Lance Armstrong gets life ban,loses 7 TDF,confesses he doped
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jerry3571 wrote:How did George Hincapie get away things as he was LA's sidekick for years? I watched the stage where he beat a load of climbers in the Alps one year. I remembered thinking that this result was impossible. Stage 15 2005??0
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His eyes are too close together for a start.0
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jerry3571 wrote:How did George Hincapie get away things as he was LA's sidekick for years? I watched the stage where he beat a load of climbers in the Alps one year. I remembered thinking that this result was impossible. Stage 15 2005??
'Cos the story of Lance isn't really about doping.
Most of the big names were doping.
It's about what happens when you don't make friends/make too many enemies while you're doing it.0 -
...and rubbing people's noses in it and going on and on about how the French press were out to get him and how he was clean.
...and coercing team mates into ' the program'.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Oh and did I mention: I got a Polar Heart rate monitor for Aug '99 letter of the month in Cycle Sport with a letter defending Lance Armstrong having suffered cancer myself.
When the proverbial hit the fan, I felt totally duped and uninspired.
On the plus side, the Heart Rate monitor fetched a bit of money.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:...and rubbing people's noses in it and going on and on about how the French press were out to get him and how he was clean.
...and coercing team mates into ' the program'.
Rubbing who and their noses in what?
The "French Press" knows everyone was cheating. Everyone was claiming they were clean. It's part of the game. Never confess to anything. How can you not know that?
"...coercing..."? Please, all his teammates wanted to win. I doubt he had to twist too many arms.
You sound like you've raised him to some sort of criminal mastermind bent on taking over the world. You make way too much of him. He was an athlete who was cheating. Not some comic book super villain or Darth Vader type.
As for "the program"? Is that the best you can do with a conspiracy theory?0 -
It was oft referred to as 'the program' even by LA IIRC, hence the title of this:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lance-a ... am-review/seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
It can't be 5 years ago already?“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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Rick Chasey wrote:Most of the big names were doping.
There were no other big names.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Most of the big names were doping.
There were no other big names.
That's either sarcasm or...
Pantani. Valverde. Ulrich has been exceedingly quiet over the scandal.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Pinno wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Most of the big names were doping.
There were no other big names.
That's either sarcasm or...
Pantani. Valverde. Ulrich has been exceedingly quiet over the scandal.
No, I mean that there were no other cyclists who were big names at all. Not even close to how big Armstrong was.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Pinno wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Most of the big names were doping.
There were no other big names.
That's either sarcasm or...
Pantani. Valverde. Ulrich has been exceedingly quiet over the scandal.
No, I mean that there were no other cyclists who were big names at all. Not even close to how big Armstrong was.
I see but maybe that was proportionate to the amount of drugs he was taking. In the absence of Lance, it could have been quite different. At the end of the Induarin era, the TdF was Riis, Ulrich, Pantani. 3 different names in 3 years. Who knows?seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:Most of the big names were doping.
There were no other big names.
I'm not sure what you're trying to illustrate by saying that?
I'm sure you can make the mental leap that the comment is said in the context of cycling, as opposed to the wider world.
And that, even if one name is significantly bigger than the others, it doesn't mean there aren't other names that are big in their own right.
So what point are you making, in the context of what I have said?0 -
Rick Chasey wrote:KingstonGraham wrote:Rick Chasey wrote:jerry3571 wrote:How did George Hincapie get away things as he was LA's sidekick for years? I watched the stage where he beat a load of climbers in the Alps one year. I remembered thinking that this result was impossible. Stage 15 2005??
'Cos the story of Lance isn't really about doping.
Most of the big names were doping.
It's about what happens when you don't make friends/make too many enemies while you're doing it.
There were no other big names.
I'm not sure what you're trying to illustrate by saying that?
I'm sure you can make the mental leap that the comment is said in the context of cycling, as opposed to the wider world.
And that, even if one name is significantly bigger than the others, it doesn't mean there aren't other names that are big in their own right.
So what point are you making, in the context of what I have said?
That the Lance story is not just about cycling, that he can't expect to be ignored like the rest of the "big names". He was in a different jungle from them, and he's been pursued by a different animal. USADA and the US authorities aren't going to spend as much effort going after anyone else. Not just about who he's pissed off along the way.0 -
I'm with KG on this - in the context of the US legal system: Pantawho? Ullrich? He's a drummer isn't he? ....Warning No formatter is installed for the format0
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USADA don't have the jurisdiction to go after anyone other than US riders.0
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Garry H wrote:USADA don't have the jurisdiction to go after anyone other than US riders.
And hincapie isn't worth it.0 -
KingstonGraham wrote:Garry H wrote:USADA don't have the jurisdiction to go after anyone other than US riders.
And hincapie isn't worth it.
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No tA Doctor wrote:I'm with KG on this - in the context of the US legal system: Pantawho? Ullrich? He's a drummer isn't he? ....
Defrauding the US Govt is a federal offence carrying massive penalties. Turns out the US postal service is part of the US Govt.
Same as FIFA, the US authorities only got involved when it went through US banks.0 -
Surrey Commuter wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:I'm with KG on this - in the context of the US legal system: Pantawho? Ullrich? He's a drummer isn't he? ....
Defrauding the US Govt is a federal offence carrying massive penalties. Turns out the US postal service is part of the US Govt.
So they can take themselves to court.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
The investigation wouldn't have gotten anywhere had he not had lots of people ready to rat on him.0
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Rick Chasey wrote:The investigation wouldn't have gotten anywhere had he not had lots of people ready to rat on him.0
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Sure, but look, most of us here are convinced that Indurain was also taking industrial quantities of EPO, but we don't see him being investigated?
That's because if you ask anyone about it, they'll clam up :P0 -
If only Armstrong hadn't been such a c***, as well as a cheat.0
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Pinno wrote:Surrey Commuter wrote:No tA Doctor wrote:I'm with KG on this - in the context of the US legal system: Pantawho? Ullrich? He's a drummer isn't he? ....
Defrauding the US Govt is a federal offence carrying massive penalties. Turns out the US postal service is part of the US Govt.
So they can take themselves to court.
Depends who "they" are0 -
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Rick Chasey wrote:Sure, but look, most of us here are convinced that Indurain was also taking industrial quantities of EPO, but we don't see him being investigated?
That's because if you ask anyone about it, they'll clam up :P
Genuine questions here - Were there ever specfic allegations about Mig? Wiki says conconi client, what else?
Sure the superhuman stuff is part mythology, but it's surprising that no-one wants to p155 in the paella, however nice the guy is.
Were industrial quantities of EPo even available in the early 90s? I was working on recombinant proteins at the time and the cost for clinical grade material would have been astounding (even for rich teams).
Edit: cn archive says that epo started in sports around 1990, so looks like the answer to the last q is yes.0 -
So basically, its good he got busted because he's a c nt not the massive institutionalised drug program.???
Now I understand why wiggins is ok.0 -
Vino'sGhost wrote:So basically, its good he got busted because he's a c nt not the massive institutionalised drug program.???
No. No one has said that.0