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So he tested negative on all test? WTF is the problem then? USADA!
Ah. Okay. I don't pay attention to any of that .
So he tested negative on all test? WTF is the problem then? USADA!
you can't miss it if you watch the Olympics
I just went to his twitter page for additional evidence, and it was as expected
whats the point of taking away his wins
he still benefits from keeping his $$$ winnings and endorsements...
I am unaware of any proper evidence they have. Maybe he dropped his defense because he can't afford to fight it.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...87N03N20120824
The USADA, a quasi-governmental agency created by the U.S. Congress in 2000, formally charged Armstrong in June with doping and taking part in a conspiracy with members of his championship teams. Five other cyclists have been accused of conspiring with Armstrong over the course of 14 years to hide doping activity.
The agency said in a letter to Armstrong that it has blood samples from 2009 and 2010 that are "fully consistent" with doping.
In the letter, which was published in the Washington Post, the agency said it also has at least 10 former teammates and colleagues of Armstrong who will testify he used doping drugs during races from 1999 to 2005.
The most recent games were the first I watched in years without DVR. It's pretty easy to miss with a fast forward option.
sons LOL at cycling aka another "sport" to help non-black athletes compete. cycling is one step above this pathetic walking we just saw in the Olympics ...
Look at em go sons!
OH TOO INTENSE!!!
gotcha
NBC is prone to running nausea inducing "human interest" segments when they should instead be showing the events. That's how I learned of his y proclivities
he keeps that , true, but the shame and the knowledge that doping agencies will hunt you down no matter the cost nor amount of time it may take could deter others from making the same bad decisions that Lance did
Because the mofo was just another dirty athlete in the world's dirtiest sport
additionally,cycling
You guys are just seething with ignorance and extremely immature...Armstrong won those les fair and outright...the witch hunt being carried out is the shameful act. If you beleive Lance cheated then you should really beleive that Manny Paquito is cheating in boxing...I highly doubt the IOC will agree with the USADA it's nothing but an exercise in frivolity..
I stand with Lance...if he didn't cheat to beat the Cancer which is way harder to defeat... then I'm left with the belief that he certainly didn't cheat to beat the Tour De France.
hundreds upon hundreds of passed drug tests they're's no arguing that...you can even move to strip him based on the disgruntled words of a few men...who have financial incentives to turn their back on Lance...if they were all facing jail time instead of secret checks being given them to testify against Lance their stories would chance in an instance..lol
A few comments, because the level of stupidity in this thread is just too much.
If Lance Armstrong is stripped of his TDF les, the only people crying about it will be Americans, Lance is very unpopular among European cyclist because of the absolute ass whooping he delivered during his years of dominance.
The allegation of doping against Lance started in Europe (France if I'm not mistaken) and spawned several serious investigations (by the UCI and local police). This caused a major reshuffle within the UCI to address doping issues. The sport has since then made enormous progress and is today as drug free as other major international compe ions - and it is common knowledge that cyclism had a huge doping problem as little as 5 years ago. Even a casual observer can notice an overall drop in performance in road races.
The Spanish, Italian and French cyclist organizations absolutely hated how Lance came from almost nowhere and dominated the TDF for so long, so believe me they tried to prove he was using drugs very hard. It is ironic that their investigations disqualified a lot of their own cyclists (among them some really big names) and they eventually accepted Armstrong's victories.
The irony of it all is that Americans were crying foul during those European investigations and accused everybody involved of nationalism and borderline racism - and now it's an American ins ution that is trying to strip him of his les (and based on shaky evidence at best).
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What's everyone gonna do with those cool yellow bracelets?
Yeah and he took a shot first.
Slo with the informative goods
I wouldn't think the USADA has the jurisdiction to remove a le won in France when the agencies having jurisdiction in that race side with Lance.
I disagree with the concept of removing past les. It means so little to do that, since everyone will still consider Lance a 7 time winner of the TDF, and without his admission of guilt it's just accusations.
They didn't remove Bonds' records. They didn't remove McGwire's record (at the time) and AFAIK, Canseco still gets his 472 or so HRs.
I don't think it's necessarily trivial, but if the USADA wants to go after anyone, they should go after the agencies that couldn't detect doping in the 7 years Lance was winning.
It's really a witch hunt. There are some big players pushing for this.
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I've never liked that SOB
ing cheater
"Ass whooping"
Because he was cheating
All 7 of his les would go to people who are also involved in doping scandals
http://deadspin.com/5937591/all-seve...s-of-their-own1999: Alex Zülle (confessed to EPO use)
2000: Jan Ullrich (suspended from 2006 Tour; banned this year and stripped of all results from 2005 on)
2001: Jan Ullrich
2002: Joseba Beloki (kept out of 2006 Tour while under doping investigation, later cleared)
2003: Jan Ullrich
2004: Andreas Klöden (accused of illegal blood transfusion in the 2006 Tour)
2005: Ivan Basso (confessed to attempted doping, suspended)
Everyone knows he cheated (or so I thought). The testing finally caught up.
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Lance was very unpopular also because he acted like an ass during his reign.
Cyclism doping is an issue since almost forever, in the 70's cyclists already used drugs to improve their performance. Mercks was known to be one of the most knowledgeable guy in terms of doping. The famous pot belge (mixture of drugs, variously cons uted from cocaine, heroin, caffeine, amphetamines, and other analgesics) appeared in the late 80's.
I'm not sure about a drop of road races performance tbh. The overall performance of Bradley Wiggins has been damn impressive everywhere and I wouldn't be surprised if he was loaded like during this tour. Dude has made all his career in pursuit and his progress in mountains in the last 3 or 4 years has been gigantic. One can wonder how.
If somebody thinks that he was clean, he is a fool.
I'm not a fan of Armstrong or cycling and I don't have a good understanding of it all, but....how can the USADA strip Armstrong of the les? Wouldn't that be up to the Tour de France to decide, based on information from the USADA?
Oh, there is no doubt Lance is a total . Several of my friends have waited on him, or served him drinks around town. Bad tipper and just a .
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