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  • micron
    micron Posts: 1,843
    The Armstrong denial is hilarious - discredited because I say so, presumably?? I think Birnie's point about the WSJ is spot on - it's easy for us to think it's SSDD but for Middle America it's all a bit of a shocker, I would imagine.

    Whether Landis is credible or not is smoke and mirrors - the truth and the facts of these allegations are the issue. The idea of 'credibility' is always used to stifle debate and dissension. I wonder why Armstrong is so unwilling to engage with the actual issues? :wink:
  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,549
    I see some of the Armstrong friendly press are fighting back;

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5355929

    Whoever wrote the headline for the article has a keen sense of irony, it is so full of inaccuracies as to be laughable.
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    Brilliant stuff:
    But the seven-time Tour de France winner was sure he and Landis wrote the same bike

    WTF?
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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    "He'd been drinking. He drank too much. He drank every night during the tour. Some guys might have a glass of wine or two with dinner, but not three-quarters of a bottle of wine like he did. Not during the Tour."
    A classic, the old "he's a drunk" slur.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Kléber wrote:
    "He'd been drinking. He drank too much. He drank every night during the tour. Some guys might have a glass of wine or two with dinner, but not three-quarters of a bottle of wine like he did. Not during the Tour."
    A classic, the old "he's a drunk" slur.

    Floyd obviously missed the use of English slang when he was told to top up with 'a pint of claret'.
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    RichN95 wrote:
    Kléber wrote:
    "He'd been drinking. He drank too much. He drank every night during the tour. Some guys might have a glass of wine or two with dinner, but not three-quarters of a bottle of wine like he did. Not during the Tour."
    A classic, the old "he's a drunk" slur.

    Floyd obviously missed the use of English slang when he was told to top up with 'a pint of claret'.
    :lol:
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  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    the acticle goes on about the selling of bikes and then claims Landis had a rubbish bike when he road that breakaway to win back the yellow jersey. Forgetting of cource that by then he was riding for Phonak and on a BMC
  • flattythehurdler
    flattythehurdler Posts: 2,314
    I have one of them. It's not rubbish, I am. I'll sue.
    Dan
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    It's all a bit childish really, isn't it...
    The most painful climb in Northern Ireland http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6776_124247198694_548863694_2335754_8016178_n.jpg
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    flattythehurdler wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    sagalout wrote:
    knedlicky wrote:
    whiteboytrash wrote:
    http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2010/06/28/daily30.html
    Cyclist Lance Armstrong's philanthropic product line— made famous by the iconic, yellow Livestrong bracelets — will hit stores outside of the U.S., U.K., France and Canada Thursday.
    Nike are also offering a service whereby you can send in a message of hope or inspiration and they will have a machine write it in yellow chalk on the road somewhere along the Tour route and let you know by email the GPS coordinates of where they have written your text. They hope to receive, then write 100,000 texts.
    They did this last year too - it's not new
    What a flop then, last year, or a big con. I rode most of the two stages around the Vosges last Tour (eariler the day they rode into Colmar and then part of the day after) and didn’t notice even one inspirational message on the road –

    The most inspirational thing written on the road is "sommet a 1km" (or less)

    They only did it in the mountains.
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    andyp wrote:
    I see some of the Armstrong friendly press are fighting back;

    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=5355929

    Whoever wrote the headline for the article has a keen sense of irony, it is so full of inaccuracies as to be laughable.

    It's clearly someone who knows NOTHING about pro cycling. Look at this quote:
    The next morning Floyd went out and rode the stage of his life -- one of the greatest rides in Tour de France history -- to vault himself back into the yellow jersey. Amazing, considering he was apparently riding a heap.

    He's referring to his 2006 comeback ride and the "heap" he's referring to is Floyd's claim that Bruyneel made him ride crappy bikes. Of course everyone except this "journalist" knows Floyd wasn't on Bruyneel's team in 2006. What an idiot.
  • sherer
    sherer Posts: 2,460
    I mentioned the above too. The other thing is it claims LA didn't ride the tour de suisse in 2001. That is of course the year he won it.

    Well researched article there :D
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    sherer wrote:
    I mentioned the above too. The other thing is it claims LA didn't ride the tour de suisse in 2001. That is of course the year he won it.

    Well researched article there :D

    LMAO, I just saw that!!
  • calvjones
    calvjones Posts: 3,850
    How can ESPN publish this stuff?
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  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    Tell Reilly what you think of his article:
    http://espn.go.com/sportsnation/mailbag/_/id/20928
  • CTL
    CTL Posts: 10
    You've got to see articles defending in the media, it is to be expected. Sometimes journalists are just to be expected to do such.

    Here is a thought out editorial on NBC by Bicycling magazine. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/38088837/ ... e_france//

    What I am curious about is if the WSJ is stringing us along and is going to have other "bombshells" coming about as the Tour goes on. I've read about everything in this thread so far.

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