Lance Armstrong gets life ban,loses 7 TDF,confesses he doped

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  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    Turfle wrote:
    Emotionally I don't know if I have it in me to search for an illegal Oprah stream.

    I feel your pain.
  • le_patron
    le_patron Posts: 494
    Vino'sGhost wrote:

    Second question How come armstrong looks so good under all this stress?

    HGH
  • rajMAN
    rajMAN Posts: 429
    Tissues and issues with big Oprah then a couple of seasons in Panto! I can see things turning round for Lance. :shock:
  • k-dog
    k-dog Posts: 1,652
    le patron wrote:
    Vino'sGhost wrote:

    Second question How come armstrong looks so good under all this stress?

    HGH

    Supposedly since his cancer that's about the only thing he wasn't on!
    I'm left handed, if that matters.
  • meggiedude
    meggiedude Posts: 257
    Not going to be searching for any kind of stream - live or otherwise - will let others do the digging.
    I don't have a sweet tooth and this will be so laced in sugar and saccharine I'm sure my Gag reflex would kick in.
    If at any point I can be bothered to watch a stream it'll be with a warm bucket and some mouthwash nearby.
    Can I upgrade???
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,439
    Go for it Lance!

    Bring the whole f*cking lot down!

    Fat Pat, Verbruggen, Bruyneel, Contador.

    Go the whole way.....you know everything...who was on what...who turned a blind eye..who got bribes..

    Bring the whole f*cking lot down....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,439
    Dave_1 wrote:
    all done. Move on folks. Joke of a sport


    190 odd pages and the first post was still the best.....
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • sonny73
    sonny73 Posts: 2,203
    Vino'sGhost wrote:
    so most important question of the day How do you watch Oprah in the UK?

    Apparently it's viewable via Oprah.com, link as retweeted by LA last night: http://www.oprah.com/pressroom/Lance-Armstrong-on-Oprahs-Next-Chapter
    The special 90-minute Thursday night episode of Oprah's Next Chapter will air Thursday, January 17 (9:00 – 10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network. In addition-the interview will be simultaneously streamed LIVE worldwide on Oprah.com.
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    What fresh hell is this
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,700
    Dunno - I think some pathetic confession is likely, but I can't get the though of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt when he said he was to appear in front of the crowd in Tahrir Square. Everyone though he was going to step down but he basically just went "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, I'm Staying Loosers, You should see the look on your faces Aaaahhhhhhhh!"

    Would think that Oprah is very much the US's Tahrir Square...
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    ddraver wrote:
    Dunno - I think some pathetic confession is likely, but I can't get the though of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt when he said he was to appear in front of the crowd in Tahrir Square. Everyone though he was going to step down but he basically just went "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH, I'm Staying Loosers, You should see the look on your faces Aaaahhhhhhhh!"

    Would think that Oprah is very much the US's Tahrir Square...


    She's not THAT big..anymore...harsh, ddraver, harsh
  • Stedman
    Stedman Posts: 377
    Surely 5 minutes max is all that is required for a sincere, contrite and outright apology!
  • bigdawg
    bigdawg Posts: 672
    any mention of how much theyre paying him..?! :roll:
    dont knock on death\'s door.....

    Ring the bell and leg it...that really pi**es him off....
  • Richmond Racer
    Richmond Racer Posts: 8,561
    Stedman wrote:
    Surely 5 minutes max is all that is required for a sincere, contrite and outright apology!


    IF he admits on the programme, it will be neither sincere nor contrite nor will it be an apology, outright or otherwise.

    It will be a totally scripted farce, all questions re-approved by him and his army of lawyers as a condition of Oprah getting an exclusive to bump up the ailing Oprah Winfrey Network
  • Trev The Rev
    Trev The Rev Posts: 1,040
    Armstrong's best bet would be to say he has found God and play the victim card, (I was given drugs from the age of 15 by coaches, I thought everyone did it, everyone did do it, I cheated yes, but so did everyone else, there was no way out, I was pressured by sponsors, then I needed to protect the cancer charity, I nearly died of cancer, my step dad beat me up, my mum was young, I'm only a poor boy from Texas, I'm a good dad, I'm sorry I was so nasty to those people but I was under a lot of pressure), then do a David Millar and become rabidly anti drugs.

    The sick thing is the Americans will buy it and Lance will go into politics.
  • Nick Fitt
    Nick Fitt Posts: 381
    This fucking brilliant. Either he is going to annihilate a good many people and perjure himself or, more likely, answer a very carefully list of pre submitted questions with rehearsed answers that will set the bedrock for his ultimate apology and forgiveness by the USA. Then he will appear with a leading Christian light/Politician/President who will say "if this man can accept he did wrong, and come back into the flock, with an apology, we all need to look into our lives and find forgiveness for this American Son and find time to follow his righteous ways and deep personal courage"

    I cant wait, this thread is going for another 200 pages boyos, keep up if you can!
  • Stedman
    Stedman Posts: 377
    Richmond Racer wrote:
    Stedman wrote:
    Surely 5 minutes max is all that is required for a sincere, contrite and outright apology!


    IF he admits on the programme, it will be neither sincere nor contrite nor will it be an apology, outright or otherwise.

    It will be a totally scripted farce, all questions re-approved by him and his army of lawyers as a condition of Oprah getting an exclusive to bump up the ailing Oprah Winfrey Network

    Unfortunately I suspect that your scenario is far more correct than mine!
  • Stedman
    Stedman Posts: 377
    Trev The Rev wrote:
    Armstrong's best bet would be to say he has found God and play the victim card, (I was given drugs from the age of 15 by coaches, I thought everyone did it, everyone did do it, I cheated yes, but so did everyone else, there was no way out, I was pressured by sponsors, then I needed to protect the cancer charity, I nearly died of cancer, my step dad beat me up, my mum was young, I'm only a poor boy from Texas, I'm a good dad, I'm sorry I was so nasty to those people but I was under a lot of pressure), then do a David Millar and become rabidly anti drugs.

    The sick thing is the Americans will buy it and Lance will go into politics.

    Surely it is a case of 'two wrong don’t make it right'!
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Am I the only one who doesn't care? If he admits it, it will only be to benefit himself.
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    I just laughed when I saw the report. It'll be crocodile tears, obfuscation and half-apologies. The problem is that a lot of people will be taken in.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,700
    iainf72 wrote:
    Am I the only one who doesn't care? If he admits it, it will only be to benefit himself.

    I think it will be hilarious....
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • bockers
    bockers Posts: 146
    "Armstrong will address the ALLEGED doping scandal, years of ACCUSATIONS of cheating, and charges of lying about the use of performance-enhancing drugs throughout his storied cycling career."

    Does't sound like a confession is due, to me. Not sure what they mean by alleged anyway, he has accepted the charges and the date for appeal has passed.

    I can just hear the imortal phrase..."I never tested positive and had over 500 tests" then the sympathy quote "I am just tired of this witch hunt and want to forget I was ever a cyclist and remember I survived Cancer." Then he will announce the launch his campaign to be Govenor of Texas.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    iainf72 wrote:
    Am I the only one who doesn't care? If he admits it, it will only be to benefit himself.

    I like to see the reaction of die hards if that happens.

    Given the number of times he has categorically denied doping on TV.
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    iainf72 wrote:
    Am I the only one who doesn't care? If he admits it, it will only be to benefit himself.
    I don't care either. I know he doper, I don't need him to confirm it.

    Those who really care will only be disappointed if he doesn't admit to everything they think he did (whether actually true or not). Some will be disappointed if he doesn't give it the full Budd Dwyer* treatment

    *(warning: don't go looking for that on You Tube)
    Twitter: @RichN95
  • rob churchill
    rob churchill Posts: 272
    Given the man's history and the softball questions he'll be facing, I think there's an outside chance that it'll be total denial of any wrongdoing ever, with plenty of counter-accusations, allegations of witch-hunting, and character assassination of the likes of the Andreus. We could well see him telling the die-hard fanboys what they want to hear, the story of the all-American hero accused of a crime he didn't commit.

    The one thing we can be sure of is that it'll be entirely self-serving.
    I have a policy of only posting comment on the internet under my real name. This is to moderate my natural instinct to flame your fatuous, ill-informed, irrational, credulous, bigoted, semi-literate opinions to carbon, you knuckle-dragging f***wits.
  • Macaloon
    Macaloon Posts: 5,545
    I'm only interested in which character from Jerry Springer The Opera LA plays. Chick with a Dirk?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAR8jcDS_9w

    Warning, contains some post-watershed language
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  • nathancom
    nathancom Posts: 1,567
    I guess Oprah is supplying the cash to pay off SCA/Sunday Times etc...

    I don't really see the point of this for anyone except LA. If you want to know what happened you can just look up the Reasoned Decision.

    That said I think it will make for fascinating TV. Lance is snake oil salesman unmasked.
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    It's just a cynical ploy by LA to push this thread over 200 pages so he can claim a thread strava victory.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,439
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    It's just a cynical ploy by LA to push this thread over 200 pages so he can claim a thread strava victory.


    Disappointing for him that his ban covers the Silly Commuter Racing Thread.
    “New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!
  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    TailWindHome wrote:
    Yellow Peril wrote:
    It's just a cynical ploy by LA to push this thread over 200 pages so he can claim a thread strava victory.


    Disappointing for him that his ban covers the Silly Commuter Racing Thread.

    That's his Brompton contract f*cked then.
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