The Official LANCE ARMSTRONG Thread 2010-2011

[red_flanders]

I remember all the other stuff you mentioned. And I remember hearing he did ride the routes ahead of time. I just never heard that he was the only one... I assumed Ulrich and all the others who were in GC contention did as well.

I have the 8-hour version of the '99 race. They must mention it about 100 times.

 

[kurtinsc]

I have the 8-hour version of the '99 race. They must mention it about 100 times.

I'll be honest... I watched almost every Tour starting with Lemond's win against Fignon in '89.... except '97, '98 and '99.

When Indurain didn't factor in '96... I lost steam. At that point I wasn't a cycling fan... just a TDF fan. I started up again after hearing about Armstrong's win in '99.

Did they really say he was the only rider to ride the climbs beforehand?

 

[flicker]

I have the 8-hour version of the '99 race. They must mention it about 100 times.

Do not listen to Phil an Paul, it'll rot your mind.

 

[knewcleardaze]

I'll be honest... I watched almost every Tour starting with Lemond's win against Fignon in '89.... except '97, '98 and '99.

When Indurain didn't factor in '96... I lost steam. At that point I wasn't a cycling fan... just a TDF fan. I started up again after hearing about Armstrong's win in '99.

Did they really say he was the only rider to ride the climbs beforehand?

I don't think those two guys know what they are saying half the time.
The rest of the time, they just babble.

 

[red_flanders]

I'll be honest... I watched almost every Tour starting with Lemond's win against Fignon in '89.... except '97, '98 and '99.

When Indurain didn't factor in '96... I lost steam. At that point I wasn't a cycling fan... just a TDF fan. I started up again after hearing about Armstrong's win in '99.

Did they really say he was the only rider to ride the climbs beforehand?

In so many words. "what's different about Armstrong" and all that rot. Oh, and that he lost 10 kilos. And his cadence.

 

[frenchfry]

Remember the myth that Lance was the first and only Tour rider to recon the mountains of the Tour. Came across this whilst flicking through an old copy of Cycle Sport in the cycling shorts section.


1994
Claudio Chiappucci spent 3 days at the end of April looking over the Alpine climbs in this years Giro. He first checked out Les Deux Alpes, where the Giro makes a rare excursion and then continued on to Sestriere, site of his famous victory at the 92 Tour.

Wow, a rider checking out the climbs of a major stage race before the actual race. Surely this never happened before Lance came along 5 years later.

Of course the French riders, especially the ones that live withing training ride distance, are just too lazy or stupid to ride the Alps or Pyrenees.

Lance showed them how it should be done. He is GOD. Hope Rides Again!

P.S. French riders also never spend any time with their kids. This is why they don't win races.

 

[ruamruam]

Of course the French riders, especially the ones that live withing training ride distance, are just too lazy or stupid to ride the Alps or Pyrenees.

Lance showed them how it should be done. He is GOD. Hope Rides Again!

P.S. French riders also never spend any time with their kids. This is why they don't win races.

French riders are too busy eating frogs and hating Americans, it's the freedom they hate. They love cancer though.

 

[thehog]

Of course he is ... he is just a poor dumb little Spaniard that lives in his childhood neighborhood and doesn't question anything and can't be very smart ... oops, I think I was channeling LA

Blaine Rollins, who once managed one of America's largest and best-known mutual funds, is the director of research for an alleged Ponzi scheme known as Mueller Capital Management in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Rollins managed $11 billion in the Janus Fund, part of Janus Capital (JNS: 13.73, 0.04, 0.29%), until January 2006 when he was reassigned to the smaller Janus Triton Fund. He subsequently resigned from the Denver-based mutual-fund company and ended up working for Mueller.

Rollins did not return multiple phone calls and emails placed since Wednesday. His voice still answers on Mueller Capital's voice mail. The Web site of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, where Rollins serves as a director, had listed him as Mueller Capital's research director until an initial version of this article ran on Dow Jones Newswires. Rollins lives in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Denver, called Buell Mansion, a gated community. A reporter attempted to visit Rollins but was turned away by a security guard.

The firm's founder, Sean Mueller, 41 years old, last week attempted to jump from a building after sending his clients an email saying the money was gone.

On Tuesday, Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph won a court motion for the emergency of an appointment of a receiver for Mueller's various business entities. He first alleged in court documents on Friday that Mueller was running a Ponzi scheme. The latest motion says the commission is aware of three investors with at least $20 million in Mueller's funds, and 30 others with "substantial investments."

 

[Publicus]

Blaine Rollins, who once managed one of America's largest and best-known mutual funds, is the director of research for an alleged Ponzi scheme known as Mueller Capital Management in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Rollins managed $11 billion in the Janus Fund, part of Janus Capital (JNS: 13.73, 0.04, 0.29%), until January 2006 when he was reassigned to the smaller Janus Triton Fund. He subsequently resigned from the Denver-based mutual-fund company and ended up working for Mueller.

Rollins did not return multiple phone calls and emails placed since Wednesday. His voice still answers on Mueller Capital's voice mail. The Web site of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, where Rollins serves as a director, had listed him as Mueller Capital's research director until an initial version of this article ran on Dow Jones Newswires. Rollins lives in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Denver, called Buell Mansion, a gated community. A reporter attempted to visit Rollins but was turned away by a security guard.

The firm's founder, Sean Mueller, 41 years old, last week attempted to jump from a building after sending his clients an email saying the money was gone.

On Tuesday, Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph won a court motion for the emergency of an appointment of a receiver for Mueller's various business entities. He first alleged in court documents on Friday that Mueller was running a Ponzi scheme. The latest motion says the commission is aware of three investors with at least $20 million in Mueller's funds, and 30 others with "substantial investments."

Now why would the scrub their website???? It's not like there's an allegation that he donated this ill-gotten money with the LAF. Probably a knee-jerk reaction designed to avoid the press associating him with LAF. Unfortunately, it back-fired (as most knee-jerk reactions do). I'm sure there is nothing more to it.

 

[BroDeal]

No more Honey Stinger products for me. Armstrong is now part owner of the company.

 

[alberto.legstrong]

I have the 8-hour version of the '99 race. They must mention it about 100 times.

Ship that DVD down to gitmo. After a few reps of that the terrorists will rat out their own mother.

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Now why would the scrub their website???? It's not like there's an allegation that he donated this ill-gotten money with the LAF. Probably a knee-jerk reaction designed to avoid the press associating him with LAF. Unfortunately, it back-fired (as most knee-jerk reactions do). I'm sure there is nothing more to it.

By the time the SEC gets around to pulling their shorts up from around their ankles and investigating this, Lance, his kids and grandkids will all be gone.

Your tax dollars at work. How the heck do you go into your office and yank it for 8 solid hours and then go home like nothing happened?

 

[BroDeal]

By the time the SEC gets around to pulling their shorts up from around their ankles and investigating this, Lance, his kids and grandkids will all be gone.

Your tax dollars at work. How the heck do you go into your office and yank it for 8 solid hours and then go home like nothing happened?

When Bush gives the order not to do any regulation of industry, what's a brother left to do at the office other than browse for pr0n?

 

[knewcleardaze]

When Bush gives the order not to do any regulation of industry, what's a brother left to do at the office other than browse for pr0n?

After all the showboating hearings on the Hill, what will happen?
Nothing.
Maybe Goldman Sachs will agree to a fine, what a laff.
And where will they get the money to pay the agreed to fine?
Hmmmmm....

 

[patricknd]

How the heck do you go into your office and yank it for 8 solid hours and then go home like nothing happened?

i eat right and get plenty of sleep.

 

[BikeCentric]

By the time the SEC gets around to pulling their shorts up from around their ankles and investigating this, Lance, his kids and grandkids will all be gone.

Your tax dollars at work. How the heck do you go into your office and yank it for 8 solid hours and then go home like nothing happened?

Regarding the SEC, their main problem is actually lack of funding. Christopher Cox, the prior (Republican) SEC director and GW Bush appointee publicly testified in front of Congress several times that the SEC was only able to open investigations against larger targets due to lack of resources and that they had evidence against many other lawbreakers that they could not pursue due to lack of resources within the organization.

I do not work for the SEC but I do work in finance. Sorry to crap up the thread with this off-topic stuff.

 

[Polish]

The firm's founder, Sean Mueller, 41 years old, last week attempted to jump from a building after sending his clients an email saying the money was gone.

Jumping out of the building.....reminds of the dopers at a Giro d'Italia

Boy, if Mr Mueller embezzled a few million from Mr Armstrong, he better keep running.
Stealing-the-soup is even worse than spitting-in-the-soup.

 

[Cal_Joe]

Blaine Rollins, who once managed one of America's largest and best-known mutual funds, is the director of research for an alleged Ponzi scheme known as Mueller Capital Management in Greenwood Village, Colo.

Rollins managed $11 billion in the Janus Fund, part of Janus Capital (JNS: 13.73, 0.04, 0.29%), until January 2006 when he was reassigned to the smaller Janus Triton Fund. He subsequently resigned from the Denver-based mutual-fund company and ended up working for Mueller.

Rollins did not return multiple phone calls and emails placed since Wednesday. His voice still answers on Mueller Capital's voice mail. The Web site of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, where Rollins serves as a director, had listed him as Mueller Capital's research director until an initial version of this article ran on Dow Jones Newswires. Rollins lives in one of the most affluent neighborhoods in Denver, called Buell Mansion, a gated community. A reporter attempted to visit Rollins but was turned away by a security guard.

The firm's founder, Sean Mueller, 41 years old, last week attempted to jump from a building after sending his clients an email saying the money was gone.

On Tuesday, Colorado Securities Commissioner Fred Joseph won a court motion for the emergency of an appointment of a receiver for Mueller's various business entities. He first alleged in court documents on Friday that Mueller was running a Ponzi scheme. The latest motion says the commission is aware of three investors with at least $20 million in Mueller's funds, and 30 others with "substantial investments."

Thanks Hog. As always your analysis is enlightening.

A most excellent analysis of cycling, tactics, and team chemistry.

 

[Race Radio]

Thanks Hog. As always your analysis is enlightening.

A most excellent analysis of cycling, tactics, and team chemistry.

And this post, or any of your posts for that matter, does this?

 

[Hugh Januss]

Thanks Hog. As always your analysis is enlightening.

A most excellent analysis of cycling, tactics, and team chemistry.

This thread is not about cycling or tactics or especially team chemistry, this thread is about Lance Armstrong.

 

[Cal_Joe]

And this post, or any of your posts for that matter, does this?

Sorry, I am not used to this interweb stuff and meant to reference a previous post in this thread.

Thanks Hog. As always your analysis is enlightening.

That should clear things up.

 

[Cal_Joe]

This thread is not about cycling or tactics or especially team chemistry, this thread is about Lance Armstrong.

OK, OK I get it now. Based on some PMs I received, the gist of them is lay off the hog. To paraphrase the demeanor of those PMs, they basically said,

"Yeah, he is a village idiot, but he is OUR village idiot, and he provides some good entertainment, so back off. He is fairly famous (or infamous) for his posts that say 'Oooh, I heard a rumor', and yes he seems to have some issues with obsessing over LA, but this forum is probably a good outlet for him."

OK, OK I get it.

 

[Runitout]

OK, OK I get it now. Based on some PMs I received, the gist of them is lay off the hog. To paraphrase the demeanor of those PMs, they basically said,

"Yeah, he is a village idiot, but he is OUR village idiot, and he provides some good entertainment, so back off. He is fairly famous (or infamous) for his posts that say 'Oooh, I heard a rumor', and yes he seems to have some issues with obsessing over LA, but this forum is probably a good outlet for him."

OK, OK I get it.

I don't get it. You've posted 22 times and half of them are about the Hog. Your last ten posts have been irrelevant to the threads involved, merely complaints about other people.

If it's unrequited love gone sour, send him some fanmail and a bunch of flowers. Leave it off the forum, please.

Back on topic: I find it interesting that Armstrong is so far behind in his preparation. There is no good reason for it. He appears to be following the Ullrich post-1997 training method, rather than the Armstrong of old. I fail to see how he can come to the Tour in any sort of form without some drastic steps being taken in his preparation. I guess the Tour de Suisse will reveal all.

 

[BroDeal]

I don't get it. You've posted 22 times and half of them are about the Hog. Your last ten posts have been irrelevant to the threads involved, merely complaints about other people.

If it's unrequited love gone sour, send him some fanmail and a bunch of flowers. Leave it off the forum, please.

Back on topic: I find it interesting that Armstrong is so far behind in his preparation. There is no good reason for it. He appears to be following the Ullrich post-1997 training method, rather than the Armstrong of old. I fail to see how he can come to the Tour in any sort of form without some drastic steps being taken in his preparation. I guess the Tour de Suisse will reveal all.

I think Cal_Joe's last name might be Duke. It would explain a lot.

 

[issoisso]

Lance Armstrong:
Taking a peruse of the cycling sites. They may wanna strengthen the editorial role. Still trying to figure out if it's English I'm reading.


Daniel Benson (Cycling News)
Apparently our spelling isn't up to scratch. So I organised a spelling bee at work. The word we all aced was corticosteroid.

(although misspelling "organized" kinda defeats the purpose )