The Official LANCE ARMSTRONG Thread 2010-2011

[theswordsman]

Lance Armstrong Rides Again

A good point, but to be fair (just this once, then I'll be me again), he probably didn't know at the time of the interview that he was running around with viable...um...that he wasn't shooting blanks and stuff. His life could turn into an episode of Big Love when it's all said and done

 

[Bala Verde]

The AGR website states that he is put on the reserve list.

The likely AGR Radioshack roster is:
Ben Hermans, Chris Horner, Dimitri Muravyev, Sergio Paulinho, Yaroslav Popovych, Ivan Rovny, Bjorn Selander en Haimar Zubeldia. Reserve: Lance Armstrong en Matthew Busche.

According to RS PR guy Philippe Maertens:

Philippe Maertens van Armstrongs ploeg RadioShack om privéredenen. Armstrong heeft zijn zoontje beloofd om volgende week met hem aan een schoolproject deel te nemen, waarbij vader en zoon samen een autootje bouwen dat aan een hellingproef deelneemt. Armstrong neemt in de loop van deze week een definitief besluit over zijn al dan niet deelname aan de Amstel Gold Race.

[...] he promised his son to participate in a school project, whereby father and son build a small car together [...]

see: here

 

[Digger]

His training is all over the place. There seems to be no order or routine. It all comes back to what 'our Hog' has said (at least i think it was him), you'd have to question whether Lance actually believes he can win in July, and maybe, having accepted that he won't win, this is all, even more than before, about money. Maybe he realises that even if he were to murder himself and live like the monk, that the top guys do anyway, he still won't challenge. To realise that even his 2001 figures would not have beaten AC, must surely make him realise the futility of this eight quest.
Now that he is not entitled to ***** at AC any longer, for not obeying team orders, what will his issue this year? Media, French, only about cancer awareness.....

Incidentally, is this the same guy who didn't see his children for months at a time in 2004 / 2005, because if his Hollywood liefstyle with Sherly. And that's coming from Stephanie McIllvain.

 

[Oldman]

His training is all over the place. There seems to be no order or routine. It all comes back to what 'our Hog' has said (at least i think it was him), you'd have to question whether Lance actually believes he can win in July, and maybe, having accepted that he won't win, this is all, even more than before, about money. Maybe he realises that even if he were to murder himself and live like the monk, that the top guys do anyway, he still won't challenge. To realise that even his 2001 figures would not have beaten AC, must surely make him realise the futility of this eight quest.
Now that he is not entitled to ***** at AC any longer, for not obeying team orders, what will his issue this year? Media, French, only about cancer awareness.....

Incidentally, is this the same guy who didn't see his children for months at a time in 2004 / 2005, because if his Hollywood liefstyle with Sherly. And that's coming from Stephanie McIllvain.

All good and well considered points. That and I don't think he spends that much time with his first brood with his travel schedule anyway.

 

[flicker]

his Hollywood liefstyle Digger what is a "liefstyle"?

 

[Oldman]

his Hollywood liefstyle Digger what is a "liefstyle"?

Party like a Viking, I guess.

 

[theswordsman]

The AGR website states that he is put on the reserve list.

The likely AGR Radioshack roster is:
Ben Hermans, Chris Horner, Dimitri Muravyev, Sergio Paulinho, Yaroslav Popovych, Ivan Rovny, Bjorn Selander en Haimar Zubeldia. Reserve: Lance Armstrong en Matthew Busche.

According to RS PR guy Philippe Maertens:

see: here

He did the Soapbox Derby thing last year, too. When did he make the promise? His older son was in France with him for spring break - they could have worked on the car then. I feel sorry for his fans that plan vacations to travel to see him race, and then he renegs again.

 

[Publicus]

Funny how the entire team got a bug and they brought in their own water and chef (and I presume food) for the Tour of Flanders. So they brought the bug with them.

 

[theswordsman]

All good and well considered points. That and I don't think he spends that much time with his first brood with his travel schedule anyway.

And it was being voluntarily away from them as well. When he gave that awful interview to Het Nieuwsblad . Telegraaf last December or whatever, he was living with the rich & famous in California. Then there was lots of time in Hawaii, a trip to South Africa, time in France, none of it involving races. So now he made the mistake Saturday of doing well enough to raise people's expectations of him for future races, and two head to head against Contador, and he plays the Father Of the Year card of keeping a promise to do Soap Box Derby?

The people he pays to avoid scheduling conflicts should be fired immediately

 

[this_is_edie]

Funny how the entire team got a bug and they brought in their own water and chef (and I presume food) for the Tour of Flanders. So they brought the bug with them.

It's a Belgian conspiracy of course.

 

[Publicus]

And it was being voluntarily away from them as well. When he gave that awful interview to Het Nieuwsblad . Telegraaf last December or whatever, he was living with the rich & famous in California. Then there was lots of time in Hawaii, a trip to South Africa, time in France, none of it involving races. So now he made the mistake Saturday of doing well enough to raise people's expectations of him for future races, and two head to head against Contador, and he plays the Father Of the Year card of keeping a promise to do Soap Box Derby?

The people he pays to avoid scheduling conflicts should be fired immediately

Actually his press folks are pretty damn good. The spending time with his kids angle? That's damn near impeachable. I mean we all know that he's deluding either himself or everyone else (he needs training miles, so he adds one short stage race and cancels 3 other races shortly thereafter?!?!?), but you really can't come out and attack him on that hypocrisy if he's decided to forgo his goals to be with his kids.

No, iMHO, his press folks are worth their weight in gold.

 

[Publicus]

It's a Belgian conspiracy of course.

Probably the Belgian Waffles that got them.

 

[MacRoadie]

It's a Belgian conspiracy of course.

Well, some of them DO speak French, you know...

 

[ferryman]

Well, some of them DO speak French, you know...

Tee hee

 

[theswordsman]

Actually his press folks are pretty damn good. The spending time with his kids angle? That's damn near impeachable. I mean we all know that he's deluding either himself or everyone else (he needs training miles, so he adds one short stage race and cancels 3 other races shortly thereafter?!?!?), but you really can't come out and attack him on that hypocrisy if he's decided to forgo his goals to be with his kids.

No, iMHO, his press folks are worth their weight in gold.

I wasn't talking about the press people - I was talking about his business manager or someone from the team who should have told him that he was scheduling races conflicting with the Scout Soap Box Derby. It was the same time last year. I just saw an article from 3/25/09 where he had the collarbone surgery and said his goal for the next ten days was to help with the car. Surely Higgins or somebody could have reminded him of it earlier, or his son could have reminded him earlier when he came to visit in Nice? He could have canceled before the major change in form went on display Saturday.

 

[theswordsman]

The seven-time Tour de France champion competed in mainland France for the first time this year on Tuesday and was called in for a random doping test after the first stage of the four-day Circuit de la Sarthe.

Shortly after the race and with fans trailing behind, Armstrong wheeled over to the doping-control trailer and roughly parked his bike and went inside. He happened to be one of two riders chosen at random among the 89 riders for testing.

Armstrong wants to spend more time with his family and feels he is fit enough to touch up his form at home before the Tour de France in July, Maertens said. Armstrong wants to join his son, Luke, for the Pinewood Derby car race.

http://www.statesman.com/sports/welcome-back-to-france-lance-drug-test-awaits-528451.html

 

[Beech Mtn]

Hm, it sounds like Lance wasn't too happy about the random dope testing, parking his bike "roughly" and all that. Article says he refused to speak to media or fans on his way out of the doping control. Maybe he wasn't expecting to be tested that day? And then right afterwards he announces that he's leaving France on Friday? And also that he's now sick too (which could be leading up to him leaving this race early)? Coincidental timing?

 

[Iker_Baqueiro]

The seven-time Tour de France champion competed in mainland France for the first time this year on Tuesday and was called in for a random doping test after the first stage of the four-day Circuit de la Sarthe.

Shortly after the race and with fans trailing behind, Armstrong wheeled over to the doping-control trailer and roughly parked his bike and went inside. He happened to be one of two riders chosen at random among the 89 riders for testing.
Armstrong wants to spend more time with his family and feels he is fit enough to touch up his form at home before the Tour de France in July, Maertens said. Armstrong wants to join his son, Luke, for the Pinewood Derby car race.
http://www.statesman.com/sports/welcome-back-to-france-lance-drug-test-awaits-528451.html

ohh... poor Lance.. they are so mean to him.

All of this messing up he's doing with his training smells very bad. If come July, he turns out to be in super form, we'll know what he did during this hiding time: Heavy doping with Dr. Ferrari

 

[Polish]

Lance was one of 2 people chosen at random.

Chosen at random wink wink.

If you believe he was truly chosen at random,
you probably also believe his 1999 peepee had EPO in it lol.

 

[Dr. Maserati]

http://www.statesman.com/sports/welcome-back-to-france-lance-drug-test-awaits-528451.html

I don't see what all the fuss is about - he has gone home to help his son build a car.

Its a smart move -as Lance has worked with Ferrari for years.

 

[Iker_Baqueiro]

I don't see what all the fuss is about - he has gone home to help his son build a car.

Its a smart move -as Lance has worked with Ferrari for years.

Very good one ! LOL !!!

 

[rides like a girl]

I don't see what all the fuss is about - he has gone home to help his son build a car.

Its a smart move -as Lance has worked with Ferrari for years.

thanks I needed a laugh. Lol... Really did... On a commuter train on the way home from work. Made reading the posts on my phone worth the effort.

 

[Publicus]

I wasn't talking about the press people - I was talking about his business manager or someone from the team who should have told him that he was scheduling races conflicting with the Scout Soap Box Derby. It was the same time last year. I just saw an article from 3/25/09 where he had the collarbone surgery and said his goal for the next ten days was to help with the car. Surely Higgins or somebody could have reminded him of it earlier, or his son could have reminded him earlier when he came to visit in Nice? He could have canceled before the major change in form went on display Saturday.

Ah. My bad. You make a very good point.

 

[BroDeal]

Lance was one of 2 people chosen at random.

Chosen at random wink wink.

If a rider has a well documented history of doping like Armstrong does then it only makes sense that the rider should get chosen more often.

 

[theswordsman]

Ah. My bad. You make a very good point.

We're cool.