WTF? Lance to race for Astana in '09

[Tumbleweed]

Check what I found on the internet' date=' guaranteed to raise a few laughs. I nearly wet myself. Share and enjoy:

http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?title=Lance_Armstrong



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In 2005, responding to calls from the International Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency, UCI, the world governing body of cycling, appointed Dutch lawyer Emile Vrijman to conduct an independent study of Armstrong?s urine tests. He, too, found nothing, marking the first time a Dutchman was unable to find dope.

[RABUBI]

They also mentioned it on sport on 94.7 this morning. Will be very interesting if it is true

[2 X 2]

How do you like them apples?

[TNT1]

 

Never did believe Armstrong was clean. Ferrari etc' date='[/quote']

 

I never knew Lance owned a Ferrari... He seemed more like an all American type... can see him in Mustang GT or something...

 

Oh, wait, he does have that classic GT that Sheryl "stole" that time and pimped for him.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Never did believe Armstrong was clean. Ferrari etc' date='[/quote']

I never knew Lance owned a Ferrari... He seemed more like an all American type... can see him in Mustang GT or something...

Oh, wait, he does have that classic GT that Sheryl "stole" that time and pimped for him.

 

that was a great episode. he handled himself very well, i thought.

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Never did believe Armstrong was clean. Ferrari etc' date='[/quote']

 

I never knew Lance owned a Ferrari... He seemed more like an all American type... can see him in Mustang GT or something...

 

Oh, wait, he does have that classic GT that Sheryl "stole" that time and pimped for him.

 

that was a great episode. he handled himself very well, i thought.

 

Yeah... For such a strong Type "A" person, that must have been a tough one at first....

 

[SwissVan]

 

 

The chances of a comeback seem unlikely but then again LA has never been one to follow the herd (of sheep ).

If he had to make a comeback he must be pretty confident to make a success of it.  This would go a long way to ratify his previous comments about not doping, someone in his position who ?apparently doped? but did not get caught would surely not risk a come back for more of the same trail and tribulations that would surely follow.<?: prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

People can rant n rave as much as the like?. IF LA had to make a comeback and manage to get into a team for the TDF it would create a positive awareness for cycling again much along the lines of his Cancer recovery and subsequent TDF wins.

This would be better for cycling than the last few years of doping BSh!tter headlines.

 

Of course there will also be those that cry SCREAM cheat no matter what happens...

 

 

[Spud]

Very' date=' very interesting?

 

So maybe we will have a 'dope free' tour next year!

[/quote'] Sorry Shaunh, but they always have at least one Irish rider.

[Jean-Jay]

Number 8 coming up!

 

Go Lance!

 

[grosjoster]

jip, saw on cyclingnews.com they denied LA and they don't have any plans with him. but after this i'm quite confident he'll get an offer somewhere.

[gianni]

hopefully this time they'll catch him.....

[AndreZA]

Who's Lance and what has he done in his life to receive all this woo haa?

 

 

 

BTW

 

 

Astana denies Armstrong return

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2008/aug08/leadville100_08/CN-4507alt.jpg

The rumoured return to racing of seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong has been officially denied by the Astana team, which Armstrong was reported to be joining.

"He is not part of our team," press officer Philippe Maertens told the Associated Press. "Team Astana has no plans with him."

Astana team director Johan Bruyneel, who was with Armstrong for all seven Tour wins from 1999-2005, was unaware of any Armstrong comeback.

"I don't know where the rumours come from," he told Cyclingnews.

Maertens said rumours that Armstrong might come out of retirement had been circulating for a few weeks.

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"I cannot tell you more, you better ask him," he said

"We know that Lance continued training hard after that mountain bike race," Maertens said. "He will do some cyclo-cross races as well in the USA."

At the time of publication, Cyclingnews has yet to receive a response to from Armstrong's manager, Mark Higgins.

Rumours began circulating of Armstrong's return to the professional ranks after he finished second to Dave Weins in the Leadville Trail 100 mile mountain bike race. The event is sanctioned by the USA cycling and Armstrong?s participation required him to be part of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's out-of-competition testing pool.

Should Armstrong return to elite level competition, he would be required to have been part of the testing pool for a minimum of six months prior to his return. The August date of Leadville places the Tour of California just outside the six month minimum period.

USA Cycling has confirmed Armstrong has not applied for an international cycling license, but chief operating officer Sean Petty said Armstrong typically did not request such a license until January or February.

 

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Who's Lance and what has he done in his life to receive all this woo haa?

 

http://www.lance.com/html/index.aspx

 

[Gman1834]

 

jip' date=' saw on cyclingnews.com they denied LA and they don't have any plans with him. but after this i'm quite confident he'll get an offer somewhere. [/quote']

 

 

I will probably go to Rabobank and ride a Giant the way it is supposed to be ridden!!!!!

 

[epoh]

I would like to see Lance come back as a domestique to Contador.

[Kiwi]

36 - age of oldest winner (Firmin Lambot, 1922)