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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1150 on: 03 November, 2012, 03:54:55 pm »
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/lancearmstrong/9652121/World-Anti-Doping-Agency-criticises-UCIs-failure-to-investigate-Lance-Armstrong-drugs-allegations.html

This is encouraging.

Also, WADA aren't appealing the USADA rulings on Armstrong, nor the reduced suspensions for those who testified, which removes another straw that Armstrong's remaining supporters had been clutching at.  ;D

Of course, WADA and the UCI haven't seen eye-to-eye before, not least during Dick Pound's tenure as WADA head honcho.
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1151 on: 03 November, 2012, 04:23:49 pm »


A giggletude inviting mass piss-taking. Mrs S and I were watching a <cough>video</cough> when we both spotted that one of the participants was wearing a Livestrong bracelet. We both despise The Nutter. 5 minutes of so much laughing we forgot about the naughty stuff. That man has a lot to answer for.
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1153 on: 04 November, 2012, 10:50:52 am »
Was he wearing it on his wrist ?

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Re: Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1154 on: 04 November, 2012, 12:03:08 pm »
Was he wearing it on his wrist ?
If not, that's some girth.
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1155 on: 04 November, 2012, 12:06:19 pm »
http://www.euronews.com/2012/11/04/lance-armstrong-is-burnt-in-effigy-on-bonfire-night/

Build a bonfire, Build a bonfire, Put Lance Armstrong on the top, Put the UCI at the bottom and burn the f***ing lot

 ;D


Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1157 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:44:03 pm »
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/skins-launch-dollar-2-million-law-suit-against-uci-over-handling-of-anti-doping-fight

Bring it on boys and girls....

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When it decided to invest in cycling not only as a sponsor but also in extending its product range through massive investments in R&D, SKINS was under the illusion that professional cycling had been fundamentally reformed to contain doping and to minimise the risks of scandals with which the brand of any sponsor could be associated,

Seriously?  ;D

As the Inner Ring says, "... surely they didn’t do their homework or, in corporate-speak, due diligence. A cursory glance at L’Equipe or cyclingnews.com would have told them about the ongoing problems."
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1158 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:52:31 pm »
Chancers  ::-)

Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1159 on: 04 November, 2012, 09:54:56 pm »
It's all fuel to the fire though.

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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1160 on: 04 November, 2012, 10:16:02 pm »
Maybe less about the money, and more about effecting regime change, dear....
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1161 on: 04 November, 2012, 10:35:09 pm »
Regime change is needed if we're not to have another Armstrong.
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1162 on: 05 November, 2012, 03:13:29 pm »

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Bye Lance
« Reply #1163 on: 05 November, 2012, 07:15:07 pm »
This is lovely...

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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1164 on: 05 November, 2012, 08:21:48 pm »
There was something on iTele news tonight about Bjarne Riis but I didn't catch it (being half asleep) so I can't say if it was new or old developments. Nothing around elsewhere that I can see!

Jakob

Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1165 on: 05 November, 2012, 09:02:24 pm »
There was something on iTele news tonight about Bjarne Riis but I didn't catch it (being half asleep) so I can't say if it was new or old developments. Nothing around elsewhere that I can see!

Catching up on the Danish news, it's related to the Danish translation of Hamiltons book. Hamilton has also been on (Danish) TV, throwing a lot of mud in Riis' direction.

What's more interesting, is the story that Vinokourov bought his victory in Liège-Bastogne-Liège  in 2010, by paying Kolobnev 150.000 Euros to let him win.
http://politiken.dk/sport/cykling/ECE1803125/ol-guldvinder-afhoeres-om-paastaaet-millionsvindel/

Apparently there's an incriminating email from Kolobnev, which he refutes to ever have sent...

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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1166 on: 05 November, 2012, 11:53:26 pm »
Amgen - cycle race promoter and manufacturer of EPO faces $780 MILLION fines

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/armstrongs-fraud-paralleled-epo-makers-feud

Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1167 on: 06 November, 2012, 12:15:35 am »
Amgen - cycle race promoter and manufacturer of EPO faces $780 MILLION fines

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/armstrongs-fraud-paralleled-epo-makers-feud

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In late 1983, Amgen raised $40 million in an initial public offering underwritten by Smith Barney, Dean Witter and Montgomery Securities, founded by amateur cyclist Thom Weisel, who also financed the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team led by Armstrong.

Worth bringing up the flow-chart of business links again:

http://cyclismas.com/2012/06/lance-armstrongs-business-links-a-flowchart-by-dimspace/
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1168 on: 06 November, 2012, 12:23:26 am »
This is lovely...

http://sorryidoped.com/
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Dear sponsors, and creditors:

In the wake of recent events in the world of cycling, I can no longer hide my past. I admit to doping with EPO, blood transfusions, cortisone, Clenbuterol, rhinoceros horn, and PCP. I did not want to use these products but I thought everyone else was doing it. I took these products between July 1966 and November 2012.

I deeply regret, and hope that others can learn from my actions and I hope that my confession can help bring positive change to the sport that we all love so much.

I also did two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. Not that we needed all that for the trip, but once you get into locked a serious drug collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can.

Sincerely,
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1169 on: 06 November, 2012, 07:41:49 am »

I also did two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.


Ah - a normal Saturday night in the Officers' Mess, eh....     ;D
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1170 on: 06 November, 2012, 11:07:28 am »

I also did two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.


Ah - a normal Saturday night in the Officers' Mess, eh....     ;D

...or the school common room!
I'm gonna limp to the pub and drink 'til the rest of me is as numb as my arse.

Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1171 on: 06 November, 2012, 11:33:54 am »
Suddenly, there was a terrible roar all around us, and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the peleton ...
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1172 on: 06 November, 2012, 03:24:53 pm »
I'll be sad if Jens' denials are worthless.

I think Voight must have had a very good idea about how Bruyneel operated before he went to Radioshack. I cant believe he didnt have other options open to him when he signed up for radioshack.   Same goes for cancellara tbh.   Every rider knew doping existed, every rider knew bruyneels history at UPS/Discover/Astana/ etc.  I assume it was big money that swung it for them. I've always thought that signing of such fans-favourites as Voigt and Cancellara were smart moves for Radioshack whose popularity had shrunk greatly since Lance retired.


Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1173 on: 06 November, 2012, 04:08:19 pm »
Amgen - cycle race promoter and manufacturer of EPO faces $780 MILLION fines

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/armstrongs-fraud-paralleled-epo-makers-feud

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In late 1983, Amgen raised $40 million in an initial public offering underwritten by Smith Barney, Dean Witter and Montgomery Securities, founded by amateur cyclist Thom Weisel, who also financed the U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team led by Armstrong.

Worth bringing up the flow-chart of business links again:

http://cyclismas.com/2012/06/lance-armstrongs-business-links-a-flowchart-by-dimspace/
With Amgen right in the middle.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Bye Lance
« Reply #1174 on: 07 November, 2012, 01:44:41 pm »
More food for thought with a good post by the Inner Ring on ol' Edgar today - check out the Amgen advert in the comments.  ;D

http://inrng.com/2012/11/epo-the-wonder-drug/
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