Lance Armstrong

[Lee Winger]

Do you think we have a test for all performance enhancing substances Lee??

 

Just because some one is smart enough to cheat the system, it does not mean they are not a cheat.

 

What possible reason do the powers that be have in framing and innocent man???

 

you seem to be insinuating the man's a cheat without having any evidence, like I said he was tested 500 times what more do you want? a man is innocent until proven guilty in my books..

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

It doesn't give you any incentive to strive to be the best at what is a gruelling sport if any hint of success is met with accusations of cheating. Of all sports, road cycling is one of the very hardest - we don't scrutinise the lifestyles of our beloved footballers to any such degree, and they play a pointless game, cheat whenever possible (diving primadonnas), are attrocious role models for our youth and get paid 100 times what they should.

 

[skyhuck]

I don't think football is comparable to athletes competing in international sport.

[easy-lift guy]

you seem to be insinuating the man's a cheat without having any evidence, like I said he was tested 500 times what more do you want? a man is innocent until proven guilty in my books..

 

Lee, it does not matter if he had been tested 1000 times. The court of public opinion these days is a modern day justice machine.

Judge, Jury, and Executioner. Sadly a complete package, with only losers often passing judgement upon anyone they can for reasons beyond my comprehension!

easy-lift guy

[skyhuck]

If anyone who choses not to face the music is seen as innocent, that will become the option of choice for all.

 

Lance is a guy of great tenacity and endurance, its seems very strange that he choses to quit in this situation.

 

Most of us look at the situation of other and think how we would react, I would fight a false allegation as long as it took too clear my name.

[Mick Stockbridge]

He's guilty ffs. The same as the rest of the pro peleton from that era.

 

Only now are we seeing a clean lot with the remnants from the old days falling by the wayside.....Shleck for example.

[Timbermcpherson]

If it was a false allegation he would fight it. Hes worth 125 million, he could fight this with ease, and if he won could be worth alot more. If he was innocent.

 

By giving up early, He is avoiding loosing his hero status with his more loyal followers by being exposed in a trail where proof of what hes done WOULD come out.

[Andy Gentle]

They were all doing it back then.

 

Lance Armstrong has actually been quite smart. There probably is evidence so rather than being found guilty he has walked away. He is powerful enough to say “do what you like, everyone knows I won 7 tours and if you want your sponsorship $ back then you’ll have to fight me for it in a long drawn out battle and if you win I have more than enough $ to pay, and by the way good luck with the hard evidence that is now over 10 years old”

 

The frustration from the anti-doping agency is that Armstrong has not admitted guilt even though the court has ruled that failing to defend the charges is judged to be an admission of guilt – i.e. it ends in limbo. The doping agencies are jobsworths anyway, trying to make a name for themselves. They are not cleaning up cycling, to do that they need to set standards going forward, not messing about with the past.

 

Scientific studies show that cycling is a lot cleaner than it used to be but there will always be abuse from those seeking “marginal gains”

 

However you look at it his name will always be one that is associated with the Tour De France.

Edited August 28, 2012 by Andy Gentle

[Mick Stockbridge]

Stephen Roche commented on it last night on 'The Cycle Show'

 

Did anyone else watch it?

[Rich Rule]

Maybe he has just got bored of the whole affair?

 

If he won this latest round of accusations, the governing body et al will find further accusations that he will have to disprove.

 

He won 7 titles and will always be remembered for that.

 

To those that say he was taking performance enhancers of some form or another, also say it was rife and everyone was doing it at that time...?

 

If that was the case, he did win le Tour whilst doing battle on a level playing field.