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Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« on: 08 September, 2008, 08:01:29 pm »
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GruB

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #1 on: 08 September, 2008, 09:40:09 pm »
Wow.  I'm  a bit gobsmacked as I didn't think he would come back.
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nic

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #2 on: 08 September, 2008, 09:40:34 pm »
is it 1st of Apri?  ???
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rogerzilla

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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #3 on: 08 September, 2008, 09:42:48 pm »
Sounds unlikely.  He's out of training (he's looked porky normal in recent photos), very old (although not quite Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle old, I suppose) and his reputation is at stake if he doesn't win the TdF.
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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #4 on: 08 September, 2008, 09:48:58 pm »
Astana?

You'd think anybody anybody with any credibility left would run a mile if approached by this team. But again and again, no.

WTF?
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francisbarton

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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #5 on: 08 September, 2008, 11:26:44 pm »
Radio 5 have just reported this too. Weird.
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padbeat

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #6 on: 08 September, 2008, 11:52:21 pm »
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GruB

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #7 on: 09 September, 2008, 05:47:34 am »
This stinks of a publicity campaign.  As Max Clifford once said, "There is no such thing as bad publicity - it is all just publicity" or something similar.
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Jakob

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #8 on: 09 September, 2008, 06:25:51 am »
I refuse to believe that.
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PaulF

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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #9 on: 09 September, 2008, 06:45:41 am »
It was also a headline on Bloomberg News last night
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JT

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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #10 on: 09 September, 2008, 07:33:53 am »
According to the BBC, USADA have confirmed that Armstrong has been added to the list of athletes to be tested out of competition.
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Polar Bear

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #11 on: 09 September, 2008, 07:48:25 am »
Apparently just been denied on Radio 5 in a statement issued by Astana.
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Nick H.

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #12 on: 09 September, 2008, 08:34:16 am »
What a puzzle.

I think this site first broke the 'story' www.sportsplodder.com/   Doesn't look like a reputable source, does it? Then these people VelocityNation | New York Bike Racing ran it, saying they had an anonymous source. Then Velonews goes with it. Then the mainstream media copy it from Velonews.

If it's all going to be confirmed in Vanity Fair it would have to be written ages before publication - they have a lead time of a couple of months, don't they? So I don't see why Lance would use that sort of magazine to break the story - it's bound to leak. I would have thought he would break it on TV.

Anyway, why on earth would Lance want to cross swords with the French dope testers now that his old EPO samples have come to light?

Having said all that the story has been all over the US media for a day, and Lance hasn't denied it.
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alchemy

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #13 on: 09 September, 2008, 11:06:27 am »
According to Cyclingnews:

"Armstrong is reportedly returning to the peloton to undertake a limited racing schedule for 2009"

That's what he did from 1999 to 2005  ::-)

But I think the whole things a beat up anyway
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Jethro

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #14 on: 09 September, 2008, 11:18:54 am »
Maybe he could be persuaded to ride the LEL instead!
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Frenchie

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #15 on: 09 September, 2008, 02:27:43 pm »
This claim is disputed everywhere else M. Pumpe'!

This is a publicity stunt for a feature due to appear in Vanity Fair it seems!!  ;D
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Frenchie

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #16 on: 09 September, 2008, 02:29:58 pm »
Quote from: alchemy on 09 September, 2008, 11:06:27 am
According to Cyclingnews:

"Armstrong is reportedly returning to the peloton to undertake a limited racing schedule for 2009"

That's what he did from 1999 to 2005  ::-)

Indeed!
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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #17 on: 09 September, 2008, 06:11:27 pm »
Quote from: Frenchie on 09 September, 2008, 02:27:43 pm
This claim is disputed everywhere else M. Pumpe'!

The link I gave you was the first report of it.  All the refutations are as a result of this article.

Keep up, Frenchie  ::-)


 ;D ;D
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gonzo

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #18 on: 09 September, 2008, 06:12:31 pm »
I reckon that he's just idolising Cipo a little too much!
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Nick H.

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #19 on: 09 September, 2008, 06:44:56 pm »
Quote from: Monsieur Pumpé on 09 September, 2008, 06:11:27 pm
Quote from: Frenchie on 09 September, 2008, 02:27:43 pm
This claim is disputed everywhere else M. Pumpe'!

The link I gave you was the first report of it.  All the refutations are as a result of this article.


Sorry old fruit, you're a bit slow off the mark. Somebody at bikeradar saw it at velocitynation and sportsplodder FIVE DAYS before Velonews ran it. Comeback Lance To Sign For Astana? | Race | Road | Forums - BikeRadar

Do keep up!  ::-)
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teethgrinder

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #20 on: 09 September, 2008, 07:15:25 pm »
Quote from: Jethro on 09 September, 2008, 11:18:54 am
Maybe he could be persuaded to ride the LEL instead!

I'd be interested to see what he could do in a 24 hour TT.
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andygates

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Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #21 on: 09 September, 2008, 09:52:52 pm »
Well, it's been confirmed that he's riding for someone, at least, on the Beeb. 

Lance-haters, please form an orderly queue.   ::-)
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bikenerd

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #22 on: 09 September, 2008, 09:55:02 pm »
Quote from: andygates on 09 September, 2008, 09:52:52 pm
Lance-haters, please form an orderly queue.   ::-)
Behind all of France.  :demon:
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Nick H.

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #23 on: 09 September, 2008, 09:57:17 pm »
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GruB

Re: Lance Armstrong to ride for Astana
« Reply #24 on: 09 September, 2008, 09:59:46 pm »
Open the floodgates  ;D
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