Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

[Silent Running]

Item on the news today about the one and only Lance Armstrong. Accused of illegal drug use in a new book. The lawyers with the standard answer...never failed a drug test...

http://www.mytelus.com/sports/article.d ... ID=1638675

It will be interesting to see how this plays out over the Tour this year, especially with the critical eye being cast at other athletes, and the Tour's history of performance enhancing drug use.

[bhall]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

Actually, lawyers didn't have the standard answer of recent days. They have started to sue for libel.

http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/6275.0.html

and

http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/V4/ ... 1881.shtml

[Friar]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

The Armtrong saga is a stunning one. How can one who was so ill,win a classic race year after year? The French http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... ie%3DUTF-8 are perplexed,they can't believe it's just ttalent: they look for other answers. Lance should expect to be looked at. He should have all bases covered.

[bhall]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

He's also got a new sponsor for "his" team, replacing Postal for next year. Just announced today. See cyclingnews.com. Will be interesting if the libel case goes anywhere.

[MJD]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

How can one who was so ill,win a
>a classic race year after year? The French are perplexed,they can't believe
>it's just ttalent: they look for other answers. Lance should expect to be
>looked at. He should have all bases covered.

What I guess the "French" don't understand is that he never would have won if he wouldn't have gotten ill.

[Kurt Francis]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

The frogs are just jealous that their drugs aren't as good as ours

Kurt

[RMc]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

>He's also got a new sponsor for "his" team, replacing Postal for next year.
>Just announced today. See cyclingnews.com. Will be interesting if the libel
>case goes anywhere.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id= ... jun15news3

US Postal successor unveiled

Discovery Communications confirmed Tuesday a three year deal to become the title sponsor of the current U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, headed by five-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

(Maybe we'll get to see the Tour on TV here now)

[MJD]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

(Maybe we'll get to see the Tour on TV here now)

I thought that the US got OLN? They cover hours and hours of it. I can't wait. No way Discovery can improve on the coverage.

[Pego]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

<I thought that the US got OLN?>

That's correct. They also cover Giro d'Italia.

[MJD]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

><I thought that the US got OLN?>

That's correct. They also cover Giro
>d'Italia.

Then the coverage can't get anything but worse if Discovery takes it over.

[kuha]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

"if you eliminate the drug cheaters, america wins. see lance armstrong."--paulie

OK--I'm guilty of pulling an MJD--trolling through the old posts for quotable quotes. I stumbled on the above, from the late and little-lamented paulie, that struck me as at least mildly amusing...

[doping avocate]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

"Telus" , from your link has enough legal problems without pointing fingers at a great American athlete. Why won't Telus detail the " creative accounting " it used in its 2002 share holder
year end?

[RMc]

Re: Wheels off the Armstrong bus?

>
(Maybe we'll get to see the Tour on TV here now)

I thought that the US got
>OLN? They cover hours and hours of it. I can't wait. No way Discovery can
>improve on the coverage.

OLN is not widely carried on cable (e.g., not in bike-mad Davis CA), whereas Discovery is on many more systems.