Armstrong flees antidoping test

micron

Don't know whether to or :roll:

stagehopper

micron wrote:

Thanks for the link, Tempestas.

So what does Catlin use to establish his baselines?

In the new spirit of openness the UCI values?

blazing_saddles

Aren't the........er......admirers of Armstrong just a teensy weensy bit scepitcal about how this arrangement, or rather non-arrangement with Catlin is panning out?
Anybody have any idea whether he's popped in to make a deposit with Mr Damsgaard?

No wonder they can't find a slot in their respective calanders. What, with Catlin testing 30 Columbia riders in the US, while making a foolish announcement that HGH will soon be detectable.
LA, eating at all those fancy restaurants on the Cote D'Azur, then a 5 star bash in Tenerife, a quick running for Governor of Texas announcement and finally to Oz, by way of Hawaii.
More disappearing en masse.
It must be hell.

stagehopper

Blazing - not sure what's funnier, the Armstrong PR campaign to begin with or those who think these internal testings are all tosh still using it as a stick to beat Armstrong.

Anyway he can't "hide" from the Catlin questions forever ... he'd be best off just admitting now that they (him, the Don and the Government of Vinokourov) couldn't come to an agreement and he's being Damsgaarded instead at Astana's insistence.

Which still leaves us with the same questions over the usefulness of the Damsgaard programme

le_patron

'Government of Vinokourov'
To be 'Damsgaarded'

blazing_saddles

le patron wrote:

'Government of Vinokourov'
To be 'Damsgaarded'

I like it. Sounds like all weather protection. Just what he needs.

richard wants a baum

I am sure he said the Catlin thing would be in place around the time of the start of the Tdu, so far he hasn't broken that promise and yet again people are unhappy with him.....some people cannot win

He also said at the Las Vegas interview that he wouldnt be telling everyone how clean he was Catlin would. If this was anyother rider, everyone would be asking questions but with Armstrong opion is so polarised that people have decided on the answer before the questions been asked (and that goes for both sides ). The TdU is not very far away and as yet there is nothing coming out about and expected agreement , if Catlin can organise to test a whole two teams then i think one rider could be done in couple of months, no?