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'Enough is Enough' - Lance Armstrong

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Armstrong Drops Fight Against Doping Charges

“There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is enough,’ ” Armstrong said in a statement.

“The toll this has taken on my family, and my work for our foundation and on me leads me to where I am today — finished with this nonsense.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/24/sports/cycling/lance-armstrong-ends-fight-against-doping-charges-losing-his-7-tour-de-france-titles.html

Lance's decision means he will be stripped of his seven Tour titles, the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympics and all other titles, awards and money he won from August 1998 on.

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12 sprocket

fran oconnor wrote: »

Bans for life to cheating scum cycling, or anybody that has been found to helped other cheat. The whole sport needs to be cleaned from top to bottom.

Ah Fran surely your not saying that the cat 4 s are charging?

MPFG

Scott Mercier .....spot on

http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,16315_8189433,00.html

Wicklowrider

Bikeradar - it gets worse

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/report-armstrongs-influence-extends-beyond-sport-35601/

Dermot Illogical

Wicklowrider wrote: »

Bikeradar - it gets worse

http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/report-armstrongs-influence-extends-beyond-sport-35601/

A Trek for Sarko? A fiver says it was a resprayed Islabike.

fat bloke

That Scott Mercer guy just on off the ball now.

MPFG

fat bloke wrote: »

That Scott Mercer guy just on off the ball now.

Have you a link to this off the ball please

fat bloke

emmm..

I'm using one of these. :pac:

MPFG

fat bloke wrote: »

emmm..

I'm using one of these. :pac:

What station then !!!
Are you in the secret service by any chance ?
You are not very forthcoming with information

Dermot Illogical

MPFG wrote: »

What station then !!!
Are you in the secret service by any chance ?
You are not very forthcoming with information

Off the ball is on Newstalk

ThisRegard

Off the ball, Newstalk.

They'll probably have it on their twitter or facebook later, if not it will be on their site tomorrow.

fat bloke

MPFG wrote: »

What station then !!!
Are you in the secret service by any chance ?
You are not very forthcoming with information

Sorry man, thought everyone knew off the ball was on Newstalk 106.

This message will self-destruct in 5....4....3.....2....

MPFG

fat bloke wrote: »

Sorry man, thought everyone knew off the ball was on Newstalk 106.

This message will self-destruct in 5....4....3.....2....

Thanks ... & I am not man (TbtG) ..I am the other kind !!

fat bloke

MPFG wrote: »

Thanks ... & I am not man (TbtG) ..I am the other kind !!

I think we should see other people.

MPFG

Meanwhile back at the ranch ......For all those who think this is about wining cycling races

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39997062/

Waitsian

MPFG wrote: »

Meanwhile back at the ranch ......For all those who think this is about wining cycling races

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/39997062/

That's one very powerful, thought provoking piece.

jinkypolly

Unbelievable from McQuaid, but Tygert gives him both barrels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/23/lance-armstrong-appeal-usada-uci

greenmat

People are still voting NO in the poll

Diarmuid

jinkypolly wrote: »

Unbelievable from McQuaid, but Tygert gives him both barrels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/23/lance-armstrong-appeal-usada-uci

Pat McQuaid and the UCI should hang their heads in shame. If they had any left.

MPFG

jinkypolly wrote: »

Unbelievable from McQuaid, but Tygert gives him both barrels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/23/lance-armstrong-appeal-usada-uci

How many faces has Pat McQuiad got ???

One thing for sure .....while he was preaching poverty yesterday as an excuse as to why the UCI couldn't investigate the Armstronng case further in the past and why the UCI cannot do more he certainly has enough money to be constantly sueing people ..... PLus he could have used police and law enforcement from individual countries to help investiage doping if he had reasonable doubt it was happening in that countries race ...like the French Gendarmes

He reminds me of when I worked for the DH and visited NHS clinics and staff complained constantly if required to improve or be efficient as if the NHS was there for their benefit and not that of the patients/tax payers

Guybrush T

happytramp wrote: »

^^^^^Spam. Don't click.

Too late I've ordered six costumi sexy de Halloween

fat bloke

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/10/i_hate_lance_armstrong.php

I enjoyed this. It's pretty unequivocal that's for sure.

MPFG

I like this one

Lord Mayor of Adelaide says Lance Armstrong can keep keys to the city: "To be honest, they don't open anything anyway."

petethedrummer

JOEY BARTON!!!
http://www.joeybarton.com/armstrong-the-fall-of-an-iconic-sporting-superstar/

While I don't agree with his conclusion, it's well written and he shines the light on his own sport.

Anyway, I hope all this nonsense isn't distracting him from his most important mission... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3894590/.html

wonderfullife

fat bloke wrote: »

http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/10/i_hate_lance_armstrong.php

I enjoyed this. It's pretty unequivocal that's for sure.

good read and LOVED this line:

"Please don't mention the cancer charity again. What a travesty. You know what? Next time a celebrity comes out against cancer, I want somebody to do a story about celebrities who are in favor of cancer. It's like taking a stand against death. So ****ing what?"

wonderfullife

petethedrummer wrote: »

JOEY BARTON!!!
http://www.joeybarton.com/armstrong-the-fall-of-an-iconic-sporting-superstar/

While I don't agree with his conclusion, it's well written and he shines the light on his own sport.

Anyway, I hope all this nonsense isn't distracting him from his most important mission... http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/3894590/.html

i actually genuinely believe Joey has a brain and can use it but then is there much point being so eloquent when he goes and does something insane AGAIN (only last week he's involved in roughly an attack on a fellow player during a training match). Great footballer, decent writer, still a fruitcake. Anybody who stubs a lit cigar out in someones eye, drunk or sober, is a fruitcake even if they write as good as shakespeare.

wonderfullife

jinkypolly wrote: »

Unbelievable from McQuaid, but Tygert gives him both barrels.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/oct/23/lance-armstrong-appeal-usada-uci

i am actually stunned and fuming. I can't believe the sneaky, duplicitous, manipulative nature of the UCI statement on their website. It's an absolute joke and McQuaid has to go. Simple as that. Tygart is a legend. There's only one thing left for it for me right now and that's getting out every penny i have spare and it's going straight to Kimmage to help load that plane full of witnesses.

Those jokers at the UCI obviously feel they are untouchable. Can't wait for this to come crumbling down on them.

wonderfullife

Even this quote on the UCI site STINKS:

"The UCI tested Tyler Hamilton 40 times and found him positive. It tested Floyd Landis 46 times and found him positive as the winner of the Tour de France. The list of riders that it has found positive does not end there.

The UCI has tested Lance Armstrong 218 times. If Lance Armstrong was able to beat the system then the responsibility for addressing that rests not only with the UCI but also with WADA and all of the other anti-doping agencies who accepted the results."

First of all that's 86 tests combined for Tyler and Floyd when both have admitted doping the whole time and they caught them once each out of 86 tests. Yeah the testing clearly worked. Then they are still implying doubt with Lance and shove in a little proviso - "well yeah he may have did it but it wasn't our fault".

12 sprocket

wonderfullife wrote: »

Even this quote on the UCI site STINKS:

"The UCI tested Tyler Hamilton 40 times and found him positive. It tested Floyd Landis 46 times and found him positive as the winner of the Tour de France. The list of riders that it has found positive does not end there.

The UCI has tested Lance Armstrong 218 times. If Lance Armstrong was able to beat the system then the responsibility for addressing that rests not only with the UCI but also with WADA and all of the other anti-doping agencies who accepted the results."

First of all that's 86 tests combined for Tyler and Floyd when both have admitted doping the whole time and they caught them once each out of 86 tests. Yeah the testing clearly worked. Then they are still implying doubt with Lance and shove in a little proviso - "well yeah he may have did it but it wasn't our fault".

wonderful life, you say "yeah the testing clearly worked," and I have to presume thats sarcasm or whimsy whatever its called.. however it clearly didnt work as well as the avoidance systems that teams and riders had in place.

And I notice now that this scandal is being called the worse doping case in the history of sport. Who knows whether it is or not? and whats going on in other sports at this very time. Doping by its very nature is mainly underground and sadly the facts suggests that there is a lot of people in many areas of life willing to facilitate doping. Remember Balco

I notice on the nutrition forum on boards.ie that the amount of interest in the supplement thread is huge compared to other threads, so is that telling us something about the human race in general and that there are always people looking for the piece of magic or shortcuts.

MrCreosote

I see Miguel Indurain is coming out to bat for Armstrong.

Such a pity- he should have done what he normally does, and keep his mouth shut. Disappointing from a rider who never had a whiff of doping scandal, apart from a salbutamol positive and dominating the sport for years when EPO use was rampant and undetectable.

brandon_flowers

Very disappointing from Indurain. Most of the multiple "winners" of the Tour are now disgraced, what does that say to other sports fans watching or even sponsors.

And I thought the fanboys were bad a few weeks ago but these Armstrong fans are like Branch Davidians in their loyalty, then again Waco is not that far from Austin.