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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 3 (Post-Confession)

    I'm not sure if this has been discussed, I've not followed every post in all the threads about LA. Reading the article about Rabobank and their use of the Sysmex blood analysis machines it struck me that maybe one of the reasons LA "donated" the machine to the UCI was so that the team...
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    Climbing Speeds

    Before I post my thoughts I'll set out my position. I don't have any formal study of exercise physiology, I've read a number of books on the subject, so am no expert just interested in the topic of this thread I know this is completely unscientific, I watched some of the Vuelta last year on...
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    Travis Tygart interview 60 Minutes

    My perception of TT seems to be quite different to the people who thought he was nervous or a bad public speaker. To me his demeanour was that of a professional person who was clear about his view and was able to support that view with evidence either provided on the interview of as a result of...
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    Lance Armstrong Cheated to Win. Why is that Wrong? - Reason Magazine

    The problem with the argument in the quote from the article is there is a presumption that Lance Armstrong had more 'capital' to invest in his cycling preparation than others, whether that be to pay for diet or a chateaux at altitude. Well, before Armstrong started winning big races, if...
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    WADA should appeal the Lance Armstrong title strip on SOL

    Ok to start of with nobody is suggesting a death sentence that is a complete over exaggeration and does nothing for your case in fact it does the exact opposite and is completely erroneous to this discussion. Secondly, in the UK some parts of the police and CPS reduce and sometimes doesn't...
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    Andrew McQuaid accusses LeMond

    I've been lurking on this and other forums for sometime listening to what is being said about the different riders and I decided that it was time to make my first post. This may have been mentioned and if it has, sorry to repeat. I would like to support the defence of Lemond, I've read...