Questions for Lance

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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    afx237vi wrote:
    DavMartinR wrote:

    Q. With regard rules being rules in the case of Simeoni how did you manage to get a start at the TDU? And who greased the wheels so you could start in the TDU?

    That's a fantastic question.

    Which almost guarantees it won't get asked...

    Further to that and given LA's "revisionist" view of what occured in his spat with Simeoni "If you were just following wheels and later it was all blown out of proportion why do you still harbour enough of a grudge to try and get his team excluded from a race the thick end of a decade on?"
    "In many ways, my story was that of a raging, Christ-like figure who hauled himself off the cross, looked up at the Romans with blood in his eyes and said 'My turn, sock cookers'"

    @gietvangent
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    RICHYBOYcp wrote:

    2. What does the Tour De France in terms of cycling mean to you, is this the only REAL race and all the other Pro races are add ons to fill the calendar, as more hatred/investigation is directed towards you than any other rider and after 1999 you only really concentrated on the TDF...so looks like a lot of others think in this way.
    2. :oops:
    Are you embarrassed by your Fanboys?

    Which rules apply to you?

    What do Christophe Basson, Filippo Simeoni and Linus Gerdemann have in common? :roll:

    Are you really the secret lovechild of Dennis Norwood? :shock:
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • gematkinson1
    gematkinson1 Posts: 69
    skavanagh.bikeradar wrote:
    What's your favourite Cheryl Crow song?

    HAHAHAHA
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RICHYBOYcp wrote:

    2. What does the Tour De France in terms of cycling mean to you, is this the only REAL race and all the other Pro races are add ons to fill the calendar, as more hatred/investigation is directed towards you than any other rider and after 1999 you only really concentrated on the TDF...so looks like a lot of others think in this way.
    2. :oops:
    Are you embarrassed by your Fanboys?

    Which rules apply to you?

    What do Christophe Basson, Filippo Simeoni and Linus Gerdemann have in common? :roll:

    Are you really the secret lovechild of Dennis Norwood? :shock:

    Ah the wise and mighty quotes of Blazing Saddles....standard replies and very predictable.. the forums No.1 sarcastic quoter...every post entered seems consumed by anger and frustration....I'd hate to be as unhappy :wink:
  • Tempestas
    Tempestas Posts: 486
    Q. With all the anger and unsubstantiated claims of doping directed towards you, how did/do you manage to blank it out and focus on dominating the tour for so many years?
    Q. Why do you think people have reacted to your achievements in such a way?
    Q. Which was the hardest fight? Beating your illness or beating the media on a daily basis?
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    How about an Ashenden inspired question?

    Are you prepared to have the areas on your body which could be used for a blood transfusion photographed every day and published on the internet?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • LangerDan
    LangerDan Posts: 6,132
    iainf72 wrote:
    How about an Ashenden inspired question?

    Are you prepared to have the areas on your body which could be used for a blood transfusion photographed every day and published on the internet?

    Is the internet not sufficiently full of pictures of Lance?
    'This week I 'ave been mostly been climbing like Basso - Shirley Basso.'
  • DaveyL
    DaveyL Posts: 5,167
    iainf72 wrote:
    How about an Ashenden inspired question?

    Are you prepared to have the areas on your body which could be used for a blood transfusion photographed every day and published on the internet?

    I agree with this and think it should be applied to all cyclists, including the GB track team and Miss Pendleton in particular.
    Le Blaireau (1)
  • skavanagh.bikeradar
    skavanagh.bikeradar Posts: 1,097
    The internet is MASSIVE, like the ever expanding universe (or perhaps multiverse). Anyway, that leaves lots of space for new picture of Lance. Lance on his bike. Lance off his bike. Lance next to his bike holding a hat. Lance in the wind tunnel. Lance on a traing ride. Lance with the special bike. Millions of ideas. Millions. And before next July we will have seen most of them somewhere.
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    "If a 4 x 100m relay team wins gold only for 3 of the 4 team members to be proven to have used PEDs, do you think clean runner should get to keep his gold medal?"
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  • eh
    eh Posts: 4,854
    Damn it biondino you beat me too it, that would be such a class question.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    biondino wrote:
    "If a 4 x 100m relay team wins gold only for 3 of the 4 team members to be proven to have used PEDs, do you think clean runner should get to keep his gold medal?"

    You know there is a WADA rule for this?

    The entire team is disqualified if one person is positive.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    RICHYBOYcp wrote:
    Ah the wise and mighty quotes of Blazing Saddles....standard replies and very predictable.. the forums No.1 sarcastic quoter...every post entered seems consumed by anger and frustration....I'd hate to be as unhappy :wink:

    :lol: Pot, kettle black?

    No anger or frustration here, mate. Totally ambivalent to LA.
    Not too keen on folks who dismiss cycling as irrelevant, but for 3 weeks in July, though.

    To all. One the plus side. A least the "office" have managed to generate a bit of "new" interest on that "old" subject.
    70 odd posts and climbing........

    Yes, an interesting comparison with the relay team. Would only apply to the specific race and they never had a positive at the Tour, so.....
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    RICHYBOYcp wrote:

    2. What does the Tour De France in terms of cycling mean to you, is this the only REAL race and all the other Pro races are add ons to fill the calendar, as more hatred/investigation is directed towards you than any other rider and after 1999 you only really concentrated on the TDF...so looks like a lot of others think in this way.
    2. :oops:
    Are you embarrassed by your Fanboys?

    Which rules apply to you?

    What do Christophe Basson, Filippo Simeoni and Linus Gerdemann have in common? :roll:

    Are you really the secret lovechild of Dennis Norwood? :shock:


    Ha, got ya. Spelling error - it's Noward.
    And by the way, weren't you the guy who posted the fish hook on my "Better than ever"
    post? If I could figure out how to copy it over to this post I'd send it back to you. :wink:
    Dennis Noward
  • Schmidthouse
    Schmidthouse Posts: 134
    skavanagh.bikeradar wrote:
    How will you measure the success or failure of your comeback - racing results, income for LAF, 'increased awareness' (and how do you intend to measure that)?

    Another superb question and one I am curious about as his stated aim of the comeback is to raise awareness.
    There's no time for hesitating.
    Pain is ready, pain is waiting.
    Primed to do it's educating.
  • knedlicky
    knedlicky Posts: 3,097
    petecossins wrote:
    if there's anything you would like to ask Lance this is your chance
    Questions can be posted below
    We'll put the best of them to Lance
    Will you be taking anything to prevent losing what you call your ‘chi’ during the Giro?
  • blazing_saddles
    blazing_saddles Posts: 22,725
    dennisn wrote:
    Ha, got ya. Spelling error - it's Noward.
    And by the way, weren't you the guy who posted the fish hook on my "Better than ever"
    post? If I could figure out how to copy it over to this post I'd send it back to you. :wink:
    Dennis Noward


    Sorry about that Mr Nowood. :oops: Quite right, just a bit of gentle baiting, so, just for you.....
    istockphoto_2837477-fishing-hook.jpg

    Lance, you have always had a lot of support from Velonews and it's forums.
    Do you think your Simeoni rational has had a negative effect amongst these fans?
    http://forum.velonews.com/read.php?f=2& ... ply_321902
    "Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.
  • leguape
    leguape Posts: 986
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    leguape wrote:
    SpaceJunk wrote:
    I have some more questions:

    Is it just an urban myth, or did you really have someone monitor every webpage out in cyberspace referencing to you?

    And if that is the case, do you still do so now?

    I'd love to know what you're thinking with all these questions.

    Er, Google alerts? http://www.google.com/alerts


    Thanks leguape - was fully aware of Google Alerts. I just wonder if he really did bother employing someone to monitor it (or worse still, do it himself). I'd rate that in my top 5 worse jobs of all-time. :wink:

    A lot of big names employ people to look out for their reputation where they aren't looking. It used to be the domain of your average Press Officer but now it's far more specialised. The legal firm Schillings have a reputation for dealing in the legal side of it, see the Terri Hatcher v Daily Sport case for an example, but there are loads of monitoring firms you can pay to send you a round up of everything in the press about you.

    It's really not that expensive when you consider the value of a reputation. If I were looking after the Armstrong account I'd be alarmed if someone wasn't doing it, even if they aren't acting on it.
    http://www.atomicecho.com/cycling
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Press monitoring is easy, as you say loads of PR companies offer a cuttings service and will email you a PDF every day of every article mentioning your name, product or whatever you like. You can even do it yourself with some software packages.

    But tracking every forum and blog, that's something more complicated.
  • NervexProf
    NervexProf Posts: 4,202
    But tracking every forum and blog, that's something more complicated.

    This is fairly easy, using Google Alerts.
    Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom
  • derby
    derby Posts: 114
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lance, you have always had a lot of support from Velonews and it's forums. Do you think your Simeoni rational has had a negative effect amongst these fans?
    http://forum.velonews.com/read.php?f=2& ... ply_321902
    Wow, That is some serious vitriol on a US based forum. A bit surprised.
  • mercsport
    mercsport Posts: 664
    derby wrote:
    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lance, you have always had a lot of support from Velonews and it's forums. Do you think your Simeoni rational has had a negative effect amongst these fans?
    http://forum.velonews.com/read.php?f=2& ... ply_321902
    Wow, That is some serious vitriol on a US based forum. A bit surprised.

    I missed Blazing Saddles' link to velonews before . Yes , they don't hold anything back do they ? :D

    And I thought all the US biking mob venerated LA unconditionally . :shock:

    How refreshing . :)
    "Lick My Decals Off, Baby"
  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    iainf72 wrote:
    biondino wrote:
    "If a 4 x 100m relay team wins gold only for 3 of the 4 team members to be proven to have used PEDs, do you think clean runner should get to keep his gold medal?"

    You know there is a WADA rule for this?

    The entire team is disqualified if one person is positive.

    That's kind of my point. No team leader would ever dream of not thanking their team mates for helping them achieve their victory, and since we know that the majority of Lance's water-carriers have tested positive, doesn't that devalue the prizes he's won?

    Also, this way we're not accusing him in any way, so he has no excuse to clam up.
    My Focus / My Bob Jackson
    Blog (incl. bikes)
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    biondino wrote:
    That's kind of my point. No team leader would ever dream of not thanking their team mates for helping them achieve their victory, and since we know that the majority of Lance's water-carriers have tested positive, doesn't that devalue the prizes he's won?

    No one ever tested positive on USPS or Discovery. Sinkewitz tested positive on T-Mobile when Cavendish was riding for them, does that devalue anything he might have won?

    And cycling is an individual sport practised by teams. It's not a team sport in the truest sense. An individual wins but there are teams.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • mercsport
    mercsport Posts: 664
    This thread has strayed somewhat from the original ' Questions for Lance ' , predictably enough .

    However , in the same vein , if anyone clicked Blazing Saddles' link to Velonews' thread on LA's capacity to lie - a long page - and gave up after the first few spears were thrown , as I did , you will have missed a treat . I returned to it and discovered one of the most eloquent put - downs of LA I've read .

    Scroll down about halfway and look for the author : ' berzin ' .... ( evgeni ? )

    This thin-lipped, beady-eyed, hollow-cheeked gringo boy wonder with the vacant, thousand yard stare who mercilessly crushes any and all competition.

    ..... is a good example of his style . Wish I could express myself half as well as this lad .

    Blazing Saddles wrote:
    Lance, you have always had a lot of support from Velonews and it's forums. Do you think your Simeoni rational has had a negative effect amongst these fans?
    http://forum.velonews.com/read.php?f=2& ... ply_321902
    "Lick My Decals Off, Baby"
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Why doesn't he just line himself up to be the next Goverbor of California after Arnie and leave recing to complete its purging process?
    @JaunePeril

    Winner of the Bike Radar Pro Race Wiggins Hour Prediction Competition
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    New question.

    Lance, what are you doing with the monsterous start fee's you're charging for your comeback? You've said this is not about the money it's about cancer awareness. Why would you want to change USD500,000 to start in a race in New Zealand, should you not be grasping the chance to get some awareness up in NZ?

    How much did the TdU stump up to get you to Oz? How much are the Giro organisers paying you?
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Whooah Iain, that's powerful stuff. Just when I think I can't get more cynical about the guy, along comes more ugly news.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Kléber wrote:
    Whooah Iain, that's powerful stuff. Just when I think I can't get more cynical about the guy, along comes more ugly news.

    I won't be surprised to hear he's charging for interview next to be honest.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    There's certainly a lot of money at stake. The "exclusive videos" in the windtunnel were really free adverts for Trek, Giro and Nike, lapped up by the fans and sections of the cycling media looking for something to fill their pages with.

    Contador went to the same windtunnel at the same time and cyclingnews.com gave him just eight lines of copy alongside a stock photo.

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