Road Bike Racing - Armstrong?

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gringorio
06-18-04, 08:32 PM
Did I hear something about an accusation that Armstrong used some sort of doping agent?
michael_tn
06-18-04, 08:39 PM
yup, here is a link:
http://www.velonews.com/news/fea/6272.0.html
Poppaspoke
06-18-04, 11:19 PM
The doping accuations have been going on since LA's first TdF win. He is, like other professional cyclists, is regularly and quite often tested for these agents. Some tests are regularly scheduled and some are random, but LA has never tested positive for a forbidden agent. Armstrong has never gone out of his way to cozy up to the French press, and there is no doubt of the personal nature of the French dislike for him. That, and the recent increase of anti-American sentiment, is the main impetus of these accusations.
Smoothie104
06-18-04, 11:36 PM
That and pretty much everyone else dopes in the peleton too.
velocipedio
06-19-04, 06:18 AM
Armstrong has never gone out of his way to cozy up to the French press, and there is no doubt of the personal nature of the French dislike for him. That, and the recent increase of anti-American sentiment, is the main impetus of these accusations.
that explains why one of the two co-authors is briton david walsh.
Laggard
06-19-04, 06:49 AM
How many threads do we need for this topic?
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=54984
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=55314
brent_dube
06-19-04, 09:29 AM
How many threads do we need for this topic?
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=54984
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=55314
I hope we don't have this problem during the Tour. Last year, it seemed like there would be four threads made each day, on every stage that occured. (half in this forum, half in the 'road cycling' forum) Then a mod had to step in to keep it organized.
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