Lance Armstrong Banned and Stripped of TDF Titles

[Tumbleweed]

M. Good point. I think during the 90's certainly the whole pro peleton doped. Maybe not all the time. Maybe not as systematically and as organised as LA did but I think they all did. And I think quite a lot of them still are to some degree or another.

 

The late '80s to '90s upped the doping game. EPO and blood manipulation changed everything.

[TNT1]

never more relevant -

 

http://www.theonion....hing-but,17973/

 

Oh, crap, that was funny!

[Guest Omega Man]

The late '80s to '90s upped the doping game. EPO and blood manipulation changed everything.

Ja. For sure. I was chatting to a local xc pro racer about the David George thing and he reckons that guys are doing the 1 day classics on Crack to make their bodies forget about the paid for a bit. Hectic if it's true.

[Guest Omega Man]

never more relevant -

 

http://www.theonion....hing-but,17973/

Hahahaha. Very funny.

[Jaco-fiets]

Intersting point... what impact would a confession have on his ex sponsors?

 

Just my little theory that the major financial contributors knew exactly what was happening and joined in the effort to establish a icon in the cycling world. These brands profits in the US got boosted massively when he reached icon status. Creating a hero with a touching story at all cost was the project and they coined big time (and still is) from the success

[fandacious]

Just my little theory that the major financial contributors knew exactly what was happening and joined in the effort to establish a icon in the cycling world. These brands profits in the US got boosted massively when he reached icon status. Creating a hero with a touching story at all cost was the project and they coined big time (and still is) from the success

 

wasnt the oakley chic complicit in lances doping?

[TNT1]

wasnt the oakley chic complicit in lances doping?

 

That's the rumour...

[Guest Omega Man]

wasnt the oakley chic complicit in lances doping?

I wouldn't say complicit. If i remember correctly the big wigs at Oakley forced her to lie under oath to protect LA and therefore Oakley.

[Tumbleweed]

wasnt the oakley chic complicit in lances doping?

 

Stephanie McIlvain. Betsy claims she was bullied into lying at her SCA deposition. She also is alleged to have threatened her at a later stage.

[Slowbee]

this has all the makings of a brilliant movie

[Tumbleweed]

this has all the makings of a brilliant movie

 

But his mate Matt won't be playing him:

 

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1697981/matt-damon-lance-armstrong-movie.jhtml

[HappyMartin]

He can get his other druggie mate Robin Williams to play him. They might not look alike but both used a lot of drugs and at least Williams does ride.

[Jaco-fiets]

Robin Williams never tested positive.........................

[scotty]

He can get his other druggie mate Robin Williams to play him. They might not look alike but both used a lot of drugs and at least Williams does ride.

As opposed to LA who's doing what ? Twiddling his thumbs ??

[Eugene Oppelt]

never more relevant -

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/lance-armstrong-wants-to-tell-nation-something-but,17973/

 

Well written.

 

Almost...

:-D

[TNT1]

Italian national coach: "Lance, speak out. Spit it out"

Italian national coach and former world and Olympic champion Paolo Bettini has called on Lance Armstrong to confess to his doping past so that professional cycling can start afresh.

Bettini raced between 1997 and 2008, when EPO use was rampant in the peloton. He won numerous classics, two world titles in 2006 and 2007 and gold in the road race at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. He took over from the late Franco Ballerini as Italian national coach in 2010 and hopes to become the manager of the Italian nation teams after next week's Italian Cycling Federation elections, while Max Scanidri would become national professional coach and team selector.

Bettini called on Armstrong to confess after a report in the New York Times suggested that the Texan may have talked to associates and anti-doping officials about publicly admitting that he used banned performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions during his cycling career.

"It's true, the show must go on, as they, but it (cycling) has got to be credible and an eventual confession by the American could be the chance to cancel everything that happened in the past and start all over again," Bettini is reported as saying in the Italian La Repubblica newspaper.

"Armstrong's got to do it. All the evidence points in one direction: against him. He didn’t defend himself against the accusations thinking he'd left the world of cycling. But I can tell him as an ex-rider, this is his world and you can never just leave like that."

Bettini also confirmed that he is favour of some kind of amnesty or truth and reconciliation commission, without indicating if he had anything to confess about his professional career.

"The really serious thing is that what happened has revealed that the whole system is crooked, at every level. Some people have talked about an amnesty. I'm in favour if everything comes out," Bettini said.

"Lets get rid of who we have to get rid of and start all over again. I don’t really believe in confessions in sport but if it helps put an end to this vicious circle then I welcome it. Lance, speak out. Spit it out. It'd be good for him and for all of us."