MacRoadie said:It's smelling more and more like operation deep sh#t...
operation deep throat in the room that polish and flicker are sharing
MacRoadie said:It's smelling more and more like operation deep sh#t...
The Hitch said:For Uk forumites, (and non Uk too)
Anyone with twitter can send a comment to ITV (UK channel broadcasting this) complaining about the disgraceful commentary they are offering (they are offering Liggets commentary obviously).
If the American channel reads twitter we can do the same.
Complain about the extremely poor commentary they are offering. If enough people do it maybe they will consider hiring their own commentary team.
python said:i.m just thinking for armstrong, 'what a fool i was to unretire in 2009...this crap would never have come to light'
yes, thank you lance for unretiring !
The Hitch said:Ligget during commentary:
Very sad news from overnight. Tyler Hamilton has admitted to doping. He has we understand sent back his olympic gold medal, so 2004 or was that 2008, Athens, so that means Ekimov will now get a 3rd gold medal.
Umm, how many things wrong with that. He echos armstrongs pathetic "congrats ekimov" tweet, but makes absolutely no mention about the accusations.
He's playing dumb like everyone else, of course. That's standard in omerta talk.LugHugger said:I've just caught up with Eurosport's ToC coverage from today. Brian Smith, ex LA team mate at Motorola says - I paraphrase - 'I wish all of these stories would go away. I rode in the 90's and I know what went on. I never saw any doping at Motorola. We don't need these stories emerging now. We need to get on with the sport. I don't know what these people's agenda's are but they're obviously sour grapes.'
Eurosport need to get rid of Brian Smith, He rode for Motorola for one year in 94 prior to LA being diagnosed. He never rode a GT with Armstrong. He apparently believes that nobody has doped since the nineties. He apparently believes that nobody dopes now. He apparently has no comprehension of the implications of lying to federal prosecutors. The man is clearly a cretin.
stephens said:It's nice to hear that I can lie, cheat, and steal my way through life and then get my dignity back as long as I admit some of it and then take down my teammate with me. It reminds me of why so many people find christianity attractive - it allows scewups to feel good about themselves again by just speaking a few words. I'll reserve my praise for those managed to go through life without screwing people over.
boomcie said:Saying that is actually illegal where I come from. In Belgium we have a law called the "negationism law" which states it is illegal to deny the Holocaust occurred.
TexPat said:Can someone please tell me how to view 60 Minutes from NZ. I'm having a wee soiree on Sunday night at the chateau and would like to use the show as a backdrop.
Thanks.
Alpe d'Huez said:It will be interesting to see what the IOC says regarding the medal. Personally I think there should be no winner, or just put an asterisk next to his name and take away the hardware.
Doug Ulman pagin Bubba, Ulman paging Bubba.Scirea said:Good to know Hincapie admitted that he and Armstrong both doped. Get the jail cell ready for Lance.![]()
Absolutely. Anything else would be a circus. Handing a maillot jaune to Ullrich, Basso, Kloden et al or handing a gold medal to Ekimov, it just perpetuates the same old game. Don't get caught, keep quiet, and everything will be alright.Alpe d'Huez said:It would really be more appropriate to just leave the winner's name blank in all the years where the winner was shown to have cheated.
TexPat said:Can someone please tell me how to view 60 Minutes from NZ. I'm having a wee soiree on Sunday night at the chateau and would like to use the show as a backdrop.
Thanks.
Magic Spanner said:Personally I would like to see the world of cycling disown and ignore him. In my mind his crime is riding roughshod over the sport I love. Bullying and cheating his way up and lieing on his way down. Let's be rid of him and leave him to the GJ.
thehog said:Huh? He hasn't done a deal with the Federal government you nong! With US cycling. As has Levi and the rest of them.
blackcat said:Doug Ulman pagin Bubba, Ulman paging Bubba.
: Bubba, the Livestrong wristband can double as a co<k ring for those well endowed. LIVESTRONG and stay hard.
Berzin said:I think the larger point needs to be made that instead of focusing on who to give those Tour titles to, to vacate Armstrong's name from the books. He should never be honored as the man who won the most Tours, or even one Tour for that matter.
They might as well leave those years blank-no winner. Cycling needs to do this.
That would make it clear to all those who doped that even in posterity there will be no rewards for cheaters.
Berzin said:I think the larger point needs to be made that instead of focusing on who to give those Tour titles to, to vacate Armstrong's name from the books. He should never be honored as the man who won the most Tours, or even one Tour for that matter.
They might as well leave those years blank-no winner. Cycling needs to do this.
That would make it clear to all those who doped that even in posterity there will be no rewards for cheaters.
You are of course right DW. I'm no LA supporter, and he will get what's coming to him, but for the future of the sport doping is the focus. Cutting it, curbing it, doing whatever necessary to clean up the mess and make the sport better for future riders.DirtyWorks said:And very little would change.