Lance Armstrong is a God

idk obviously i have no interest in cycling but.....presumably this dude was quite good as riding bicycles anyway? so that he would still have had at least some success if he didn't use drugs? it's an interesting example of unbridled venality

In 1886 an English cyclist is popularly reputed to have died after drinking a blend of cocaine, caffeine and strychnine, supposedly in the Bordeaux–Paris race.

which one (1) of these ingredients might not have been well chosen

Surprised that LeMond has had the good sense to stay quiet on this.

But the Raiders have a new dude on defense called HeiNACHO which I mean, how can that not be good :D

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idk obviously i have no interest in cycling but.....presumably this dude was quite good as riding bicycles anyway? so that he would still have had at least some success if he didn't use drugs? it's an interesting example of unbridled venality

He probably never wins a Tour, which would mean he'd be basically anonymous in America.

oh i'm pretty sure he's just savoring it xp

idk obviously i have no interest in cycling but.....presumably this dude was quite good as riding bicycles anyway? so that he would still have had at least some success if he didn't use drugs?

I have no interest in or knowledge of the sport (or any for that matter) and my attitude to doping has always been that it's just where modern science has taken us and it's dumb to ban it. But that interview linked upthread by haitch was very interesting and informative. About halfway through he explains why legalized doping is a bad idea and why having all of the athletes doping doesn't actually create a level playing field.

If they couldn't produce a bad test in 2009 then it's either not possible or Armstrong was clean. Because he was tested constantly that year--both at home, while training, on the racecourse, both announced and unannounced. And they still have those blood samples. He was tested far more than any other cyclist that year.

And if he was clean that year, then his racing was astounding for someone his age.

yeah sadly this is going to demolish Armstong's reputation, but doping or no, doing all this while passing a zillion drug tests is still pretty impressive

that JV interview is fantastic

there is nothing sad and everything hilarious about lance armstrong being stripped of 7 tour titles imo.

Yup.

i don't know how i'll feel when my ipod tells me "i'm lance armstrong and that was your longest run yet!". ha!

Surprised that LeMond has had the good sense to stay quiet on this.

― hot slag (lukas), Friday, 24 August 2012 11:19 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Cathy LeMond Tweeted one word: "Finally"

yeah sadly this is going to demolish Armstong's reputation, but doping or no, doing all this while passing a zillion drug tests is still pretty impressive

― frogbs, Friday, 24 August 2012 11:39 (8 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't know why it is sad that this will destroy lance's reputation, he was cheat in an era of cheats and his rubber band racket cancer "charity" is a self aggrandising sham. I am astounded that Nike haven't dropped his sorry arse but they say his brand is bigger than cycling.

Betsy Andreu was much less circumspect

http://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2012/08/24/betsy-andreu-lance-armstrong-a-ramene-le-sport-a-l-epoque-de-la-rda_1751099_3242.html

"yeah I'm fine if regular idiots stop following it and join yr club"

if regular idiots stopped following baseball there wouldn't be a baseball. or a football. or a basketball. or a hockey.

I don't know why it is sad that this will destroy lance's reputation, he was cheat in an era of cheats and his rubber band racket cancer "charity" is a self aggrandising sham. I am astounded that Nike haven't dropped his sorry arse but they say his brand is bigger than cycling.

yeah and i'm pretty sure as long as there are ways to cheat there will be ways to get around the testing somehow. and i feel like he's been using the charity as a reputation shield in recent years.

"I am astounded that Nike haven't dropped his sorry arse "

this will happen within a couple of weeks, i imagine?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/25/sports/cycling/lance-armstrong-retains-support-of-nike-and-other-companies.html

yeah i dunno -- i've a sense that stripping him many years later when he hasn't admitted anything won't sway the non-cycling public all that much.

if ppl liked him (like andy pettitte) they'll continue to; if ppl hated him (like barry bonds) they'll continue to.

i imagine that most americans are like, dude won a really hard foreign commie sport a bunch of times where everyone else was doping too -- big deal

fuck him if he can't be bothered to show up in court anymore, not the type of petulant quitter move i expect from a man who can beat testicle cancer and the alps five times.

well, he'll always have LIVESTRONG and anna's teat to comfort himself on

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGtfpzT4Lqw

snap

rip juan pelota

http://cavalierfc.tumblr.com/post/30172302298/its-not-about-the-bike

Good history in podcast form

http://velocastcc.squarespace.com/race-radio/2012/8/27/lance-armstrong-special-edition.html

why do people hate him again? what's this 'cartel' ish

read that link, it's right there

(a race where you get off the bike a few times to sleep, riiiight)

― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Friday, August 24, 2012 11:54 AM (4 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i know right, you dont see baseball players all sleeping between games and shit

Thanks for that Balls, Wheels, Doping article.

I am astounded that Nike haven't dropped his sorry arse but they say his brand is bigger than cycling.

They still sponsor Tiger Woods? Nike doesn't have a problem with sketchy people if they think they're still capable of generating them some cash.

i bood lance when he ran the ny marathon B-)

Nike doesn't have a problem with sketchy people if they think they're still capable of generating them some cash.

^substitute any corporation for Nike above.

i think nike ENJOYS promoting reviled/disgraced mega-athletes

they prob consider it an engaging challenge for their marketing apparatus

like whats exactly the right tone for his comeback ad

GOD JUICED

juiced god

i think nike ENJOYS promoting reviled/disgraced mega-athletes

I agree, I think that's part of their branding -- I don't know if that's supposed to make them look "edgier" or what.

God Does Play Juice

#Nike #Juice

black and white footage, lance riding his bike on a drizzly day through (let's say) san francisco, getting a lot of evil eyes from people. no VO, just echo-laden snippets of commenters talking about him being a fraud, how he could never have won the tour w/o cheating, etc. lance turns a corner and before him is california street, leading up to nob hill. one of the steepest streets in the city. lance grits his teeth and begins riding up as the voices all blur together and people walking past stop and stare. as he gets higher, people begin to cheer. eventually he gets to the top and turns around to look back at the city for a moment before riding on. "WINNERS NEVER QUIT"

black

nike swirl

he wore those black pants to conceal shamefyull buttock sweat!

soundtrack would be clams casino motivation beat

thank you juiced god

beginning of this thread is p comic in hindsight. nathalie was otm.

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/but-everybodys-doing-it-lance-armstrong-and-the-philosophy-of-making-bad-decisions/261669/

I really wanted to continue my boycott of Nike after their support of Paterno and Vick, but goddamn i tried out one of their 3-Woods and all of my principles vanished. Shitty shoes though, i'll still stay away from those.

Dont really give a shit about Armstrong (everybody in that sport seems to be juicing, so is it really cheating) or Woods (that shit's between him and his ex).

black and white footage, lance riding his bike on a drizzly day through (let's say) san francisco, getting a lot of evil eyes from people. no VO, just echo-laden snippets of commenters talking about him being a fraud, how he could never have won the tour w/o cheating, etc. lance turns a corner and before him is california street, leading up to nob hill. one of the steepest streets in the city. lance grits his teeth and begins riding up as the voices all blur together and people walking past stop and stare. as he gets higher, people begin to cheer. eventually he gets to the top and turns around to look back at the city for a moment before riding on. "WINNERS NEVER QUIT"

black

nike swirl

― omar little, Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:48 PM (47 minutes ago)

There once existed footage of Lance with semi-liquid diarrhea* streaming out of his shorts at the 2001 San Francisco Gran Prix while he was getting dropped on the Fillmore St. climb before abandoning the race, but after a couple quasi-SFW searches, I don't think it's up anymore.

*G-I distress is an unfortunate byproduct of blood doping.

To be fair, GI distress is also an unfortunate byproduct of intense physical exertion.

Surprised that LeMond has had the good sense to stay quiet on this.

I think he did give an opinion some time ago but was threatened by Armstrong to shut up?

Anyway I never liked the guy so quite happy he got his comeuppance (?).