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Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:49am

5 former team mates of Lance Armstrong have come out and accused the 7 time Tour De France winner of being a drug cheat.....Of course he is innocent until proven guilty however things do not look good for the champion cyclist!!!

When the iron curtain came down the East Germans admitted to having a State sanctioned doping program for their athletes to give them an unfair advantage.....The Americans where the only ones who could compete with the East German team and defeat their super athletes.....Ask yourself why???

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41068 Gender:	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #1 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:54am Yes, it's been well known for a very long time. A great pity really.
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Reply #2 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 8:13am

Sprintcyclist wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:54am:

Yes, it's been well known for a very long time.

A great pity really.

I thought you would have been a supporter Sprint.....If he is found guilty it will be very humiliating for him and his supporters.....Most people who support him refuse to accept he is a drug cheat despite anything that is revealed.....I cannot see him being pure and honest whilst all his accusers are corrupt and lying.....His reputation is already damaged no matter what happens now!!!

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MOTR Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 6646	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #3 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 8:22am I suspect he is guilty. Which is a tragedy for the clean cyclists who were denied an opportunity to create their own legendary status.
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Doctor Jolly Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3808	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #4 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 9:11am I will continue to believe he is innocent, until proven otherwise.
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #5 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 10:13am MOTR wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 8:22am: I suspect he is guilty. Which is a tragedy for the clean cyclists who were denied an opportunity to create their own legendary status. Clean cyclists? No such thing.
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Reply #6 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 10:49am

During lance's latter wins the officials did not attend his victory ceremonies in paris.
Nor did his competitors.

During cadels ceremoney, everyone was there. Andy/Frank Schleck who was 2nd has had his baby daughter on the podium, he handed his daughter to cadel to cuddle for a while.

lances ........ behaviour has been well known for a long time.

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Uncle Meat Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2434 Tasmania Gender:	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #7 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:00am philperth2010 wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:49am: 5 former team mates of Lance Armstrong have come out and accused the 7 time Tour De France winner of being a drug cheat..... And yet he continues to deny it. He's got balls, I'll give him that.
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... Gold Member Offline Posts: 23673 WA Gender:	Re: Lance Armstrong??? Reply #8 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:05am Uncle Meat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:00am: philperth2010 wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:49am: 5 former team mates of Lance Armstrong have come out and accused the 7 time Tour De France winner of being a drug cheat..... And yet he continues to deny it. He's got balls, I'll give him that. He's got ball. Singular.
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Reply #9 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:07am

... wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:05am:

Uncle Meat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:00am:

philperth2010 wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:49am:

5 former team mates of Lance Armstrong have come out and accused the 7 time Tour De France winner of being a drug cheat.....

And yet he continues to deny it.

He's got balls, I'll give him that.

He's got ball. Singular.

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Reply #10 - Jul 6^th, 2012 at 2:30pm

Uncle Meat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:07am:

... wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:05am:

Uncle Meat wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 11:00am:

philperth2010 wrote on Jul 6^th, 2012 at 7:49am:

5 former team mates of Lance Armstrong have come out and accused the 7 time Tour De France winner of being a drug cheat.....

And yet he continues to deny it.

He's got balls, I'll give him that.

He's got ball. Singular.

Bit more than that, it has been touted that he was the centre of supply. carried it everywhere apparently. Bit like taking those premierships off Melbourne really, they won them so it makes no difference.

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Reply #11 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 11:34am

I lived with one of the original South African anti-apartheid dissidents that fled to Australia - the other two were shot. He lost eyesight in one eye and is a real white with blonde aryan/angel looks, etc.
He told me back in 2003 that backbencher Kevin Rudd will be our next Prime Minister - he was right.

He was also Tour De France fanatic and told me that you cannot win the race unless you are on performance-enhancing drugs! There is too much money at stake for the event as a whole - it is one of the most corrupt sports in the world. Australia learnt the hard way when they got sucked in to be made scape-goats. Yes, even Aussies are drug-cheats.

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Reply #12 - Jul 10^th, 2012 at 11:47am

Current our de france leader had a few words to say about people like us.

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Bradley Wiggins railed at a question about drugs in cycling by launching an expletive-filled response to a journalist's probing.

Wiggins retained his leader's yellow jersey in the Tour de France on Sunday, but the focus was on the drugs controversy rather than his efforts in reeling in defending champion Cadel Evans late in the stage.

Responding to questioning that the leading riders must be on drugs, Wiggins said: "I say they're just bugger**g w*****s. I cannot be doing with people like that.

"It justifies their own bone-idleness because they can't ever imagine applying themselves to do anything in their lives.

"It's easy for them to sit under a pseudonym on Twitter and write that sort of s**t, rather than get off their a***s in their own lives and apply themselves and work hard at something and achieve something.

"And that's ultimately it. C***s."

Wiggins' focus will shift to Monday's timetrial, which could go a long way to deciding the outcome of the Tour de France.

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Reply #13 - Aug 25^th, 2012 at 12:32pm

Armstrong stripped of Tour titles - USADA

The US Anti-Doping Agency said on Friday it has stripped iconic US cyclist Lance Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France titles and banned him for life for doping.

The move follows Armstrong's announcement on Thursday night that he would not pursue arbitration in a bid to clear himself of the doping charges brought against him by USADA in June.

'USADA announced today that Lance Armstrong has chosen not to move forward with the independent arbitration process and as a result has received a lifetime period of ineligibility and disqualification of all competitive results from August 1, 1998 through the present,' USADA said in a statement.

However, the organisers of the Tour de France say they will wait longer before commenting on Armstrong's case.

The International Cycling Union says it wants USADA to explain why Armstrong should lose his titles.

Amaury Sport Organisation, which runs the world's most prestigious race, said on Friday that it would not comment until it had heard more from both of the bodies.

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Yet Lance Armstrong has never tested positive to a drug test.....Why wouldn't he contest to clear himself of the doping charges and what does the USADA have on him???

Huh

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Reply #14 - Aug 28^th, 2012 at 5:27pm

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 25^th, 2012 at 12:32pm:

Yet Lance Armstrong has never tested positive to a drug test.....Why wouldn't he contest to clear himself of the doping charges and what does the USADA have on him???

If he does contest it, all the dirt is made public. By giving up without a fight, that leaves an element of doubt, so he can at least retain some semblance of credibility, if not his titles.

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