The way things look now, he could have won nine in a row without too much trouble. Imagine that...:eek:
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Armstrong retired too early?
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Bikeridindude said:
The way things look now, he could have won nine in a row without too much trouble. Imagine that...:eek:
I think if he was able to stay healthy he could have won as many as he wanted, but I dissagree that he retired to early. If he was still racing he would be in the middle of a doping nightmare that he would not be able to get out of anymore.
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Indeed, apparently he got away in the nick of time...
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Powerful Pete said:
Indeed, apparently he got away in the nick of time...
Pete, of course you meant "got out". Got away implies guilt.
Freudian slip? 😄 -
LA need to go away, very far away to stay "clean", some bombs are coming...
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Powerful Pete said:
Indeed, apparently he got away in the nick of time...
“If you consider my situation: a guy who comes back from arguably, you know, a death sentence, why would I then enter into a sport and dope myself up and risk my life again? That's crazy. I would never do that. No. No way.”
“I'm sorry for you, ... I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles.”
“As far as the negative stuff goes, all I can say is thank God we're tested. When baseball players were charged with using steroids, what was their defense? Nothing.”
“The testers could roll up here right this minute. They knocked on my door in Austin last week. In a way it's the ultimate in Big Brother, having to declare where you are 365 days a year so they can find you and test you. But those tests are my best defense.”
“Now, that brings us to 2001. Is there an EPO test? Absolutely. Will he pass every test because he does not take EPO? Yes he will.”
“Was Lance Armstrong's team put under investigation and their urine from the 2000 Tour - where there was no EPO control - was it tested for EPO? Yes it was. Was it clean? Absolutely.”
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jhuskey said:
Pete, of course you meant "got out". Got away implies guilt.
Freudian slip? 😄Not a slip at all, my friend. 🙂
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Powerful Pete said:
Not a slip at all, my friend. 🙂
Sort of makes you wonder - did he see this coming? With that many pro riders going to the same doctor, he had to have known about both the method and the volume of riders using Fuentes.
LA got out at the perfect time - for him, anyway.
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JohnO said:
Sort of makes you wonder - did he see this coming? With that many pro riders going to the same doctor, he had to have known about both the method and the volume of riders using Fuentes.
LA got out at the perfect time - for him, anyway.
The underwriters run the show. Armstrong brought in all his money for the Tour-specific ASO/UCI doping exemption help. His financial powers began to ebb when Hein Verbruggen jumped to IOC and the ProTour concept got organized.
I see the ProTour versus ASO/TDF as another MLB/players Union strike.
The non-TDF promoters want a better TV revenue split share and the ASO won't give up enough.
So now we have a food fight----doping dislcosures targeted to motivate ASO to crack.
If hockey and MLB can forfeit an entire season----so too can cycling. As bizarre as it seems----cycling is more disorganized than hockey or baseball, so anything is possible.
It may get much worse.
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