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Lance Armstrong stripped of his seven titles

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Yeah, it’s called Integrity!!!!!

 
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It was a ‘non-core promise’  LOL

 
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integrity…diginity, spelt similar and i love this grab from the simpson so i just wanted to use it

 
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What many people completely fail to comprehend, is that if NONE of the participants in the Tour de France had been on the juice, including Lance, he STILL would have won seven tours.

He was NOT the first person to do it (not even close!!!) - he simply gave in to the reality that to be competitive, he had no choice.

It was a classic “Damned if you do, damned if you don’t” scenario.

 
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chucky - 24 October 2012 02:31 AM

What many people completely fail to comprehend, is that if NONE of the participants in the Tour de France had been on the juice, including Lance, he STILL would have won seven tours.

I call Bull on that!

We actually have no idea of that!

A total clean Lance may have not been as good as a totally clean other participant.

 
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yeah I don’t believe that for even half a second.

And its not damned if you do, damned if you don’t…...in my eyes anyway, you’re only damned if you do.

If you choose not to and you don’t win, you’re a normal human being with integrity.

 
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Once again.

chucky - 24 October 2012 01:54 AM

. . . like a racing cyclist friend of mine said in his Facebook status a while ago:

“To all the self-righteous prats out there: please understand this, the difference between a donkey & a racehorse IS NOT a pharmaceutical leap.”

As someone who has worked in the cycling industry for almost 20 years, knows professional (and ex-professional) racing cyclists who have raced all around the world, previously worked for one of the world’s top bicycle racing magazines, knew Cadel Evans way back when he was still racing MTB juniors, and has been following the Tour de France since 1981, I think I’m in a better position than most of you to make these calls.

 
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silent - 24 October 2012 02:49 AM

No, not “clean riders” - just riders who are yet to be caught.

 
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So, he should just admit to it and at least have the courtesy not to treat everyone like idiots?????

 
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chucky - 24 October 2012 02:55 AM

I think I’m in a better position than most of you to make these calls.

so what is new?

 
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chucky - 24 October 2012 02:57 AM

No, not “clean riders” - just riders who are yet to be caught.

One day, who knows… by the record I don’t watch this tour or cycle things whatever

* EDIT - was too slow to post raspberry

 
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Mizu Kuma - 24 October 2012 02:58 AM

So, he should just admit to it and at least have the courtesy not to treat everyone like idiots?????

no of course not! then he might lose some of his precious fortune that he deserves from all his cheating? If you’re gonna cheat, you may as well continue lying about it, right?

 
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EDIT:

chucky - 24 October 2012 02:55 AM

As someone who has worked in the cycling industry for almost 20 years, knows professional (and ex-professional) racing cyclists who have raced all around the world, previously worked for one of the world’s top bicycle racing magazines, knew Cadel Evans way back when he was still racing MTB juniors, and has been following the Tour de France since 1981, I KNOW I’m in a better position than most of you to make these calls.

 
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chucky - 24 October 2012 02:55 AM

Once again.

chucky - 24 October 2012 01:54 AM

. . . like a racing cyclist friend of mine said in his Facebook status a while ago:

“To all the self-righteous prats out there: please understand this, the difference between a donkey & a racehorse IS NOT a pharmaceutical leap.”

As someone who has worked in the cycling industry for almost 20 years, knows professional (and ex-professional) racing cyclists who have raced all around the world, previously worked for one of the world’s top bicycle racing magazines, knew Cadel Evans way back when he was still racing MTB juniors, and has been following the Tour de France since 1981, I think I’m in a better position than most of you to make these calls.

So by the same token, you’d agree that those in the industry now, along with those that rode and worked with Armstrong throughout his career, would be in the best position to make a call about his situation?????