Reactions from the peloton

[Franklin]

Wow six month bans. Who did a deal ? I have no respect for these riders.

They also could have opted not to speak. Keep in mind that the Novitsky papers were NEVER given to USADa and these are voluntary admissions.

It's easy to hold the moral high grounds when you are not involved.

 

[hrotha]

They also lost results.

Valverde retweeted something about preferring to read some poetry instead of the "book" everybody was reading.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Lance Armstrong saga makes it hard to trust cycling - Brailsford

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19906657

Lance Armstrong saga makes it hard to trust cycling - Brailsford
(video too)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Sky = USPS = same talking points.

Brailsford and Sky are rotten to the core.

Evidence? = Instinct.

We've seen this all before.

i.e. Losers.

HAHAHAHAHA

idiot...

thanks for the laugh though.

 

[Pancreas]

Theo De Rooij (former Rabobank manager): "I have never done EPO, not as a rider and not as a team manager and I am willing to testify under oath on that"

Michael Boogerd: "I have never seen or bought EPO"

****ers

 

[Ferminal]

I'm glad he didn't do EPO as a team manager.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Theo De Rooij (former Rabobank manager): "I have never done EPO, not as a rider and not as a team manager and I am willing to testify under oath on that"

Michael Boogerd: "I have never seen or bought EPO"

****ers

de rooy defintely true. only he's such a naive dumb**** (like holczer) everyone around him used it when he was director. that's why he got fired. boogerd may have used dynepo instead of epo in his latter years I think.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Wow six month bans. Who did a deal ? I have no respect for these riders. Now they are saying they have been clean for the past five years. Really ? Hincapie's retirement was well timed. If they wanted any respect at all for being honest, they should have admitted to this years ago when they would have served the full two year ban and derailed their careers as others have. They would have returned to the sport. They always do as someone is always willing to give them another chance. Vaughters also comes out of it looking like a total hypocrite as do others. At least Kohl had the goods to retire from the sport never to return. More than can be said for others for who it seems, a ban just constitutes a temporary loss of income.

wouldn't surprise me if the uci are going under in this they will suspend them all for 2 years. I'm also hoping that.

 

[Arnout]

HAHAHAHAHA

idiot...

thanks for the laugh though.

You don't think (part of) Sky is doping?

 

[hrotha]

You don't think (part of) Sky is doping?

He's on record saying cycling has been clean for all intents and purposes the last few years

 

[roundabout]

He's on record saying cycling has been clean for all intents and purposes the last few years

except Sevilla, of course

 

[Zam_Olyas]

except Sevilla, of course

Good one.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

You don't think (part of) Sky is doping?

I'm laughing for him using instinct as evidence while in lance's case we have a rider that was heavier than ullrich, winning the tour 7x out of nowhere. and not just winning it but dominatign it against other dopeurs. and at least with lance we've had some evidence of him doing in suisse 2001 and tour 1999. with wiggins nothing. also he's not exactly impressive either. just calculative.

but to answer you question. no, I don't see how. most riders aren't showing any sort of (extreme) improvement. wiggins is blown out of proportion for winning the worst contested tour on the worst parcours in years. if hvdb and nibali are your strongest opponents then yes you can win the tour. froome was better and we saw froome in vuelta against some real contention. at least armstrongs tour buddys would dominate the vuelta afterwards as well (heras, beltran)

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

except Sevilla, of course

he doesn't ride in europe though.

 

[MartinGT]

most riders aren't showing any sort of (extreme) improvement.

Froome? Surly?

 

[thrawn]

Maybe not a current peloton member - but Phil Anderson (previously supported Lance) has stated in an interview that based on the evidence he has doped. Video interview at http://www.sbs.com.au/news/video/2289602677/Interview-with-former-Armstrong-teammate.

 

[JRanton]

Sean Yates has just been on BBC radio five live in the UK denying that he ever saw or heard anything about Armstrong's doping activities.

Embarrassing.

 

[Ferminal]

Sean Yates has just been on BBC radio five live in the UK denying that he ever saw or heard anything about Armstrong's doping activities.

Embarrassing.

What about the activities of Savoldelli, Contador, Leipheimer, Hincapie, Barry, Popovych, Bileka, Gusev etc?

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

Sean Yates has just been on BBC radio five live in the UK denying that he ever saw or heard anything about Armstrong's doping activities.

Embarrassing.

I wonder if anything about Yates will come out in the report on the Hog. It was clear that the Armstrong report was very tightly focussed on the named individuals but there must be others who were involved as well.

 

[Zam_Olyas]

patrick jonker ‏@patjonker
It was not some drug that made @lancearmstrong win it was something far more powerful deep within .

patrick jonker ‏@patjonker
Why support @lancearmstrong? I was there training 6-7hrs a day beside him in the mountains- freezing rain up Mt Ventoux-Izoard-Avoriaz.


Okay Patrick.

 

[Inquitus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19910165

Alex Dowsett, Armstrong still a legend, doping "doesn't matter"

 

[MartinGT]

Sean Yates has just been on BBC radio five live in the UK denying that he ever saw or heard anything about Armstrong's doping activities.

Embarrassing.

OMG This is embarrassing, even the most hardened Sky Fan Boi must be cringing at this sort of stuff

 

[Arnout]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19910165

Alex Dowsett, Armstrong still a legend, doping "doesn't matter"

Lets tweet to him that from now on we consider him a doper. It's time to act.

 

[hrotha]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19910165

Alex Dowsett, Armstrong still a legend, doping "doesn't matter"

Yay for the new, clean generation!

Seriously, I get the feeling these guys haven't even read the decision.

 

[Mrs John Murphy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19910165

Alex Dowsett, Armstrong still a legend, doping "doesn't matter"

So much for the future hope of the peloton is in young 'clean' British riders.