Trouble ahead for Lance Armstrong

[David Ayers]

I am told it is tacitly understood in the sport that doping is necessary. People in the business defend it off the record. Armstrong is not being investigated by US authorities because he won races in other countries. The crime is not winning, and it is not cheating, it is doping. So anybody who doped broke the same law regardless of where they placed in whatever event at whatever level of whatever sport. Remember that the charge they want to bring aginst Armstrong is defrauding his sponsors, not winning by cheating. And I am saying to pursue one man as a criminal over ten years is just an obsession. In the end the US authorities want to bring down not only Lance but the French tour. They want to show that it's an invalid sport. And here's the thing, cyclists dope, they are right, but so what? Why spend ten years of your life being a wrecker?

For the record, I was an Ullrich fan. Got a little burned there...

[Cliff Englewood]

I think the bottom line is, no matter what way it's described or what the charges are, they are going after him because there is a feeling he got where he is today by cheating and to prove that should take as long as it needs to take.

[Cliff Englewood]

The Onion has all the scoops....

Lance Armstrong Wants To Tell Nation Something But Nation Has To Promise Not To Get Mad

[clifford_thornton]

In the end the US authorities want to bring down not only Lance but the French tour. They want to show that it's an invalid sport. And here's the thing, cyclists dope, they are right, but so what? Why spend ten years of your life being a wrecker?

You might be right. This whole thing is fucking ridiculous.

[clifford_thornton]

I'll add that Lance was probably doping before he got cancer, too. His reign on the podium (even if he's an asshole) is still hugely impressive.

[BeBop]

1 cent

2 cents

Edited January 19, 2011 by BeBop

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Lance Armstrong was on dope ?!?

I am shocked

[king ubu]

me no believe no french chemist!

[David Ayers]

What is their POINT?

List of things to do:

(1) topple Saddam and wreck Iraq

(2) topple Lance and wreck a bicycle race

(3) uh, now where's that Bin Laden character...

[king ubu]

maybe he's hiding in Lance's private jet?

[Brad]

Haven't these accusations been around for years (as evidenced by the age of this thread) and nothing has stuck yet?

[alocispepraluger102]

for the american cancer to enlist lance armstrong as a prime spokesman was not without danger.

ravens linebacker ray lewis may have been a wiser choice.

[T.D.]

No shortage of funny doping stories from cycling, but here's a good one (not about LANCE, but I didn't want to start a new thread):

Vansevenant's doping products were only amino acids

...the “doping products” he ordered did not contain the advertised contents, and that he was scammed by the company from which he bought the products..."It's not about doping, so he deserves no punishment," his lawyer said, according to Het Nieuwsblad.

Edited May 24, 2012 by T.D.

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