anyone interested in going to the track nationals this year in sydney?
i am but ****ed if i know how to get tickets or whatever
http://tracknationals.subaru.com.au/senior/
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anyone interested in going to the track nationals this year in sydney?
i am but ****ed if i know how to get tickets or whatever
http://tracknationals.subaru.com.au/senior/
lance armstrong holding an interview with oprah next week. keen to what comes of this
http://la33e.tumblr.com/
hot ladies on bikes, nuff said
Drug testing protects the teams at the top and holds back the less cashed up teams starting out.
They need to take a look at the ANDRA regulations and introduce a "Top Fuelers" or unrestricted class.
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/...115-2cqbz.html
the cheatingest cheat in the history of cheating fesses up
:'(
good thing he never road a giant ey
there would have been no need for drugs if he had done
in non-cheating news, luke durbridge does the double for the first time in 'strayan professional road racing history, with a 20k solo win in the national road race
http://www.cyclingtips.com.au/2013/0...-2013-results/
would love to see him get a shot at the classics, he is a monster in the TT
maybe the Olympics :(Quote:
Originally Posted by q-money
wat
thought about watching the interview, but then thought **** it, the turd isn't worth it.
if only i had seen this earlier...
http://cdn0.theroar.com.au/wp-conten...nking_game.png
I haven't seen it, but the wife has been texting updates, apparently he has admitted to doping up until 2005. So thats all of his Tour titles covered. Clean in the comeback.
He has admitted to bullying the peleton, etc.
I'll sit down tonight and watch with a few beers and some EPO.
I'm pretty sure he lied through the whole interview, which now means I'm not sure if Lance Armstrong ever existed.
flicked over just as he was refusing to answer whether he lied under oath in testimony taken in the insurance case.
pretty ****ing clear you did you dick.
100,000 expected for the tour down under prologue tonight, is on nine (wtf?) at 10.30
Meh he still had to ride the tour... Yeah disappointed but that was the sport... Now with the bio passport getting harder for it to exist(until a wonder dope type) admitted to epo, blood transfusion and testosterone..
sometimes you get sportsmen who you hate because they are cheats on field or whatever but they can actually be decent blokes off the field. This guy just seems like an absolute **** of a human though, as bad as hutcho
Same bloke though did make up for his lies and deceit and behaviour by raising millions and millions of dollars for Cancer sufferers and also inspiring many Cancer patients to believe they could beat the disease.
All that has happened here is they have destroyed a possible beacon of hope for cancer patients and denied the Cancer research community a pile of funds because of the influence the Lance Armstrong myth had.
It's not like the 7 TDF's are now going to a deserving johnny cyclist who has peddled hard and played a fair game and stayed off the drugs because the blokes he beat were also done for EPO since these TDF' wins.
I am actually Sickened by this whole incident. The Lance Armstrong myth had a positive effect on the world and so many non believers have tried ever so hard to destroy it using whatever means possible and years and years of persecution to bring it down.
It is like telling some 4 year old kid the truth about Santa just to be a ****. It doesn't achieve anything positive and not saying anything allows the dreams and fantasy that is Xmas for kids be that little bit more magical. All these pricks have done is destroyed some of the hope cancer patients could look to whilst under going treatment and look at Lance Armstrong and stay positive b3elieve they could overcome conquer and achieve.
Is that such a bad thing??
lance armstrong destroyed the lance armstrong myth, no-one else
it's not persecution if you're guilty, and he is guilty as sin
anyway, **** him, old news
cancer patients are better off putting their hope in the amazing scientists working on curing the disease, not some ****ing bloke who cheated while riding a bike
if you want a hero, look at jens voigt - 41 and on the attack on the first lap of the crit on sunday, deadset flogging himself into the ground for your enjoyment
the lance armstrong myth extended in to Livestrong,a foundation set up to promote "awareness".
like his career, livestrong is a complete fabrication built on falsehood, spin and a dodgy idol. for the love of god, they don't even give money to research anymore.
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor....html?page=all
i wonder how many cancer sufferers feel betrayed now because they did believe in armstrong. i do feel sorry for them.
not a skerrick of compassion for lance though. he brought this all on himself.
i'm still a lance fan
the guy was still the best of his generation
and there's no doubting that he has been unfairly dealt with
MFKS way wide of the mark again...Quote:
Originally Posted by belchardo
Was he?Quote:
Originally Posted by porksey
best doper? Yeah.
Best cyclist? Well he's not winning 7 TDFs without the dope so it's pretty hard to claim that
f'ing lol. dream on.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
best of his generation fmd
he didn't even race classics
TDF is the only cycling race in the world, isnt it
here's the unedited version of the interview with Oprah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SUKZD6eqgo
good to see all the guys who don't actually watch cycling or have any knowledge of cycling making their opinions known
for a lot of the greats the tour is the one race that matters. don't really think many would give a **** if they missed out on the giro etc. if they won a few tours.
what makes you think i don't watch cycling or have any knowledge of it?
regardless, i do know a cheat when masses of conclusive evidence of a continuous, planned doping regime is presented to me.
yeah he did cheat.
so did everyone else in that era. all the guys who testified against him, apparently over 20 people, only did so because they were cheats themselves and wanted a lenient punishment.
just to clarify i don't really have a problem with him being stripped of his titles, but the life time ban is pretty ****ed up considering all the other guys got 6 months. it's obvious that lance is being used as both an example and a scapegoat.
wouldnt give a toss if they let him come back to competitive sport. blokes would be lining up to watch/be his mate. All sport is a circus anyway.
he fessed up, so it took him a while. did he do anything worse than Landis or Contador? (yes he did it longer, but was it worse?). Those blokes got back in didnt they?
edit: sorry, forgot that Contador ate some bad meat, he didnt take drugs. blokes been hard done by obviously.
a ban from pro cycling would be fair enough considering he doped for 10 years, but not even being able to run in a local marathon is just a joke.
this.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
personally, i don't agree with anybody coming back from a drug ban. they knew what they were doing at the time they took the substance.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
and quite frankly, the only real punishment that lance seems to have a problem with is the lifetime ban from all WADA sanctioned competitive sports. well good, the punishment should hurt. pretty sure in his mind he still thinks he legitimately won 7 TDF.
nah you're totally right, man
the guy's life should be ruined due to committing the ultimate sin of cheating in a bike race.
to clarify, i can handle the cheating. what really gets me is the lengths he went to in his defence.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey
anyway, agree to disagree. you think he's a fallen hero who deserves a second chance cause he's sorry he can't compete in competitive events, even though he knowingly participated in and helped create a sophisticated cheating regime. i think he's a cheating dog who doesn't deserve a second chance because he knowingly participated in and helped create a sophisticated cheating regime.
i didn't say he deserves a second chance, just that the punishment is ridiculous.
who actually cares if the guy runs a marathon?
Lance was also carving it up training for the Hawaiian Ironman before being suspended by USADA
Was posting some seriously competitive times in lead up events too
to me, these arguments that he doped in cycling should have no impact on him being allowed to compete in other sports would be a bit like saying a football player banned from on competition, say the FA Cup, shouldn't be banned from playing in the A-league
which sounds fair enough until you find out the reason he's banned is because he stabbed a referee in the neck
I'm all for the lifetime ban, I'm all for stripping him of his titles and I'm all for preventing sporting's greatest fraud from being in the public eye ever again - there's no way in hell he'd have fessed up, apologised or even called off his lawyers from suing those who exposed him if he hadn't been caught
he deserves to be remembered as the biggest **** in sport, ever
I'd much rather watch the Paris Roubaix or the Tour of Flanders to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by parksey