Landis letter re drug use in cycling

[Dr. Maserati]

I think this is the best thing for cycling.. Hopefully this will spell the end of Bruyneel, "postal" "phonak" or their various reincarnations, and they can be kicked out of cycling for once and for all.

It wont solve the problem but it will go a long way in allowing cycling to move forward.

I do wonder if lance will go down the denial route or in a few months or years will go down the "if im going ot be destroyed im going to destroy cycling with me" route.

Lance will deny deny deny....... maybe even under oath.

Things wont change unless there is a change within the UCI - and we have already heard from Pat, hopefully it is enough rope to hang himself with.

But this could force governments or WADA to get involved.

 

[blackcat]

blackcat... where did you get the email from?

if it was you that posted it first

Kristin Armstrong

 

[Digger]

Coolhand is still in denial....an intervention might be needed for him. The belief is strong with that guy. That and downright mental sickness.

P.S. On another quiet day I am going to start a poll:
Is Coolhand:
a psycho
a mental case
deranged
or mentally unstable

I can't decide myself.

 

[Francois the Postman]

Kristin Armstrong

Oh, wow. Popcorn time!

Looks like we might have a chance to get the ship cleaner after all. If the riders themselves are spreading this like wildfire, it can only mean lids will come off.

 

[Fourier]

Kristin Armstrong

The rider or the ex-wife?

 

[buckwheat]

Anything on LA's twitter?

SSDD.

You ever see the end of the Godfather?

I think he's going to have Landis, LeMond, Walsh, Kimmage, Hamilton, and Fredo assassinated.

 

[Kender]

Kristin Armstrong

the cyclist or the ex wife?

 

[goldcycle26]

At least irish news is reporting without the cover up:
http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2010/0520/landisf_armstrongl.html

Gotta love the Irish for the f***ing bloody honesty hahaha

 

[Kennf1]

10 hours without a twitter update, must be busy on the phone at the moment

He has a couple of twitter accounts.

 

[scribe]

Lance will deny deny deny....... maybe even under oath.

Things wont change unless there is a change within the UCI - and we have already heard from Pat, hopefully it is enough rope to hang himself with.

But this could force governments or WADA to get involved.

I think perhaps it could help build on the movement. Credibility is the biggest problem that threatens the process. If he had come right out and admitted to his positive in the first place without all the additional LeMond/Hacking/etc. as further distractions, it would be a different story.

 

[Fourier]

Gotta love the Irish for the f***ing bloody honesty hahaha

yahoo Deutschland also pulled no punches.
http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/20052010/73/landis-packt-klagt-armstrong.html

 

[Anonymous]

Kristin Armstrong

I hope that is true. She really did send it to you?

 

[Digger]

Gotta love the Irish for the f***ing bloody honesty hahaha

I'll take that as sarcasm....not too happy with Pat ourselves.

 

[blackcat]

I hope that is true. She really did send it to you?

no, but she better start following her "Christian values" and tell the freakin truth for once.

 

[goldcycle26]

http://www.wada-ama.org/en/News-Cen...m-WADA-President-on-Floyd-Landis-Allegations/

WADA step into the breach and act with substantially more credibility than the UCI

At least WADA is being more productive then the UCI, for once I am actually gonna give them some cred for stepping into the fray. They better make sure they dont get slapped in the face with **** though hahaha

 

[trompe le monde]

yahoo Deutschland also pulled no punches.
http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/20052010/73/landis-packt-klagt-armstrong.html

FAZ.Net have a blurb as well.

 

[Race Radio]

I hope that is true. She really did send it to you?

He is joking, he got it from the same place I got it from.....BPC sent it too us. It turns out he is actually Haven Hamilton's sister. Who knew?

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

A shame Daniel Benson gave such a poor interview on Radio 5 here in the UK. Really dropped the ball - and audience of millions and he gives a load of guff by questioning the timing of the announcement.

 

[blackcat]

I think Mellow Johnny's just redacted "Mellow" and changed their name to

"$hitting his pants" Johnny's.

 

[Straßenrennen]

Anyone else think Lance´s last twitter comment is very ironic?

"@mickrogers Motorized doping clearly. Spartacus, care to comment?"

 

[Jukebox]

Nothing to add except for support for Floyd, good job man.

 

[Zerak-Tul]

Anyone else think Lance´s last twitter comment is very ironic?

"@mickrogers Motorized doping clearly. Spartacus, care to comment?"

@LanceArmstrong Years of organized doping and cover up, care to comment?

 

[rata de sentina]

Coolhand is still in denial....an intervention might be needed for him. The belief is strong with that guy. That and downright mental sickness.

You need to understand that these people are cultists. When you view it as a cult then the behaviour becomes a bit more clear. Deprogramming is a pretty serious business. They are some pretty good exponents of it on this forum but many of the victims are going to require long term residential care.

 

[tifosa]

Bravo, Floyd -- not for being the fab cyclist you used to think you were, but for finally becoming the better person your parents believed they raised.

I believe the timing of this statement has EVERYTHING to do with conscience, the statute of limitations, and Floyd's anger at hypocritical key players in cycling. The Tour of California? Please! If the news didn't break during the ToC, naysayers would claim another race had been sullied. There is cycling from January to November!

If the story broke in December, people would say, "Thanks Floyd, for ruining Christmas, you pr!ck!"

Bravo Floyd. Speak out, speak the truth, and provide a complete statement of the facts as you know them. The whole truth, however expensive, will be cycling's salvation.

The sport has been filthy since its inception. I know. I competed in the 1970's. Same sport, different dope.

 

[Ferminal]

A shame Daniel Benson gave such a poor interview on Radio 5 here in the UK. Really dropped the ball - and audience of millions and he gives a load of guff by questioning the timing of the announcement.

It's ok - CN got word out first that something might be happening, but didn't have the balls to publish any details.

Ultimately they have just as much interest as Ligget, Sherwen, Harmon et al. Which to me, makes it a little bit ironic that it was a Murdoch paper (WSJ) which actually broke this open.