Lance Armstrong... greatest doper there was or ever will be

Poor old Filippo Simeoni has been given a full year (which is what Contador served isn't it?) suspension for missing a doping control after a mtb race.

And on the same day as Chistophe Bassons too. What a farce.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/sports/how-armstrongs-wall-fell-one-rider-at-a-time.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0NY times piece on the USADA case timeline

^^ lol, yes him.

Link >>>

I hope its not that tax dodge scheme.

Perhaps it's trivial compared to the fallout, but how did Lance/Postal ensure Motoman had access to the circuit for dropping off supplies? In 'The Secret Race' it's matter of factly stated that he joined the traffic as if anybody who felt inclined to could - surely anyone using the route under racing conditions needs security clearance? Without it, he couldn't have stood a chance of getting close to the riders without appearing suspicious. I find it odd that he did his crooked job with apparent ease.

I rode a neutral support motorbike on some of the big stage races for a couple of years, motorbikes came on and off the course frequently, at set points. It would have been easy to get on the course on a motorbike with a sticker on the screen and or a pass round your neck. The teams would easily have enough passes. Some teams had their own motorbikes in addition to the Mavic, Coke and Shimano, TV and press, gendarme, commissaire, chalk board, etc. There are so many no one would ask what another one was doing if the rider had accreditation.

I see. Something about it though sticks in my throat - there's no need to beat the system when they're using it fair and square, except their legitimate vehicle is ferrying the illegitimate. So obvious and efficient a way of keeping themselves doped it almost masks the gigantic arrogance of daring to attempt such a thing, while making a thorough mockery of the notion of a clean race when there's a drug courier amongst the peloton. I find it quite staggering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi42eKyBDCA

Don't think we've had this.

Well, you know what thought did.

One day I will bring a showbiz exclusive to this forum.

I heard Katie Holmes is looking for a new man.

@TS - Motoman would've have been dropping the drugs/blood bags to the team hotel after the stages, not during the race. So he wouldn't need any kind of special access to the race route.

I heard Katie Price is looking for a new man.

fixed for eternity

I hope its not that tax dodge scheme.

Nope. Some Cayman Islands land deal thing.
Sorry about the daily mail link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220787/Bradley-Wiggins-accused-signing-abusive-Cayman-Islands-tax-avoidance-scheme-Bill-Roache.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Nike sponsored soccer team:
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Liggett starting to make sense, whut?

Wiggins has closed and deleted his twitter account.

ha. Another Armstrong positive from 2002:

http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/13115/Lab-director-says-Armstrong-had-suspicious-test-result-in-2002.aspx

Liggett jumping on a band-wagon

ftfy

Liggett knows he's part of the problem (being one of the most unquestioning fan-boys), his future employment probably depends on now desperately scrambling to get on the right side.

As an antidote to all this doping talk, I am reading this excellent book

[ame="http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Srampagmano-Tales-ebook/dp/B009SKO6MG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1350819097&sr=8-1"]The Srampagmano Tales eBook: Scarlett Parker, Faith Buck: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store[/ame]

I did not know he finished that! What! Awesome!

(goes to try and pirate it)

Patrick Lefevere, Cav's new boss, now asking (after exit Rabobank news) whether we should now go and dig up Coppi, also a meaningful and positive contribution to the debate :-(

Nope. Some Cayman Islands land deal thing.
Sorry about the daily mail link.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2220787/Bradley-Wiggins-accused-signing-abusive-Cayman-Islands-tax-avoidance-scheme-Bill-Roache.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

I read that as 'Canvey Island'. Maybe it is a tax haven...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2220801/Team-Sky-braced-departures.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Fuck me, Sean Yates is a dumb cunt.

And this is the guy who Wiggins formed 'a special bond' with during the course of the year.

'I'd say [the accuser] is a very bitter and twisted guy. I must have been tested 103 times or something in my career and never ever come up positive.

Sounds like he's employed the Armstrong media strategy team....

http://www.lfgss.com/thread95407.html Vote on UCI Press Conference tomorrow....

and UCI decision....
http://www.lfgss.com/thread95409.html