The Sports Illustrated Article

[Race Radio]

Always wrong?

Amazing how 'RaceRadio' had this 13 hours ago on a different thread........

I first heard about this 7-8 years ago. I have posted it various times, only to be attacked by groupies. Nice to see the excellent work by Selena and David. As interesting as the article will be keep in mind it is very watered down after months of threats and harassment by Wonderboy's hired toads.


Time for Cobble to get a new avatar.

If nothing significant (and I mean significant) happens next week, you shut up about Lance for...let me say 1 month......or alternatively you wear a Lance-avatar (chosen by me) for 1 month.

Same goes for me the other way and with a Floyd-avatar.

 

[BotanyBay]

Time for Cobble to get a new avatar.

 

[armstrong]

If Armstrong is at some point found "guilty" of using PEDs/steroids etc., will the parties that he successfully sued for libel (claiming that he used PEDs/steroids etc.) be able to recover damages from him?

 

[BotanyBay]

If Armstrong is at some point found "guilty" of using PEDs/steroids etc., will the parties that he successfully sued for libel (claiming that he used PEDs/steroids etc.) be able to recover damages from him?

Who'd he ever sue for libel?

 

[D-Queued]

http://twitter.com/juanpelota/status/27497530333863936

for **** sake

Looks like Lance is losing the Twit battle as well.

This was just tweeted by NYVelocity:

'93 and '94 testosterone ratios seem to vindicate the Andreus, don't they? Testosterone was one of the drugs they said LA listed.

Good to know that at least once in his life - the hospital room incident - Lance wasn't lying or trying to shove something in someone's face.

Odd that a popular search on Livestrong is 'testicular cancer steroids'.

Dave.

 

[euanli]

Well he got damages from the Sunday Times didn't he?

 

[Siriuscat]

http://twitter.com/juanpelota/status/27497530333863936

for **** sake

What's the text of the tweet...funnily enough old Juanpelota blocked me

 

[jimmypop]

As usual, the immature, vindictive side comes out in his twitter posts. Last round, he was publicly taunting Novitsky, and this round he behaves like a child and attempts to minimize the message. In his mind, he probably "won", since his people managed to keep the dirty dirt out of the article.

I'm more interested in confirming him as a sports cheat than hearing about hookers and blow. I mean, the public has known for awhile that he's a scumbag in his personal life.

 

[Race Radio]

Well he got damages from the Sunday Times didn't he?

No, they settled.

 

[theswordsman]

What's the text of the tweet...funnily enough old Juanpelota blocked me

@JuanPelota

That's it? 22 minutes ago via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Retweeted by you and 2 others

 

[BotanyBay]

Well he got damages from the Sunday Times didn't he?

Did he? Do tell.

 

[euanli]

corrected above.

 

[BotanyBay]

From a commenter on Velonews:

"David Mashour 38 minutes ago

I don't believe it...either way i don't care. If he did or didn't, at this point in time it doesn't matter. Its in the past. If they catch dirty cyclists now, then do something about it. All this finger pointing isnt going to help the current cycling community. 4 people liked this."

 

[auscyclefan94]

The armstrong PR spin machine will be working over time today.

 

[Siriuscat]

@JuanPelota

Thanks Swordsman

Should we have expected anything else from him??

 

[theswordsman]

(Selena Roberts says if indictments do come down, they could happen shortly after the Super Bowl in February.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/spor...e-have-lance-armstrong-in-their-sights-2011-1

 

[D-Queued]

@JuanPelota

That's it?

Yes, Lance, for you that may finally be it.

Nice of you to tune in and acknowledge reality.

Dave.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Yes, Lance, for you that may finally be it.

Nice of you to tune in and acknowledge reality.

Dave.

Armstrong was always good at the race against the truth bbut not good enough.

 

[Granville57]

Kaboom!

I can't wait to see how Versus juggles this.
Calling Bob Roll!
Phil, Paul...are you there?!

Next up:
Radio Shack, Trek, Sram, Oakley, Nike, FRS, Honey Stinger, Michelob, Nissan...

 

[euanli]

can't wait to watch the tdu highlights now.

 

[euanli]

They're now going back to his testosterone level 18 years ago to get the guy. I think they should give it a rest.

I believe its what they call establishing prior.

 

[kiwirider]

Just to make a brief comment on the allegations by Stephen Swart - before the PR hacks/fanboys get in and bag the whole article on some spurious grounds ...

He has always made those same comments - never waivered in his recollection. They were first made publicly on a NZ television version of 60 Minutes in relation to doping in sport in general and his own use of drugs sometime very shortly after he retired from cycling (in 1995). I can't remember the exact year, but I do remember enough of the events of watching the programme to know that it was before 1998. So, they're not about grinding any axe against Armstrong - since after all, the vast majority of that time was when Armstrong was out of the sport due to cancer or not figuring anywhere in the races (ie., he had no profile or current palmares to "attack"). Any use of them against Armstrong simply comes about because of the role that Swart states that Armstrong had (ie., chief "pusher" within the team).

I have also had the pleasure of meeting Stephen Swart a couple of times and found him to be a genuine, humble sort of guy - which makes me believe what he said even more ...

But one thing is right - those particular comments are old news ... which in this case I think actually lends even more weight to them.

(He now sits and waits to see which of the fanboys will be first to chime in with some ridiculous attempted defence of their hero ...)

 

[Oldman]

They're now going back to his testosterone level 18 years ago to get the guy. I think they should give it a rest.

They could start before he was 18 years old if they wanted to see actual levels. I do admire Steven Swart's offer that Lance started the program on USPS. While that was likely Swart was no angel before then.

 

[Granville57]

ESPN in the next few minutes...

ESPN just cued up the Armstrong story on Sports Center!

 

[theswordsman]

They're now going back to his testosterone level 18 years ago to get the guy. I think they should give it a rest.

Guess you missed the bit about the Popo raid and proof the team was still using Dr. Ferrari as recently as 2009? That's kind of current.