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Author Topic: lance Armstrong  (Read 3105 times)

Spokes

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lance Armstrong
« on: October 11, 2012, 01:27:36 pm »
What are your opinions so far. Good or bad?

Just doing what plenty of other riders were doing or leading the pack?

Chris
« Last Edit: October 11, 2012, 01:31:58 pm by Spokes »
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Re: lance Armstrong
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2012, 04:36:52 pm »
Everyone is doing it is no good excuse.   This is in the same class as taking a taxi in the middle of a marathon then denying it made any difference after the finish because anyone else could have done it too if they hid the taxi as well as you did.  Tipping the driver a million bucks speaks to intent as well. 

Barry Bonds and his giant head don't belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame either unless it is as a horrible example.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

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Re: lance Armstrong
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2012, 01:56:44 am »
i think it makes the whole sport,riders, administration,and even the testers look very very bad...What difference does it make now?And in those 202 pages of "evidence" is there any failed tests or actual eyewitness accounts of hin "doping" Surley these are the only types of evidence that is material.."he supplied me with two vials of EPO" isnt material to Armstrong doping imho
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Re: lance Armstrong
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2012, 02:15:44 am »
Hi folks

Yeah the man has done some good things for sport and charities.
And now he has brought a lot of doubt,
 if he thinks that a banned enhancement is ok it's not
it's just another case of buying a win.

If he had stuck a motor on his bikes he would have been caught straight away
science and relationships seem to have been his downfall.

BUT if you don't like the rules of the game find or make your own if people want an ultimate fastest highest etc record with anything goes rules start your own league it might be fun.

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Re: lance Armstrong
« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2012, 05:08:48 am »
It does make for fasinateing reading and there do seem to be a lot of people who are willing to stick the knife in and say something against him. He must have either pissed of a lot of people in his time or there are a lot of people envious of what he has achieved?

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