Hincapie's book

[BYOP88]

Sweet, another fiction book set in the world of cycling

 

[Berzin]

Two details which will go completely unmentioned in the book-

1) His father's complicity in his doping as a young amateur, beginning with cortisone, testosterone and various B-vitamin and iron shots sourced from his native country of Colombia. His father worked as a baggage handler for an airline and had access to buddy passes that he shared with friends and family members who would mule the stuff over.

2) After Armstrong retired, Hincapie was treated for deep vein thrombosis by a South Carolina doctor who was told to keep the situation hush-hush. He stopped using EPO only because of this incident, not because of any pangs of guilt or any "Come-To-Jesus moment.

Guaranteed none of this will be in the book.

 

[Granville57]

Guaranteed none of this will be in the book.

Maybe this pic will be featured on the inside cover?

 

[86TDFWinner]

Frankie was approached first "Can I write your book?" When Frankie said no thanks, hummer went to george.

I wouldn't be surprised if Floyd "suddenly" gets another book deal, w/all that;s happened and the QT case,

If George has a sterling reputation, the bar is set very low. Wonder if his initial refusal to cooperate with the feds and usada will be in there?

Doubtful. But you can bet his continued ball washing of Wonderboy will be in there.... I also wouldn't doubt that he'll stick to the "Frankie taught me how to dope" BS will run rampent through it as well.

You hit it on the head when you called him Disingenuous George.

If memory serves me correctly, wasn't Georgey Porgey one of the last to "admit" he doped?

 

[86TDFWinner]

Tyler was smart, his book was first and it was a pretty good one at that.

George is too late to the party, and I really can't imagine that such a half-faced liar and confirmed omerta lover has anything interesting to say. I would imagine his "book" will flop, as it should.

Excellent! Problem is, he's not smart enough to realize or comprehend that though. When the book flops, he'll wonder why.

 

[MarkvW]

Excellent! Problem is, he's not smart enough to realize or comprehend that though. When the book flops, he'll wonder why.

But you don't need to be smart to write a love-paean.

 

[MarkvW]

I wouldn't be surprised if Floyd "suddenly" gets another book deal, w/all that;s happened and the QT case,



Doubtful. But you can bet his continued ball washing of Wonderboy will be in there.... I also wouldn't doubt that he'll stick to the "Frankie taught me how to dope" BS will run rampent through it as well.

You hit it on the head when you called him Disingenuous George.

If memory serves me correctly, wasn't Georgey Porgey one of the last to "admit" he doped?

What would he call it, though? "Negatively True?"

 

[Hugh Januss]

What would he call it, though? "Negatively True?"

How about "I'm positive it would have been positive, but not for what they said it was positive for, because I didn't take that, although I was taking everything else at the time". Or is that too long for a title?

 

[RobbieCanuck]

Floyd doesn't need to write a(nother) book!

My hunch is that his lawyer has him pretty tight-lipped until the Qui Tam suit is done.

If he wins the suit or it is settled a book about why he wrote Positively False and all the trials and tribulations he has gone through leading up to his famous e-mails and after would be interesting reading.

If he loses, a book would be meaningless.

 

[blackcat]

George is going to Rio.

He likes, in chronological order

1.brazilians
2. 5 oclock shadow at 8am in the morning post shave. even when he is not testo recovery doping with patches on his nads
3. Peter Allen and musicals http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgq1g-2cQ54http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgq1g-2cQ54
4. maracas
5. brazilians
6. waxes.
7 testo ODs
8 testo doping

 

[blackcat]

god bless him george, not the smartest loaf in the bake, he sometimes gets confused about colombia and brazil.

tho, in his defense, he could not unnerstand why columbia NY rejected his college application

 

[babastooey]

I bought Floyd's book when it first came out, not because I was a big supporter of his defense fund or anything (I was not), but I was charmed by his stories about how someone of his background could grow up to become a cycling pro. I wish his book would have come out after his admissions because he seems like one of those really entertaining loose cannons.

I probably would have bought George's book if it had come out 6-8 years ago, but now I really am not all that enthusiastic. I used to think he was a loyal guy who excelled in races which required guts and determination, but now he comes across as an opportunist who checks which way the wind is blowing before deciding to act.

In case you are wondering, I'm the sort of person who buys everyone's book. I have Michael Barry's book, Bob Roll's books, Joe Parkin's books, Tyler's book, and yes, even Lance's books. I also have the books Matt Rendell wrote about Marco Pantani and Victor Hugo Pena, as well as the McConnons amazing book about Gino Bartali....so its noteworthy when I don't buy a book.

 

[Ripper]

Yikes. I just took a look at Craig Hummer's twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/craighummer

It would #appear that he has a #serious #addiction to using way too many #hashtags and @links throughout most of his #tweets.

Makes the #whole thing #damn near #unreadable.


Yo, @Craig. There's only #140 characters #dude. Try to #make more of them @black.



Oops, I meant #black.

Fvck me are those twitterites annoying! Hashtag this mothertruckers!

 

[MarkvW]

"I Have Been a Serial Liar For Years, But Now I'm Telling the Truth....Believe Me"

A new novel, by George Hincapie.

 

[ChewbaccaD]

"I Have Been a Serial Liar For Years, But Now I'm Telling the Truth....Believe Me"

A new novel, by George Hincapie.

Or alternately "It's not about the truth"--by George Hincapie

 

[blackcat]

Or alternately "It's not about the truth"--by George Hincapie

its about the maracas

 

[Ripper]

Or alternately "It's not about the truth"--by George Hincapie

Or the long version:

"It's not remotely about the truth, it's that I want to make more money by cashing in on the bad book express"

 

[gooner]

Hincapie interviewed about the book.

The Associated Press reviewed a copy of "The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris," ahead of its May 27 release. And in an exclusive interview, Hincapie told AP that he "didn't hold back" in relaying his story, whether it be the seedy underside of doping or the glitz and glamour of riding on the Champs Elysees.

"There were many times I said, 'Why am I doing this?'" Hincapie said. "I wanted to tell my story and have the reader decide what to think about it."

Written in narrative form, the book includes first-person accounts from several riders from Hincapie's generation, including Armstrong, who addressed the issue of doping in a forward.

"Drugs were so prevalent in that era that the decision itself, as our team saw it, was either play ball with everyone else or go home," Armstrong wrote. "And now the world knows what George and I chose, and we have to live with the consequences for the rest of our lives."

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/armstrong-teammate-hincapie-pens-stark-memoir

 

[Race Radio]

"Lance understands he did a lot of wrong things, and I think he is truly sorry for the things he did," Hincapie told AP. "Is it right, though, that he's being blamed for 100 years of doping? I don't think so."

George has taken so many drugs they have addled his brain. Who is saying Lance is taking the blame for 100 years?

What a strawman.

Riis is currently being investigated by ADD. They have interviewed multiple riders and staff. Their investigation, and impending charges, was a large reason behind Riis selling the team

Coni is currently investigating Giuseppe Saronni and directeur sportif Maurizio Piovani and Fabrizio Bontemp from Lampre. All were sent to trial for doping charges.

Di Luca, and his doping doctor Santuccione are banned for life

T-Mobile doping Doctors Lothar Heinrich and Andreas Schmid were pursued by German courts for 6 years. Lost their medical licenses and resulted in a change in German law that will make it easier to prosecute doping doctors in the future

Willy Voet, Bruno Roussel, Jef d'Hont, Jean Dalibot, Joel Chabiron, Éric Paranier and Christine Paranier were all convicted and spent time in prison. They are all out of the sport

Many others got out once WADA got into the game. Pevenage, Godefrote, Ferretti, Siaz all gone. Roussel went to jail, now sells real estate. Holzer's case against Schumacher was tossed out and he was fired from Katusha. Mauro Gianetti should be banned for life.....but he is just been pushed out of the sport. Not enough evidence.

But Lance is victim. Singled out. Blah, blah

 

[DirtyWorks]

The Loyal Lieutenant: Leading Out Lance and Pushing Through the Pain on the Rocky Road to Paris

The next time I was slaving away at the front of the peloton 40KM from the finish, a funny thing happened when I went back to car to get a bottle for Lance.


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[RobbieCanuck]

Junkie George has taken so many drugs they have addled his brain. Who is saying Lance is taking the blame for 100 years?

What a strawman.

Bang on. What GH cannot seem to understand is that his case was one of the most egregious examples of doping due to the calculated and deliberate manner in which LA, GH and the others decided their teams would have to dope and the sophisticated nature of the scheme, in turn justifying the lifetime ban for LA. I suspect in retrospect USADA wishes it had handled GH's suspension differently, but perhaps they had no choice.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Sweet, another fiction book set in the world of cycling

The last thing I care about in the world of cycling is garbage written by a nitwit like Hincapie.

The guy was a drug mule for the greatest fraud in sports history. If he loved the sport he would have crapped on it for years and years.

 

[Bannockburn]

It irks me to no end that Hincapie doesn't take much heat. While Lance is certainly not going to lead any moral fiber rankings any time soon, at least with him many knew then and most know now exactly what sort of animal they were dealing with. Meanwhile, Hincapie continues to mostly slide by despite being a gutless, spineless lackey who doesn't possess an ounce of courage or conviction in his entire self. The man is a complete fraud.

 

[Race Radio]

George has some funny stuff in his book

Armstrong writes that his team "held out" from doping in 1994, hoping that tests would be developed to rid cycling of drug cheats. But the following year, Armstrong said, the famed bike race Milan-San Remo "ended up being the final straw where (a number of us) decided we'd do it."

hahahaha. That is some Grade A trolling. That is Hog/BPC/Chewy times 10. Brilliant

 

[Race Radio]

Funny that Lance says they took EPO because they were getting their *** kicked, but George says

"Frankie's use of EPO was the final sign. And it was a monumental one."

When Frankie made the decision to stop taking EPO, to not work with Ferrari, to not take transfusions what did George do? Why wasn't that a monumental sign to George?

They also say Johan never pressured them to dope.......or course they didn't, since when have you had to pressure a junkie to take drugs? They were eager participants, no pressure needed.