'Enough is Enough' - Lance Armstrong

Slo_Rida · 21-05-2013 03:51PM

Lumen wrote: »

Not as amusing as the taint-tickling, but did this get posted yet?

From the usually reliable source of quality journalism...

Disgraced Lance Armstrong sells Texas home where he taped confessional Oprah interview for 'at least $3.1M' as he faces huge legal bills
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2307291/Lance-Armstrong-sells-Texas-estate-faces-huge-legal-bills.html

That was taped in a hotel or am I missing something?

dave2pvd · 21-05-2013 06:34PM

No

Lumen wrote: »

"Armstrong’s new pad boasts five bedrooms and 6.5 baths, according to Redfin"

Ha! Good luck filling your half-bath Lance!

sigh....you Irish :rolleyes:

Bunnyhopper · 25-05-2013 10:14PM

Classy as ever…

https://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/338034504574857216

letape · 25-05-2013 10:47PM

No

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

Classy as ever…

https://twitter.com/lancearmstrong/status/338034504574857216

Not quite - he is comparing the media coverage of both...

AstraMonti · 27-05-2013 07:16PM

No

http://www.mobli.com/media/show/id/66386278

I am really surprised people are still supporting him

Hermy · 28-06-2013 09:28AM

No

Not everyone supports him...

from cyclingnews.com

Armstrong not invited to ASO Tour de France function in Paris

Every living man who has finished the Tour de France has been invited to attend a function by the ASO in Paris on July 21, with the exception of Lance Armstrong.

Leroy42 · 28-06-2013 10:48AM

Has Virenque been asked to attend, what about Riis? Lose lose situation for the TdF as if they invite him and he goes (he finished in 1995 so qualifies) it's a PR disaster, but his is clearly not even remotely fair (not that am too worried about it and doubt LA would have gone either).

RobFowl · 28-06-2013 10:56AM

No

Leroy42 wrote: »

Has Virenque been asked to attend, what about Riis? Lose lose situation for the TdF as if they invite him and he goes (he finished in 1995 so qualifies) it's a PR disaster, but his is clearly not even remotely fair (not that am too worried about it and doubt LA would have gone either).

Riis
Virenque
Hinault
Jalabert
Ullrich
Boogard
Rasmussen
Hamilton
Landis
Sevilla
Rooks
Theunisse
Contador
Bruyneel
Where do we stop???

Hermy · 28-06-2013 11:02AM

No

RobFowl wrote: »

Where do we stop???

That's the problem, isn't it?

ktz84 · 28-06-2013 11:10AM

No

RobFowl wrote: »

Riis
Virenque
Hinault
Jalabert
Ullrich
Boogard
Rasmussen
Hamilton
Landis
Sevilla
Rooks
Theunisse
Contador
Bruyneel
Where do we stop???

I think they justify it by saying that he never won as his titles were removed from him. Something that wasn't applied to others who have admitted their guilt or were found to have doped. It's not a process I agree with.

Beasty · 28-06-2013 11:26AM

No

ktz84 wrote: »

I think they justify it by saying that he never won as his titles were removed from him. Something that wasn't applied to others who have admitted their guilt or were found to have doped. It's not a process I agree with.

The invitation is to all the living finishers of the Tour. I thought he finished it in 1995 (ie outside of the years when his results were "voided")

ktz84 · 28-06-2013 11:31AM

No

Beasty wrote: »

The invitation is to all the living finishers of the Tour. I thought he finished it in 1995 (ie outside of the years when his results were "voided")

Oh yeah there is that little important word "finishers"

I would have invited him in either case as odious as he was in his dealings with anyone that dare question him.

robs1 · 28-06-2013 12:07PM

By excluding him they are just proving that there heads are still buried in the sand. if they blame all the mistakes of the past on one man its easier to try sweep under the carpet. what about the guys who finished the tours but were doping. its either ask them all or don't have the event at all because trying to refuse the cheats would turn the event into a joke

el tel · 28-06-2013 12:27PM

No

Are any of the invited cheats still be serving a ban like LA is? If not, specifically excluding him is hypocritical.

Leroy42 · 28-06-2013 12:44PM

I see LA has given an interview to La Monde, in which he states;

The former seven-times Tour winner stated that the "reasoned decision" by which the US Anti-Doping Agency addressed his doping years "did not draw a true picture of cycling from the end of the 1980s to the present day. It succeeded perfectly in destroying one man's life, but didn't benefit cycling at all."

Then he goes on to say

Asked what his daily life consists of since his fall from grace, Armstrong said: "I get up, I drink coffee, I read the paper, I have breakfast, I go out on my bike and train. I come home, I have lunch with the kids, then I spend the rest of the day in meetings, playing golf or in the park with the kids. And about 5pm, I open a nice cold beer and I think."

Doesn't seem to bad to be honest. If that is what a destoyed life is I'll take it:P

dogsears · 28-06-2013 01:40PM

No

robs1 wrote: »

By excluding him they are just proving that there heads are still buried in the sand. if they blame all the mistakes of the past on one man its easier to try sweep under the carpet. what about the guys who finished the tours but were doping. its either ask them all or don't have the event at all because trying to refuse the cheats would turn the event into a joke

And it plays right into his apparent PR strategy i.e. I was wrong and I've admitted it (respect me), everyone was doing it and I didn't start it (someone else was in control) but I'm being singled out unfairly (pity me) by "them" (I'm the victim here).

Its a strategy I think it probably gaining quite a lot of traction by this stage.

robs1 · 28-06-2013 01:58PM

dogsears wrote: »

And it plays right into his apparent PR strategy i.e. I was wrong and I've admitted it (respect me), everyone was doing it and I didn't start it (someone else was in control) but I'm being singled out unfairly (pity me) by "them" (I'm the victim here).

Its a strategy I think it probably gaining quite a lot of traction by this

Fair point but look at all the other names that are invited. surely questions should be asked about celebrating there "achievements".

Hermy · 28-06-2013 09:34PM

No

Leroy42 wrote: »

Doesn't seem to bad to be honest. If that is what a destoyed life is I'll take it:P

One can only wonder how much better off he'd be if he hadn't doped...

ednwireland · 28-06-2013 10:13PM

Armstrong: “It was impossible to win Tour de France without doping”

Still considers himself the winner from 1999 to 2005

“It was impossible to win the Tour de France in my time without doping,” Lance Armstrong told French newspaper Le Monde in an interview which will be published in its entirety tomorrow. Excerpts have been sent to the media but Cyclingnews had the opportunity to read the full interview with the seven-time Tour de France winner who was stripped of all his titles.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstrong-it-was-impossible-to-win-tour-de-france-without-doping

sooo armstrong only doped to keep up with all the people doping to keep up with him, i see a problem here.

boege · 28-06-2013 10:24PM

dogsears wrote: »

And it plays right into his apparent PR strategy i.e. I was wrong and I've admitted it (respect me), everyone was doing it and I didn't start it (someone else was in control) but I'm being singled out unfairly (pity me) by "them" (I'm the victim here).

Its a strategy I think it probably gaining quite a lot of traction by this stage.

Is a fashionable excuse:

http://news.sky.com/story/1106942/tour-de-france-winner-ullrich-admits-doping

Hermy · 28-06-2013 10:30PM

No

Armstrong: “It was impossible to win Tour de France without doping”

A ridiculous statement. Surely it's only possible to win without doping?

Mugser · 27-07-2013 01:09PM

No

And now they're going to make a movie :rolleyes::rolleyes:
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0727/464939-lance-armstrong-biopic-in-the-works/

Captain Havoc · 27-07-2013 01:30PM

Mugser wrote: »

And now they're going to make a movie :rolleyes::rolleyes:
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0727/464939-lance-armstrong-biopic-in-the-works/

I hope they make enough to cover the lawsuits.

dogsears · 27-07-2013 02:25PM

No

Mugser wrote: »

And now they're going to make a movie :rolleyes::rolleyes:
http://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/0727/464939-lance-armstrong-biopic-in-the-works/

Not just one :eek::

http://austinist.com/2013/07/26/there_are_now_three_lance_armstrong.php

aloyisious · 01-08-2013 02:56PM

No

Now Jan Ullrich has his say. From today's online Irish Times "breaking news" section, http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/armstrong-deserves-his-yellow-jerseys-argues-ullrich-1.1481880

Jan Ullrich believes Lance Armstrong should still be regarded as a seven-time Tour de France champion and that the results should not have been removed from the record books.

Hermy · 01-08-2013 03:12PM

No

None of them won the Tour de France. They took banned PED's and in doing so disqualified themselves from the race. Discussion over in my humble...

petethedrummer · 01-08-2013 03:16PM

No

I think they should put names in a hat and pick out the winner.

aloyisious · 01-08-2013 05:22PM

No

Sorry, Beasty, I keep forgetting that rule:eek:

Chips Lovell · 01-08-2013 05:26PM

No

petethedrummer wrote: »

I think they should put names in a hat and pick out the winner.

I think it would be more entertaining if they made them do the races again.

petethedrummer · 01-08-2013 05:56PM

No

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

I think it would be more entertaining if they made them do the races again.

A vets league for the EPO era you say? definite money maker.

'Enough is Enough' - Lance Armstrong

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