Speculation maybe, but good enough to make Cycling Weekly: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... oping.html. Also note the photo, in which he appears to be explaining something with his hands...Animal wrote:The names being bandied about are Pat McQuad and Hein Verbruggen and even the owners of the US Postal Service team but that I assume is only speculation at this point.
Lance comeback
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Indeed. I don't have too much trouble with the things Lance said. But it's obvious that there's still a lot he isn't saying. He was very careful not to accuse anyone else and the subjects he refused to touch were all subjects where there's reason to suspect that candidness would implicate others who haven't yet come clean. He remains fiercely loyal to his 'friends'.
And I remain deeply cynical about his motives. He is a complex character and I've never thought (and still don't think) that he is all bad or without any admirable characteristics. But his despicable characteristics haven't gone away just because he's admitted to doping. I can't believe that someone who displayed so little pity, so little empathy, so little consideration for the feelings and well-being of anyone whose interests weren't directly aligned with his own can just decide to become 'nice' and flick a switch to effect the change. I believe that he remains what he always was: a shrewd, perceptive, passionately driven man, capable of the most cold, calculating and ruthless acts, if he perceives them to be in his own direct interests.
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This is from Paul Kimmage's piece in the Observer today.
In the autumn of 1993, Greg LeMond and his wife, Kathy, were sitting at home in the suburbs of Minneapolis, when they received a visit from Linda Mooneyham, the three-times Tour de France winner has recalled. Her 21-year-old son, Lance Armstrong, had just become the world champion and she had travelled from her home in Texas for advice.
"What does he do now?" she asked. "What does he do with his money?"
"Well, let him find an agent – a good one with an attorney," LeMond replied. "And one word of advice – just be his mom."
They sat on the porch for a while and then moved inside to the kitchen. Linda had something else on her mind: "How do I make him less of an asshole. He doesn't care about anyone."
"Well," LeMond replied. "I can't help you there."
In the autumn of 1993, Greg LeMond and his wife, Kathy, were sitting at home in the suburbs of Minneapolis, when they received a visit from Linda Mooneyham, the three-times Tour de France winner has recalled. Her 21-year-old son, Lance Armstrong, had just become the world champion and she had travelled from her home in Texas for advice.
"What does he do now?" she asked. "What does he do with his money?"
"Well, let him find an agent – a good one with an attorney," LeMond replied. "And one word of advice – just be his mom."
They sat on the porch for a while and then moved inside to the kitchen. Linda had something else on her mind: "How do I make him less of an asshole. He doesn't care about anyone."
"Well," LeMond replied. "I can't help you there."
Thanks for posting that, found full Paul Kimmage article http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ng-cycling
Pleased for Kimmage. hes been 100% right yet often doubted for 25years
You watch this again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgns7C ... ata_player
and its hard not to really dislike Armstrong! If he doesn't end up in jail another injustice will be done
Got all 2hr45 of Oprah recorded not sure I should bother watching
Pleased for Kimmage. hes been 100% right yet often doubted for 25years
You watch this again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgns7C ... ata_player
and its hard not to really dislike Armstrong! If he doesn't end up in jail another injustice will be done
Got all 2hr45 of Oprah recorded not sure I should bother watching
Thanks for posting that, found full Paul Kimmage article http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2013/ja ... ng-cycling
Pleased for Kimmage. hes been 100% right yet often doubted for 25years
You watch this again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgns7C ... ata_player
and its hard not to really dislike Armstrong! If he doesn't end up in jail another injustice will be done
Got all 2hr45 of Oprah recorded not sure I should bother watching
Pleased for Kimmage. hes been 100% right yet often doubted for 25years
You watch this again:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZgns7C ... ata_player
and its hard not to really dislike Armstrong! If he doesn't end up in jail another injustice will be done
Got all 2hr45 of Oprah recorded not sure I should bother watching
I must confess I for one found the interviews absolutely fascinating, perhaps more for what was not said as much as for what was. But what was perhaps the most interesting part of it was that brief glimpse into the mindset of the cheat. The way he was able to justify to himself that it was OK to take testosterone because of the amputation of one of his testicles and then further justifying the use of EPO, blood doping, cortisone etc because he believed all his rivals were doing the same.
I have always found it fascinating the way cheats see the rules of a competition as negotiable. Alas this behaviour/philosophy has permeated all the way through sport, in fact right down to our level. I have witnessed it a few times both in athletics and cycling, even been invited to participate but have always walked away.
I always remember the words of my first coach back in the mid 70’s, he would tell us that the rules of any competition are sacrosanct and whether you believe in them or not you must always adhere to them 100%, not to do so is cheating and everything you do thereafter is worthless.
I have always found it fascinating the way cheats see the rules of a competition as negotiable. Alas this behaviour/philosophy has permeated all the way through sport, in fact right down to our level. I have witnessed it a few times both in athletics and cycling, even been invited to participate but have always walked away.
I always remember the words of my first coach back in the mid 70’s, he would tell us that the rules of any competition are sacrosanct and whether you believe in them or not you must always adhere to them 100%, not to do so is cheating and everything you do thereafter is worthless.
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Just a few thoughts about trying to 'gain an advantage' :
I remember that when I paid a tremendous amount of money for my Chater- Lea one- inch- pitch Chain Set that I was troubled by the thought that my money had bought me an unfair advantage over my clubmates who had but the much cheaper Williams Half Inch standard sets.
Drinking brandy [to increase heart rate] before a sprint final was a type of doping really.....
Some people had a fag 'to calm the nerves'..........
It's all a matter of degree.
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I remember that when I paid a tremendous amount of money for my Chater- Lea one- inch- pitch Chain Set that I was troubled by the thought that my money had bought me an unfair advantage over my clubmates who had but the much cheaper Williams Half Inch standard sets.
Drinking brandy [to increase heart rate] before a sprint final was a type of doping really.....
Some people had a fag 'to calm the nerves'..........
It's all a matter of degree.
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This is quite a nice article by Ted King on how he thinks the sport has turned a corner.
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Interesting. Even if the US authorities don't manage to nail him, he is likely to be subject to French criminal conviction and could run the risk of being arrested if entering France or any other country with an extradition treaty with France. If I recall correctly, the US does not have any arrangements with France.Ed Moss wrote:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report- ... estigation
Looks like it could end up with prison
I saw that story too. The thing that most intrigued me was the picture. With Nike and Trek and the others gone, is Lance now working with Grecian 2000?
http://t.co/eTjzuRZ1
http://t.co/eTjzuRZ1
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How do you arrive at this conclusion Philip. As I have said before as far as I am aware using a performance enhancing substance is and has been a criminal offence in France since at least the Festina affair.Philip Whiteman wrote:Interesting. Even if the US authorities don't manage to nail him, he is likely to be subject to French criminal conviction and could run the risk of being arrested if entering France or any other country with an extradition treaty with France. If I recall correctly, the US does not have any arrangements with France.Ed Moss wrote:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/report- ... estigation
Looks like it could end up with prison
Why should they take an interest now ?
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http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/tygart- ... complicity
Could this be the start of the result cycling needs?
Hope so.
Could this be the start of the result cycling needs?
Hope so.
This is interesting:
http://road.cc/content/news/89328-anti- ... says-study
http://road.cc/content/news/89328-anti- ... says-study
I'll be interested to see what the outcome of this is:
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-or ... -questions
Could Lance face a choice between perjury/contempt of court (and all the attendant risks) and shopping various people he's so far sought to protect?
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/judge-or ... -questions
Could Lance face a choice between perjury/contempt of court (and all the attendant risks) and shopping various people he's so far sought to protect?