentiel was released alleging that Armstrong doped. He is also being sued by the Sunday Times, which settled a libel suit over LA Confidentiel's doping allegations with Armstrong. In addition, Armstrong could be the subject of a US federal whistleblower lawsuit - a suit which citizens can take up over those who defraud the government - reportedly started by Floyd Landis on the basis that the US Postal Service's sponsorship money was being used for illegal performance enhancement by the team. Further complicating any admission is the fact that Armstrong's longtime team manager and directeur sportif Johan Bruyneel is also facing a lifetime ban as part of the affair, but has chosen to take his case to arbitration rather than succumb to the ban as Armstrong did.

What she said. Whilst Burry's death is sad, and my sympathy is with his family, it in no way affects my love of the sport and my love of riding my bike. The risk to me in my car, on my motorbike, on my bicycle is the same today as it was before his passing. I ride.

Yes please!

Back on topic, @OP, go to a doctor.

Until a white guy dressed like a slob on a fancy bike undergoes the same interrogation, I agree with the OP. The rest of you lily white boys should rather take a moment to consider.

Alessandro Ballan continues to make progress in his recovery from serious injuries suffered in a crash last week at the BMC Racing Team training camp and is expected to be released from hospital and return to Italy in the new year. The Italian's first race of the 2013 season should have been the Tour Down Under, January 20-27. His place on the squad to ride in Australia will be taken by Ivan Santaromita. Ballan crashed on Thursday, December 20, suffering a broken left femur, broken rib and damaged spleen. His spleen was removed in emergency surgery that same day, and had surgery on the femur the next day. He left the intensive care unit on Friday. "Every day I am getting better," he said in a team press release. "Now it's easy." Ballan thanked his fans for the many messages and encouragement he has received. "I am very happy because I have a lot of supporters, not only in Italy, but around the world. A lot of people are thinking of me in this moment and I am very happy and appreciative of all of them," he said. Whilst the former World champion is improving, he still has a long way to go. According to Gazzetta dello Sport, Ballan will not be able to train seriously for three months. “The doctors who are overseeing his care at the hospital saw enough improvement that he's been moved to a regular care room," team doctor Max Testa said. "What's good is that he continues to get better each day and there have been no complications from the surgeries."

I never feel left out with dangle following me around showering me with attention.

Ah, diddums. This entire thread is off topic, argumentative and abrasive based purely on wheel size. Shame guys.

Says you with all your silly rules for who is allowed with on your group rides....

Carlos Barredo has abruptly quit cycling in the fallout from questions over his biological passport that sidelined him this season. The 31-year-old Spaniard has been dogged with doubts about his passport numbers dating back to 2010. His former team, Rabobank, suspended him in October when the UCI formally asked the Spanish cycling federation to open an inquiry. Barredo has refused to publicly comment on his imminent retirement, only telling the Spanish daily El País this week that he “has not gone back to the bike.” Barredo, who hails from Asturias in northern Spain, told the Spanish daily he would begin working in Madrid with his new job at Cafés Toscaf, a coffee importer also based in Barredo’s home region. Barredo – perhaps best known for at the 2010 Tour de France – was on a list of allegedly suspicious riders that was leaked from the 2010 Tour.Barredo last raced at June’s Critérium du Dauphiné and proclaimed his innocence regarding allegations of blood manipulation. Rabobank dropped him when the UCI made official steps and Barredo has decided to retire, though he has indicated he will try to fight the allegations. Barredo turned pro in 2004 with Manolo Saíz at Liberty Seguros, but was not directly implicated in the Operación Puerto blood doping scandal that took down the team in 2006. He raced three seasons with Quick Step, where he won the 2009 Clásica San Sebastián as well as the climbing stage at Lagos de Covadonga in the 2010 Vuelta a España. In 2011, he switched to Rabobank.

D-day for Armstrong with Thursday the final day to appeal ban to CAS Hamilton fears "Lance will hit back" Thursday marks the final day in which Lance Armstrong can appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the UCI officially notified his lawyer of his disqualification of all results dating back to August 1, 1998 including his seven Tour de France titles. The notice came on December 6, with Armstrong and his legal team given 21 days to appeal. Should no action be taken by Armstrong, the International Olympic Committee will then move to recover the bronze medal won by the American at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. At the same time, Tyler Hamilton says that he believes that the current silence from his former teammate is only temporary. "You hear very little from Lance, but I think this will not be a permanent state," Hamilton told German magazine, Stern. "I fear Lance will hit back." Hamilton was one of 11 former teammates to blow the whistle on the systematic doping within the U.S Postal team, spurred on firstly by the Jeff Novitzsky-led Federal investigation and then very publicly in his co-authored book, 'The Secret Race'. While Armstrong challenged the United States Anti-Doping Agency's jurisdiction over "most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen," he chose not to fight the case against him. That lead to USADA issuing a lifetime ban. "I think he is suffering terribly," continued Hamilton. "Lance is a very proud man, he believed, he was like an atlas and he could carry the world on his back and now everything is gone, the glory, the honor, it will be too much... Money, yes it personally cost him. It will tear Lance apart that he is not a hero anymore.

Yeah, sure, but the oke who posted this thread sure can't...

Best GoPro ad ever... 7:14, GoPro strapped to rear wheel of a Triumph. Epic!

What a game!

Guptill is the man today, he crashes it through point for a boundary

Galen: "Guptill for man of the match whatever the outcome."

So, did NZ remember what the object of the game is, or match fixing?

I'll put it on disc and mail it to you?

Vettel will never drive a Ferrari. By the by, I just watched Senna again. I haven't cried so much in a while, well, since the last time I watched it.

Lovely. My suggestion: enjoy the time before the swart gevaar come and ruin your ****.

Really? On vacation in a simply stunning part of the world, and this is what you have to say?

Someone called you Blossom? Oh, dear. That's just not cool.