IGX

dead man walking wrote: second, the assertion that everyone dopes and therefore the racing is on a level playing field is bullshit. total bullshit. doping creates two competitions. first, who is the better "athlete." second, who has the better doping program.

dead man walking wrote:fuck fair play. i like to see the mighty brought low. it is particularly gratifying when it is a prick like lance.

msr2112 wrote:He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for drug companies. What an asshole.

Ed Zachary wrote:Let's see a buddy posted about this on Facebook and I'll paraphrase "Nike supports NFL football players who are more than likely anabolic steroid users, supports the dog killer Michael Vick and whoremonger Tiger Woods, and you use sweatshops to make your shoes and you want to take the moral high ground on Lance Armstrong. KILL YOURSELVES!"

msr2112 wrote:
He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for cancer research. What an asshole.

dead man walking wrote:

msr2112 wrote:
He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for cancer research. What an asshole.

not for cancer research

Turdacious wrote:

dead man walking wrote:

msr2112 wrote:
He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for cancer research. What an asshole.

not for cancer research

Awareness and mitigation. Point still applies.

dead man walking wrote:

Turdacious wrote:

dead man walking wrote:

msr2112 wrote:
He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for cancer research. What an asshole.

not for cancer research

Awareness and mitigation. Point still applies.

point being: ends justify means.

Cycling aficionados call it the Lance Effect: Lance Armstrong’s unprecedented seven-win tear through the Tour de France sparked a surge of interest in bicycle racing in the U.S. — and a corresponding jump in high-end road bike purchases. Armstrong’s influence is credited with upping the popularity of bike commuting as an alternative to driving.

Kraj 2.0 wrote:

msr2112 wrote:He has used his single-minded "prickishness" to raise over $250 million for drug companies. What an asshole.

*fix'd*

Blaidd Drwg wrote: "Better athlete" is a null concept. There are winners, There are losers. Doping is one small part of the stacked deck in this sport or any sport. Whingeing about fair play is behavior unbecoming a true competitor.

tough old man wrote:Lance will have the last laugh, wait and see.

USADA also thinks the Tour titles should not be given to other riders who finished on the podium, such was the level of doping during Armstrong's era.

The agency said 20 of the 21 riders on the podium in the Tour from 1999 through 2005 have been ''directly tied to likely doping through admissions, sanctions, public investigations'' or other means. It added that of the 45 riders on the podium between 1996 and 2010, 36 were by cyclists ''similarly tainted by doping

tough old man wrote:

USADA also thinks the Tour titles should not be given to other riders who finished on the podium, such was the level of doping during Armstrong's era.

The agency said 20 of the 21 riders on the podium in the Tour from 1999 through 2005 have been ''directly tied to likely doping through admissions, sanctions, public investigations'' or other means. It added that of the 45 riders on the podium between 1996 and 2010, 36 were by cyclists ''similarly tainted by doping

BIG LULZ that there isnt anyone clean enough to give the titles too!
Says a lot about the sport of cycling.

High Velocity Lie-Nap! wrote:On a tangent here, but one of my coworkers was a legit Ironman Triathlete (finished a couple, to include Hawaii a couple of years ago.) He was utterly dismissive of LA's claims of innocence but in no way an LA hater. I don't know if he supplemented or not and have no gut vibe on it. I just learned an hour ago that he died on Friday at 42 of cancer, leaving a young family behind. I had no clue he was ill.

Fuck it, lie-men, seize every minute is all I am saying. Spend some extra time playing with your kids today, too.

ROME (AFP) — With cycling still reeling from the fallout of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, organizers of next year’s UCI World Road Championships in Florence, Italy, have unveiled an unlikely mascot — Pinocchio.

With the UCI under increasing scrutiny over its handling of the Armstrong Affair, and as riders from that era open up about their doping pasts, the choice of the wooden, fictional character whose nose lengthens when he lies is, from some perspectives, potentially ironic.

Race organizers, however, see otherwise.

“Ours is a Pinocchio connected to his origins, happy, athletic and attentive,” according to the official website of the 2013 world championships. “He is looking at the horizon, expressing an optimistic attitude versus the future. The expression of his face is smiling, happy, positive and at the same time astonished.”

Race organizers added, “Our Pinocchio is happy that his land, Tuscany, has been chosen to host the world championships of cycling. The outline is athletic and slim like a real rider.”