CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS ON OF THE GREATEAT CYCLES LANCE ARMSTRONG IS BAND FROM TOUR DE FRANCE Do you think this is fair or foul? Lance Armstrong Barred From Ironman France Amid Doping Allegations
BIG BAD JOHN R.
2012/06/14 13:51:44
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There is no proof yet just allegations that he has been using doping; "
Armstrong is accused of using the blood booster EPO, blood transfusions, a human growth hormone, testosterone and steroids. Such doping would have made him a stronger and faster racer. He and his lawyer have vehemently denied that the racing champion has ever participated in doping.
They have no proof yet they are denying him his right to compete.
Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has been barred by the organizers of Ironman France from competing in this month's triathlon now that he is facing formal doping charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.Armstrong was told Wednesday that he is no longer allowed to compete in the June 24 race in Nice, France, Ironman France spokeswoman Delphine Vivet told The Associated Press. The investigation may also lead to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles."He cannot take the start," Vivet said, emphasizing that he is barred from the race under World Triathlon Corporation rules.
Armstrong is accused of using the blood booster EPO, blood transfusions, a human growth hormone, testosterone and steroids. Such doping would have made him a stronger and faster racer. He and his lawyer have vehemently denied that the racing champion has ever participated in doping.
They have no proof yet they are denying him his right to compete.
Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has been barred by the organizers of Ironman France from competing in this month's triathlon now that he is facing formal doping charges from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.Armstrong was told Wednesday that he is no longer allowed to compete in the June 24 race in Nice, France, Ironman France spokeswoman Delphine Vivet told The Associated Press. The investigation may also lead to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles."He cannot take the start," Vivet said, emphasizing that he is barred from the race under World Triathlon Corporation rules.
Four riders have won five times:
Jacques Anquetil in 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964;
Eddy Merckx in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1974;
Bernard Hinault in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982 and 1985;
Miguel Indurain in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995 (the first to do so in five consecutive years).
Come on everyone, say it with me:
Tks
Most people deal in facts, not hearsay an innuendo of "ex-friends" delivered by a source known to bend and even falsify news because after all they are only 'commentary'.
I thought we had evolved beyond that standard
"I have never doped, and, unlike many of my accusers, I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one," Armstrong said.
They have set their sites to bring him down and this is so wrong. They can't beat him fairly so they want to discredit him. ""This is the product of malice and an unhealthy obsession with Lance. The more tests that he passes the more they seem to believe he is guilty," said Armstrong's lawyer Bob Luskin. "They've made a wicked bargain with other riders, telling them that they will not be charged if they implicate Lance and they will be banned if they don't. Nothing good or honest or fair or truthful can come out of this process. Lance hasn't ever doped and his innocence was supported by more than 600 successful drug tests."