This Month's Armstrong Story

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:02 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_s ... 605378.stm

In an effort to stop Will digging himself an even bigger hole - how about this for a change of subject? Actually, maybe the most interesting aspect is the link itself; "other_sports/cycling".......

Anyway, the story itself sounds like 2+2=5 if you ask me. But what does everybody else think?

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:07 am

There is (was?) a good download of the Leadville race online somewhere a few weeks ago.

I think Bruyneel has moved on - he sees 'bert Contador as the future and whatever loyalty he feels towards LA I can't see him jeopardising the future simply so that LA can have 'one last hurrah'

Unless LA has him over a barrel by threatening to 'spill the beans' of course

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 11:28 am

Leadvillle 100

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rtxh3_W ... re=related

Awesome.

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 2:27 pm

Armstrong does MTB'ing ? :S

And why are they walking on one part? It cant be too hard for him surely?

paulM · Post by **paulM** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:55 pm

Looks pretty hard to me Will - off road at 12000 ft!

willhub · Post by **willhub** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:35 pm

paulM wrote:Looks pretty hard to me Will - off road at 12000 ft!

Yea but still he aint just an average cyclist is he, he's a pro I'd have thought he could do it.

MichaelCarter · Post by **MichaelCarter** » Tue Sep 09, 2008 10:41 pm

"Anyway, the story itself sounds like 2+2=5 if you ask me. But what does everybody else think?"

"YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!" (I'm a fan by the way!)

(and although still listed under Other Sports it made it on to the BBC homepage!)

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 8:07 am

Blimey it's true!!!

We'll just have to see what team arangements he's got lined up. From reading his books I can't imagine he's going to be prepared to just bimble round in the bunch to raise his profile/cancer agenda so can he really expect to compete?

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:02 am

**** me. I was convinced it was rubbish.

AndrewM · Post by **AndrewM** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:12 am

As all of his former domestiques, bar Hincapie, Azevedo & Ekimov, have subsequently tested positive, it'll be interesting to see who he recruits.

Hopefully he won't be in with Rock Racing, though.

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:14 am

From Cyclingnews.com:

"Armstrong has said that he will compete in a completely transparent manner, undergoing regular anti-doping tests and releasing the results for scrutiny. McQuaid thinks this is a good idea. "He'll probably never shut up the no-gooders but it might give him the opportunity to prove he can do it clean."

The news only became official on Tuesday but McQuaid said that the planning had been going on before that. "His management contacted the UCI three or four months ago to request that he be put into the [testing] system. He's already been on it a couple of months so if he starts racing in February, he'll be in the system for the required six months.

"We really believe that the biological passport system is the way forward and if he came into that system and did the same [winning the Tour], it would show he is an incredible athlete." "

Good for him.

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:35 am

"We really believe that the biological passport system is the way forward and if he came into that system and did the same [winning the Tour], it would show he is an incredible athlete."

Does Pat mean to imply that when he won before he wasn't clean

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:42 pm

The Vanity Fair artice

paulM · Post by **paulM** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:22 pm

Perhaps Lance is/was clean - its just that the rest of the team had to be on a cupboard full off stuff to keep up!