• Isn't this 3 days old news?

    No. It was reported earlier in the week that this happened but the announcement by the AFLD today that they might open a disciplinary case is new.

  • bit odd that he suddenly needed to take a shower when they wanted to take samples of his hair

  • Ohh, that was terrible Engrish.

    Sorry.

  • he will never be caught, he was and still is the best doper out there wooohoooo

  • bit odd that he suddenly needed to take a shower when they wanted to take samples of his hair

    You can't wash out drug evidence from hair. It's there for months. Even shaving isn't gonna remove the evidence.

  • Few days old now, found this earlier and it had me convinced for a while....and apart from the x-ray picture!!

    http://www.bontrager.com/news/inform_technology_aids_in_lance_armstrongs_recovery/en

    The ironic thing for me is that on a recent visit to Portsmouth universities design department they were looking at the use of carbon fibre in hip replacements.....the problem was that if the joint snapped it would almost certainly give the recipient cancer, don't think bontrager thought that one through!!!

  • look at the date

  • Ha, fell for this one completely. Not on April 1st alert any more.

  • you can't edit your post now, Oliver!
    :)

  • I left owning up in there. :)

  • You can't wash out drug evidence from hair. It's there for months. Even shaving isn't gonna remove the evidence.
    sure, but doesn't make the behaviour any less odd. It may be a pointless activity, but it shows Lance was rattled.

  • http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr24news3

    Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong will not face disciplinary proceedings from the French anti-doping agency AFLD.

        Posting on his *Twitter* account, Armstrong wrote, "the word from the French agency AFLD on the shower gate incident. Case closed, no penalty, all samples clean. Onward."
        The AFLD had previously said that Armstrong did not obey the rules of the World Anti-doping Agency's International Standard of Testing, specifically Article 5.4.1, which states that the person being subjected to an anti-doping control must remain within the sight of the doping control officer from the time of notification until the sample is collected.
       Armstrong could have faced a [suspension](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/apr09/apr09news3) from the incident which may have prevented him from racing the Tour de France. With the case closed, he will be free to attempt an eighth career victory in the Tour. 
       Armstrong is currently training in Aspen, Colorado, in preparation for his first attempt at the Giro d'Italia next month. He is recovering from a [fractured          collarbone](http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/mar09/mar23news3) that he sustained in the first stage of the Vuelta a Castilla          y Léon. 
       Join the discussion about 'shower-gate' on the *Cyclingnews* forum [here](http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=521).
    
  • What will Astana do for the TdF?

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may06news

    Armstrong has just talked about setting up his own team--I wonder if he'll attract funding. It'll be interesting to see, given that he's still easily the most high-profile rider. If he doesn't manage to do it, no-one will. Perhaps he'll re-brand Astana to Livestrong before the TdF if he can attract (a rarity in pro cycling) secondary sponsors rather than a title sponsor?

  • What will Astana do for the TdF?

    http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may06news

    Armstrong has just talked about setting up his own team--I wonder if he'll attract funding. It'll be interesting to see, given that he's still easily the most high-profile rider. If he doesn't manage to do it, no-one will. Perhaps he'll re-brand Astana to Livestrong before the TdF if he can attract (a rarity in pro cycling) secondary sponsors rather than a title sponsor?

    The drugs companys?

  • "Armstrong has just talked about setting up his own team--I wonder if he'll attract funding."

    i had you down as an intelligent member of this forum, i'm disappointed that you question the ability of the biggest marketing machine in pro-cycling to attract sponsorship.
    there will be no need for presentations to industry to attract funding. they will be banging on the door desperate for a slice of the armstrong hype.

  • "Armstrong has just talked about setting up his own team--I wonder if he'll attract funding."

    i had you down as an intelligent member of this forum, i'm disappointed that you question the ability of the biggest marketing machine in pro-cycling to attract sponsorship.
    there will be no need for presentations to industry to attract funding. they will be banging on the door desperate for a slice of the armstrong hype.

    You're wrong about me, he, he, but probably right about the Armstrong bandwagon. I know very little about marketing, which is why I was wondering.

  • he's bigger than the tour, some say he's even bigger than cycling.

  • Perhaps a lucrative tie-in with Ferrari!!

  • if British Cycling/ Team Sky are smart, tey'll jump on this, and get themselves hold of Brunyel's protour licence quick sharp, chuck a couple of brits in with the mix and get going straight away. and then work to get some big british names asap!

  • if British Cycling/ Team Sky are smart, tey'll jump on this, and get themselves hold of Brunyel's protour licence quick sharp, chuck a couple of brits in with the mix and get going straight away. and then work to get some big british names asap!

    If BC are smart, and they are, then they'll have nothing to do with Bruyneel or any riders who've ever ridden for him.

    Given their stated stance on doping, buddying up with the devil would not be a smart move.

  • Yes, taking over that outfit would carry a ... shall we say ... reputational risk ...

    At any rate, the outfit is already being set up now, and there's no question that they're doing it well--they easily have enough expertise there without needing Bruyneel at all.

  • If BC are smart, and they are, then they'll have nothing to do with Bruyneel or any riders who've ever ridden for him.

    Given their stated stance on doping, buddying up with the devil would not be a smart move.

    As long as he is this high profile, this wealthy, and worshipped by so many, he will never fail a test, he will never get prosecuted, there is little to no risk for any sponsor backing someone as big as Lance right now.

  • "First we build 'em up, and then we knock 'em down."

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