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asgelle 10-12-12 01:43 PM


Originally Posted by StanSeven (Post 14834434)
I don't know who Armstrong pissed off but somebody had it out for him and wouldn't let it end.

Seriously? Then I guess you haven't been following the case. There's nothing wrong with that, but given you demonstrated lack of interest, maybe you should hold off sharing your opinions.

himespau 10-12-12 01:48 PM

I still bet Bruyneel never goes to arbitration.

Jed19 10-12-12 01:54 PM


Originally Posted by himespau (Post 14835024)
I still bet Bruyneel never goes to arbitration.

Well, if he does not go to arbitration after all his "denial", then something is seriously rotten. In no way should he be given a "deal", considering the seriousness of his part in the whole debacle.

gsteinb 10-12-12 01:56 PM

He'll take the same position as Lance.


colombo357 10-12-12 02:05 PM


Originally Posted by StanSeven (Post 14834434)
Meanwhile drug dealers and major criminals are released because the Justice Dept doesn't have the money or resources to prosecute cases.

Please give us one example of this.


Originally Posted by StanSeven (Post 14834434)
I don't know who Armstrong pissed off

The list is quite extensive. Start by reading the affidavits. He pissed off a lot of those people.

bike56 10-12-12 02:13 PM


Originally Posted by Commodus (Post 14832918)
Yea, probably a few. You certainly wouldn't find 1,000 pages of evidence proving a vast array of criminal wrongdoing.

Also, you're a complete nutter.

I love internet bravery,you can say thinks you would never say to a persons face.You can go to your room now and let the adults finish a serious conversation

bike56 10-12-12 02:18 PM


Originally Posted by dahoss2002 (Post 14833140)
So crap I guess he shouldnt be penalized.

No,I think he doped and should be punished.I think he and other TDF riders deserve a degree of respect.

Shimagnolo 10-12-12 02:22 PM

The video below the article is priceless: http://keepingscore.blogs.time.com/2...nce-armstrong/

;)

colombo357 10-12-12 02:23 PM


Originally Posted by bgilchrist (Post 14834052)
You honestly believe that?

That's how it works. Confessing always yields leniency. It's a little thing known as "incentive". Never heard of it?

Jed19 10-12-12 02:26 PM


Originally Posted by bike56 (Post 14835118)
No,I think he doped and should be punished.I think he and other TDF riders deserve a degree of respect.

If you think he doped, which he has denied to high heavens, then logically, you must know that he is a fraud.

So respect for a fraudster? Especially one who has ruined a lot of honest peoples' lives? He knew he doped, participated as a ringleader in that conspiracy, then has been relentless in destroying or trying to destroy the lives of people he knew were telling the truth, and still you think he deserves respect? Well, not my respect!

LarDasse74 10-12-12 02:31 PM


Originally Posted by bike56 (Post 14835103)
I love internet bravery,you can say thinks you would never say to a persons face.You can go to your room now and let the adults finish a serious conversation

I am a responsible adult. I agree that you are complete nutter. The evidence does not paint Lance as a person who has made a few regrettable mistakes and used bad judgement (which is all the evidence you would find on a majority of persons), but as a person who willfully cheated, lied, coerced, threatened, and lied more to cover it all up.

Although I do think most of the pro Euro peleton has engaged in activities closer to the latter than the former, but as they are caught, they are also being punished.

bike56 10-12-12 02:56 PM


Originally Posted by LarDasse74 (Post 14835164)
I am a responsible adult. I agree that you are complete nutter. The evidence does not paint Lance as a person who has made a few regrettable mistakes and used bad judgement (which is all the evidence you would find on a majority of persons), but as a person who willfully cheated, lied, coerced, threatened, and lied more to cover it all up.

Although I do think most of the pro Euro peleton has engaged in activities closer to the latter than the former, but as they are caught, they are also being punished.

Rather than simply disagree,you call me names.That is juvenile.This discussion is for serious adults.You remind me of the little wild dogs in the country.One on one they are submissive and cower face to face,but when in there little packs ,they become brave and bark from far away.You would never call Lance names to his face,and you would certainly not call me names face to face

tagaproject6 10-12-12 02:59 PM

And here we go :popcorn:

gsteinb 10-12-12 02:59 PM

First, Lance is a public figure. And I would indeed, in context, tell Lance what I thought of him. Lance made a fortune in the public eye and off its adulation. Because he was a cheat, a lair, and an total ass hat to all sorts of people (these stories have been around for a long long time) he gets the other side of that.

Commodus 10-12-12 03:21 PM


Originally Posted by bike56 (Post 14835103)
I love internet bravery,you can say thinks you would never say to a persons face.You can go to your room now and let the adults finish a serious conversation

Why in god's name would I not call you a 'complete, raving, PR-vomiting nutter' to your face? Hey you said it, I just called you on it.

You just may have an inflated opinion of yourself.

staehpj1 10-12-12 03:22 PM


Originally Posted by bgilchrist (Post 14834052)
You honestly believe that?

I know that I don't.

bgilchrist 10-12-12 03:26 PM


Originally Posted by asgelle (Post 14834986)
Interesting word choice. Since when is a witness an accuser? The only one who could be considered an accuser is Landis since he initiated contact with USADA and worked to initiate the investigation.

If you read the affidavits, yes I would use the term 'accuser'. In one affidavit, the 'damning evidence' is nothing more than " I know LA used EPO", nothing more than that. Others reference one instance prior to cancer.

I wouldn't call them witnesses, nor would I call confessed cheaters reliable.

tagaproject6 10-12-12 03:36 PM


Originally Posted by Commodus (Post 14833964)
Actually I believe they are being stripped of results during the time frame in which they admitted to PED use.



Source: http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/six-...ans-from-usada

No winners from 1999-2005??? :eek:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...trong/1630411/

asgelle 10-12-12 03:42 PM


Originally Posted by bgilchrist (Post 14835322)
If you read the affidavits, yes I would use the term 'accuser'.

In that case, you don't know what the word means.

bgilchrist 10-12-12 03:42 PM

Do you go down the list and find the first rider not associated with doping?

Hey dude, that 15th place finish? Well now you are the winner!

bike56 10-12-12 03:49 PM


Originally Posted by Commodus (Post 14835308)
Why in god's name would I not call you a 'complete, raving, PR-vomiting nutter' to your face? Hey you said it, I just called you on it.

You just may have an inflated opinion of yourself.

LOL You just made my point,little pack dog

eriksbliss 10-12-12 03:53 PM


Originally Posted by bike56 (Post 14835400)
LOL You just made my point,little pack dog

Oh my GOD, man, he called you a "little pack dog"! :eek: On a public forum! No effin' way! You're not going to just sit there and take that, are you? :fight:

bike56 10-12-12 03:58 PM


Originally Posted by eriksbliss (Post 14835419)
Oh my GOD, man, he called you a "little pack dog"! :eek: On a public forum! No effin' way! You're not going to just sit there and take that, are you? :fight:

LOL you got to admit this is a funny thread

tagaproject6 10-12-12 04:24 PM

It would be nice to have the GC listing from '95-'05 and highlight all the riders that doped.

gsteinb 10-12-12 04:24 PM

the point of all this is it's impossible to tell who doped because the tests were easy to evade.


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