Agreement to not test LA on Ironman?

[LarryBudMelman]

Good sportsmanship shown by LA in his post race interview:

“I was realistic. I knew what I could do. I could feel a little – those little twinges at the back of the leg. I knew if I tried to lift it too much I was going to pay a price and the next thing I knew I’d be walking. I’d rather get second than walk home and get seventh. I played it conservative – I knew he was going to have to make a big effort to catch me – he caught me and he deserved to win.”

To finish second to Docherty was a fantastic result. Though Docho is not an ironman specialist he has been an elite triathlete for years and ranked number one for a while.

Considering he would have finished about 37th had he been clean it's no wonder he's a good "sportsman!"

 

[Neworld]

Lol a whole thread based solely on a twitter innuendo, classic.

Docho says it all really, the stories are BS so move on people, nothing to see here.

In isolation it would be bunk...but readers here are not hearing about LA for the first time, nor are you. His continual malevolence is unbelievable just like his performances and his results.

 

[Benotti69]

In isolation it would be bunk...but readers here are not hearing about LA for the first time, nor are you. His continual malevolence is unbelievable just like his performances and his results.

His continual malevolence shows what we all know, that this is a person who has serious mental deficiencies and i feel sorry that he procreated and they they will be the biggest ones to suffer such a personality.

 

[straydog]

Hey, I know I am coming to the party late on this one, but better late than never...

so just for info...from julie diben's twitter...

Ben @techknowgn
@juliedibens have you ever podiumed a 70.3 and not been tested? Since 2009, at least?

Julie Dibens @juliedibens Close
@techknowgn yes pretty frequently to be honest - only really at big races

....so much for the special arrangements for LA then

Also yet again I find it genuinely amusing at just how short the straws are that some are clasping at now regarding Doch and the "snub"....hey is that the same Doch that some were "questioning" here when he was endorsing New Zealand Red deer Velvet by any chance?....could it be?

 

[Cal_Joe]

@Benoitt....wow....dude...you are seriously angry aren't you? You wish Armstrong never procreated? You sound like a rejected lover. Something you want to share with us?

There has been an unwritten rule (or maybe it has been written by the mods) that you don't drag anyone's kids into a discussion.

Anyone who sinks that low for a post is......well, I'll let you make up your minds.

My opinion on that rancid post? Same type of stuff from that poster - not unexpected. No substance.

 

[straydog]

There has been an unwritten rule (or maybe it has been written by the mods) that you don't drag anyone's kids into a discussion.

Anyone who sinks that low for a post is......well, I'll let you make up your minds.

My opinion on that rancid post? Same type of stuff from that poster - not unexpected. No substance.

Very well put Cal...much better than i could manage....I am sure he will put our agreement down to "Obsfuscation" or some such, rather than just disgust.

 

[Ulle Relaxes]

Just report the post and move along....

 

[Cal_Joe]

Just report the post and move along....

Funny thing is that I did report it soon after it was posted. Don't know if the mods are busy or what. Decided to put in my opinion after no action and comments by others.

 

[Cal_Joe]

Very well put Cal...much better than i could manage....I am sure he will put our agreement down to "Obsfuscation" or some such, rather than just disgust.

Actually, I am waiting for a new urban dictionary definition of "obfuscation" that defines it as an interwebs term that basically means "I don't agree with you but I am too lazy to actually respond to your post with any logical thought."

 

[straydog]

Funny thing is that I did report it soon after it was posted. Don't know if the mods are busy or what. Decided to put in my opinion after no action and comments by others.

so did I...possibly they are still working through their inundated inboxes responding to everyone who complained. Could take some time.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Hey, I know I am coming to the party late on this one, but better late than never...

so just for info...from julie diben's twitter...



....so much for the special arrangements for LA then

Also yet again I find it genuinely amusing at just how short the straws are that some are clasping at now regarding Doch and the "snub"....hey is that the same Doch that some were "questioning" here when he was endorsing New Zealand Red deer Velvet by any chance?....could it be?

@Benoitt....wow....dude...you are seriously angry aren't you? You wish Armstrong never procreated? You sound like a rejected lover. Something you want to share with us?

"Spank Bank" you think?

 

[straydog]

Actually, I am waiting for a new urban dictionary definition of "obfuscation" that defines it as an interwebs term that basically means "I don't agree with you but I am too lazy to actually respond to your post with any logical thought."

ha ha...very well put...although you should include the words "as defined by Benoitt on Cycling News"

I want to buy him a thesaurus so he can find some new ones to misuse.

 

[straydog]

"Spank Bank" you think?

That is a thought I wish you hadn't put in my head

Benoitt furiously "punishing" himself for what he wrote

 

[Semper Fidelis]

That is a thought I wish you hadn't put in my head

Benoitt furiously "punishing" himself for what he wrote

Well Yeah!

WoW!

 

[Hugh Januss]

ha ha...very well put...although you should include the words "as defined by Benoitt on Cycling News"

I want to buy him a thesaurus so he can find some new ones to misuse.

Ah ha ha, that's a good one, except the name is Benotti not Benoitt. Reading comprehension has always eluded you, hasn't it?

 

[Hugh Januss]

Hey, I know I am coming to the party late on this one, but better late than never...

so just for info...from julie diben's twitter...



....so much for the special arrangements for LA then

Also yet again I find it genuinely amusing at just how short the straws are that some are clasping at now regarding Doch and the "snub"....hey is that the same Doch that some were "questioning" here when he was endorsing New Zealand Red deer Velvet by any chance?....could it be?

@Benoitt....wow....dude...you are seriously angry aren't you? You wish Armstrong never procreated? You sound like a rejected lover. Something you want to share with us?

Oh, Julie Dibens. Well if she hasn't been tested then why should anyone?

Uhm, who's she?

 

[straydog]

Ah ha ha, that's a good one, except the name is Benotti not Benoitt. Reading comprehension has always eluded you, hasn't it?

He'll always be Benoitt to me....say it...BennoooooirrrT....sarcasm has always deluded you hasn't it?

 

[straydog]

Oh, Julie Dibens. Well if she hasn't been tested then why should anyone?

Uhm, who's she?

wow Hugh...some things never change do they?...still stalking me here?....people are going to talk

Julie Dibens is a two time Xterra world champion....and multiple70.3 winner and world champion...hence her having some knowledge as to how often winners are tested on the podium at Ironman 70.3 events...wow is google that hard to use for you Hugh?

 

[Hugh Januss]

wow Hugh...some things never change do they?...still stalking me here?....people are going to talk

Julie Dibens is a two time Xterra world champion....and multiple70.3 winner and world champion...hence her having some knowledge as to how often winners are tested on the podium at Ironman 70.3 events...wow is google that hard to use for you Hugh?

So "Ironman 70.3" just has different rules than every other pro sport? Why doesn't everybody do it then?
No testing sounds pretty close to the "Unlimited" class that people go on about.

Xterra and Ironman 70.3 huh?

Who won the world's at Ironman 98.6?

 

[Hugh Januss]

He'll always be Benoitt to me....say it...BennoooooirrrT....sarcasm has always deluded you hasn't it?

I am gonna give you the benefit of the doubt here and assume you meant eluded rather than what you wrote.
Sometimes I have been accused of attacking people for a lack of English skills, so before we go on, is English your primary language?

 

[Ferminal]

Thread re-opened for a new discussion.

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/0,1518,817857,00.html

More are questioning the strange testing pattern.

Kai Walter, managing director of the Ironman headquarters in Europe, on the Bavarian Radio on Monday "But the fact is that the contract was there to conduct tests at least the top three."

Faris al Sultan, who won the 2005 Ironman in Hawaii is, the events "of course, a bit weird." ........."really an is explanation needed,"

Also, on the USADA case

According to USADA lawyer Richard Young, then have still not received any documents.

 

[hughmoore]

Thread re-opened for a new discussion.

Novisky has found the smoking gun hidden in Lances' Tri Bars.

But he is going to wait until after next years Superbowl to make the announcement.


Hugh

 

[Race Radio]

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/la...-der-radler-und-der-fitness-trainer-1.1287326

Tested for doping at the event were the only athletes from fourth place, although the first three pocketed 75 percent of the prize money. "All were surprised," said the Danish pro Rasmus Henning, "this has never happened before."

 

[acoggan]

just to feed the conspiracy nuts

Is it possible that WTC didn't anticipate Armstrong placing in the top 3, so aimed lower in hopes of testing him and coming up with nothing, thus dispelling criticism re. his entry into triathlon? Then he proceeds to finish higher, thwarting their plans, but they can't come out and admit that they were attempting to target a specific athlete because that's not how such testing is normally performed.

Crazy idea, I know...which is why it belongs in this sub-forum!