Why is Lance Still Racing?

[DirtyWorks]

What is the over/under on Lance showing up at Interbike?

The only bet I'll take is he'll be in the Trek suite, not on the floor.

 

[MacRoadie]

The only bet I'll take is he'll be in the Trek suite, not on the floor.

Is that suite at Sapphire or Treasures?

 

[Turner29]

Because he is greatest athlete of modern era and lots of people want to see him compete.



Hugh

I would argue Phelps is a greater athlete.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Is that suite at Sapphire or Treasures?

Gahh! Whichever one is for the top 2% of retailers. From there it's off to the strip club!

 

[TourOfSardinia]

He still races because that is how he spends time with his family.

classic -nice one

 

[MacRoadie]

Gahh! Whichever one is for the top 2% of retailers. From there it's off to the strip club!

(Psssst, those ARE strip clubs)....

 

[thehog]

Can Lance go back to where he came 4th in the U12 swimming championships and claim the senior title?

 

[Paco_P]

Because he is greatest athlete of modern era and lots of people want to see him compete.
Hugh

Even the most drunken fanboy should admit that this is nonsense. He has nothing on Hicham el Guerrouj.

 

[D-Queued]

I am really enjoying this thread!

Thanks everyone.

Dave.

 

[Rainfox]

Lance is still racing because USADA blew it.

They underestimated the public, public opinion and they underestimated Armstrong's insanity.

Everybody knew Lance wasn't on cookies and Gatorade only. He won 7 TdFs and he delivered spectacular entertainment. Great rider, unparalleled drive and dedication.

Then add his cancer charity and philanthropy status. Untouchable.

I am a fan of Armstrong and will always remain one. I am disappointed that the evidence didn't come out and was put in his face. Get it over with. Do it right. So we all win - even Lance, although he may have been put on suicide watch.

I am sad for the many clean athletes that bit the dust and the many logs of fallen trees behind him as he plowed through the cycling woods, but - again - the hate for this guy in here matches his own witchhunt label. It's an obsession and it is blinding. Lance kicked *** on a bike and he kicked *** as an icon. He juiced? I watch baseball and I watch the NFL and I watch Italian soccer. Pass the juice...

 

[eleven]

How will USADA respond when his partners form their own Triathlon series and offer rewards large enough to entice some of the top performers?

 

[QuickStepper]

I don't know if anyone else picked up on this, I just saw it this morning in some news report out of Geneva, Switzerland: Even if USADA sanctions stand, and he is stripped of all 7 of his TdF wins, the sanction only applies from August 1, 1998 to now.

Armstrong would still keep his 1993 World Championship title.

Doesn't explain why he is still racing, but I did find it pretty funny.

 

[D-Queued]

How will USADA respond when his partners form their own Triathlon series and offer rewards large enough to entice some of the top performers?

Perhaps they will observe that a fool and his money are easily parted.

Dave.

 

[eleven]

Perhaps they will observe that a fool and his money are easily parted.

Dave.

..Because he and his partners have a long track record of foolish investments?

 

[D-Queued]

..Because he and his partners have a long track record of foolish investments?

Judging by how much dough has been wasted on attorneys that cannot even meet filing deadlines, I have to agree with you.

Corrupt practices, like paying off the UCI, or paying out a half million or more to Ferrari and not even getting a car, do not qualify as wise investments.

Dave.

 

[eleven]

Judging by how much dough has been wasted on attorneys that cannot even meet filing deadlines, I have to agree with you.

Corrupt practices, like paying off the UCI, or paying out a half million or more to Ferrari and not even getting a car, do not qualify as wise investments.

Dave.

You don't think paying off the UCI paid off? How much money did he earn after the 2001 Swiss tour?

How much would he have earned had never worked with Ferrari?

It's a sad truth: Cheaters sometimes win. Roger Clemens is about to become the Next Houston Astro after earning tens of million per year after the "twilight of his career". Barry Bonds will move into the SFO front office after making even more than Clemens.

 

[DirtyWorks]

Lance is still racing because USADA blew it.

If this is really how you feel, then USADA did exactly what they are empowered to do and no more. The promoter is working outside the WADA infrastructure. Lots of events do the same thing.

Tyler Hamilton AND Floyd Landis could have entered the race just the same. I'd pay good money for that start line call-up picture. That long wait for the "go" would be pay per view video gold. A sweetener would be to throw Joe Papp in there too, but that might not be viable right now.

One thing we know for sure, Wonderboy will screw this up too because he can't help himself to save his life. We also know a former TDF champion got beat by a nobody. Hardly the stuff of a genetically gifted cyclist. A cyclist off his PED cycle? For sure.

 

[BikeCentric]

You don't think paying off the UCI paid off? How much money did he earn after the 2001 Swiss tour?

How much would he have earned had never worked with Ferrari?

It's a sad truth: Cheaters sometimes win. Roger Clemens is about to become the Next Houston Astro after earning tens of million per year after the "twilight of his career". Barry Bonds will move into the SFO front office after making even more than Clemens.

You are correct as of now, however the Armstrong saga is far from over. USADA has already publicly stated that they will be releasing all details of the case after the 3 challengers go through arbitration - and many details will emerge in those cases as well. So there is lots more information on Lance's cheating yet to come and likely many lawsuits against him as well as people seek to claw back his fraudulent "earnings."

So far though I agree with you - USADA has shown young cyclists that you probably won't get away with cheating, but you can still make a ton of money and walk away with the cash. That needs to be rectified because it's not right.

 

[Cloxxki]

Lance will be like Elvis. A fat guy in local grocery store logo'd spandex on a road bike offering autographs to unsuspecting bystanders, doing laps on their parking lots against chimps on bikes, and kids on cruiser bikes supplied by the store.

 

[Rockets160]

I'm having a hard time with this one: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/s...d-in-mountain-bike-race-in-colorado.html?_r=1

I mean, I know why; because he thinks he's completely above any and all authority. Also, since he's a pretty good at reading people (like most sociopaths), he realizes that USADA doesn't want to be seen as being any more "vindictive" than he's portrayed them to be. When Tyler Hamilton did some unsanctioned races, USADA and USAC threatened to sanction any license holders who showed up to a race in which he was participating (yes, they can do that). Why does the preferential treatment still continue? Why is still positioning himself to poison the next generation?

And by the Keegan Swirbel, time to grow up. Santa doesn't exist, either.

Whats this you say about Santa? I met him last year at the mall. You're a liar.

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Lance will be like Elvis. A fat guy in local grocery store logo'd spandex on a road bike offering autographs to unsuspecting bystanders, doing laps on their parking lots against chimps on bikes, and kids on cruiser bikes supplied by the store.

Do you think you can refer to Elvis with a little more reverence. Sheesh! Show a little respect.

 

[alberto.legstrong]

Whats this you say about Santa? I met him last year at the mall. You're a liar.

This forum and its Santa hate really sicken me.

 

[D-Queued]

You don't think paying off the UCI paid off? How much money did he earn after the 2001 Swiss tour?

How much would he have earned had never worked with Ferrari?

It's a sad truth: Cheaters sometimes win. Roger Clemens is about to become the Next Houston Astro after earning tens of million per year after the "twilight of his career". Barry Bonds will move into the SFO front office after making even more than Clemens.

If you want to based your returns on illegal (or rule-breaking) activities, that is up to you. But, thank you for confirming your point of view.

Thanks for confirming Lance is no better than a thug.

Dave.

 

[Race Radio]

How will USADA respond when his partners form their own Triathlon series and offer rewards large enough to entice some of the top performers?

They will respond the same way the rest of the sport will

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Deagol]

.... My estimation is we'll see him back at Leadville MTB race where I hear a sanctioned doper just won the event. The owner of the event has made it clear that Wonderboy's win stays despite the USADA evidence of blood manipulation during that time.
.....

Hmm, I think you might be thinking of the Breckenridge 100 instead of the Leadville 100 where a sanctioned doper just won the event. Alban Lakata of Austria won Leadville this year, and to my knowledge, there are no sanctions against him. It was Michael Weiss (also from Austria) who won the Breckenridge 100 this summer while under a 2-year doping sanction.
Pretty lame.
I think 2009 was the last year a known doper won at Leadville, but there is a possibility that 2010 was also won by a slightly less known doper. The race management at Leadville has been either embarrassingly naive or willfully ignorant about their 2009 & 2010 winners and have too much hype invested in them.