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Team Radio Shack Developments (Ongoing Thread)
Lance Armstrong Foundation | July 23, 2009 | Various

Posted on 07/27/2009 7:07:08 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy

Jul 23 RadioShack Partners With Lance to Form New Cycling Team in 2010
by Brooke McMillan (LAF Staff)

RadioShack Corporation is proud to announce a partnership with seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong to form a new American Pro-Tour cycling team. Beginning in 2010, Lance Armstrong will compete for Team RadioShack as a cyclist, runner and triathlete in events around the world, including the 2010 Tour de France.

“This has been a great season so far – the response in the countries we’ve been to has been amazing and it’s clear now that this was the right choice. Utilizing the massive media attention that the sport receives has been the perfect vehicle to help spread the LIVESTRONG message around the world,” said Lance Armstrong. “To be able to compete for an American team comprised of the world’s top cyclists, supported by the best coaches and staff – I couldn’t be happier to partner with RadioShack, a truly iconic American brand,” said Lance Armstrong.

For more information about this partnership and to view a video message from Lance, please go to www.livestrong.com


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Outdoors; Sports; Travel
KEYWORDS: lancearmstrong; missinglink; oopers; radioshack; teamradioshack; teamrs
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To: Baynative

Yeah, I know what you mean, Bay.

Someone asked on the live thread if Lemond was going to be around; I thought about answering ‘no, they sent Landis instead’. lol


221 posted on 07/03/2010 12:05:20 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Tagline vitriol postponed until July 25, 2010)
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To: Baynative; leilani; Mom MD; commish; Mr. Blonde; WackySam; PeteB570; luv2ski
Thought I'd keep this off the live Tour thread...


Armstrong scoffs at reported $300K bribe claim: LeMond reportedly accuses Armstrong of offering money for EPO accusation

NBCSports.com news services
updated 11 minutes ago

Lance Armstrong dismissed as "nonsense" a reported claim by Greg LeMond that the seven-time Tour de France champion tried to pay someone $300,000 to say LeMond used a banned drug.

LeMond, a three-time Tour de France champion, told the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung's weekend issue that Armstrong tried to implicate him "by all means" in a scandal involving EPO, a performance enhancer.

LeMond refused to reveal the identity of the person who was allegedly offered money by Armstrong, saying he still works in cycling.

Armstrong dismissed the accusation after Sunday's 14th stage of the Tour.

"That's absolutely nonsense — $300,000?" Armstrong said, when asked by The Associated Press about the allegations. "Come on. I know (about the report). But he says a lot."

"That's just another thing," he said, alluding to years of antagonism between the two American Tour champions.

According to a report Friday in the Daily News of New York, LeMond has been served with a grand jury subpoena as part of a federal investigation of possible fraud and doping charges against Armstrong and his associates.

The federal investigation was spurred by accusations by Floyd Landis, a former teammate of Armstrong's on the US Postal team, in a series of emails sent to cycling and doping officials this spring.

Landis, who was stripped of his 2006 Tour title for doping, said the use of banned substances was common on the team. Armstrong has denied those allegations and has questioned Landis' credibility.

...more...

222 posted on 07/18/2010 2:54:47 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy; Baynative; leilani; Mom MD; commish; Mr. Blonde; WackySam; PeteB570; luv2ski

ahhh the annual Greg Lemond ‘LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME I AM STILL RELEVANT’ article. Thank you for posting.

I swear Lemond has an ego the size of New York city, and he cannot stand the fact that any other american Cyclist might get more press or have more accomplishments than he does.

IMO Lemond has even less credit that Landis.


223 posted on 07/18/2010 4:16:34 PM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: commish

UGh - credibility = credit.


224 posted on 07/18/2010 4:17:16 PM PDT by commish (Freedom tastes sweetest to those who have fought to preserve it.)
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To: commish
We all knew what you meant, like Boone in re: Blutarski's 'when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor'.

'Forget it, he's on a roll'. ;>)

225 posted on 07/18/2010 9:10:12 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: leilani; Baynative; luv2ski; nutmeg; Mom MD; commish; Mr. Blonde

Lance hires attorney for GJ in LA

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2010/07/21/2010-07-21_lance_armstrong_hires_labased_criminal_defense_attorney_bryan_d_daly_for_feds_gr.html


226 posted on 07/21/2010 11:11:13 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: leilani; Baynative; luv2ski; nutmeg; Mom MD; commish; Mr. Blonde
I do not have a good feeling about this, and wonder what or who is running it. Not surprised to see SCA involved, I think they are still pissed that they had to pay Lance the $5+ million.


Prosecutors Step Up Armstrong Probe

Investigators Subpoena Documents and a Witness in Bid to Prove the Tour de France Champion Used Banned Substances

By REED ALBERGOTTI And VANESSA O'CONNELL

Federal prosecutors handling an investigation into cheating in professional cycling have subpoenaed documents from an arbitration case that sought to prove that Lance Armstrong used performance-enhancing drugs.

The documents contain depositions from former teammates and associates of the seven-time Tour de France champion during a period when a promotions company was trying to prove that Mr. Armstrong employed banned drugs and practices—known as doping—during his cycling career.

Jeffrey Tillotson, the attorney who represented the company, SCA Promotions Inc., in the arbitration hearings, said it received a subpoena for the records on July 16. He is preparing to send the files to the federal prosecutors in Los Angeles who are handling the investigation, he said.

Mr. Armstrong has repeatedly denied doping allegations and has not been charged with any wrongdoing.

Using performing-enhancing techniques in sports is generally not against the law in the U.S. But federal prosecutors could make the case that Mr. Armstrong defrauded investors by accepting sponsorship dollars with the understanding that he would not use the drugs, if they prove that he doped.

...

The money quote:

"Prosecutors "aren't going to charge somebody with doping," said Mike Straubel, an attorney at the Valparaiso University Sports Law Clinic in Indiana, who represents athletes. "They are going to charge somebody with a secondary offense of fraud in some fashion—perjury or lying to a federal investigator."

227 posted on 07/27/2010 8:27:16 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

It seems like at best so far they have a whole lot of innuendo. A bunch of one on one conversations that may or may not have taken place. I guess eventually they can gather enough smoke to convince a jury there was a fire at one point, but it is going to take a lot of work.

Frankly I’m totally indifferent to conversations that took place pre-cancer. Even if he doped then, that doesn’t prove that he was doping after. He came back with a much different body and outlook.


228 posted on 07/27/2010 8:55:47 AM PDT by Mr. Blonde (You ever thought about being weird for a living?)
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To: Ready4Freddy
"Prosecutors "aren't going to charge somebody with doping," said Mike Straubel, an attorney at the Valparaiso University Sports Law Clinic in Indiana, who represents athletes. "They are going to charge somebody with a secondary offense of fraud in some fashion—perjury or lying to a federal investigator."

TRANSLATION: An ambitious prosecutor wishing to garner publicity for himself by going after celebrities can still get his name in the papers & burnish his CV even if in the end he only wins the mickey mouse tacked-on charges.

If you initiate an investigation not to seek justice for a crime committed, but to to trap somebody for lying to authorities during the investigation itself, you still get just as rich & famous as the attorneys who pursue suspects with the intent of actually proving that the very alleged crimes which precipitated the investigation did indeed occur.

Kinda makes ya feel all warm & fuzzy inside about our federal justice system, doesn't it?

Gee, it's just too darn bad Ironman doesn't have a fishing expedition component in its competition. Looks like Lance will be getting a lot of practice for that in before Hawaii if he does indeed decide to enter.

230 posted on 07/27/2010 4:09:00 PM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani; Baynative; Mr. Blonde; commish; Mom MD
Armstrong lawyers say USADA offering riders deals [to testify against Lance]
231 posted on 08/03/2010 7:02:04 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: luv2ski

Meant to ping you too


232 posted on 08/03/2010 7:16:37 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

Thanks! I’m interested in it all even though I find it depressing.


233 posted on 08/03/2010 7:49:20 PM PDT by luv2ski
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To: luv2ski

Me too, luvvy, me too...


234 posted on 08/03/2010 8:41:14 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: luv2ski; leilani; Baynative; Mr. Blonde; commish; Mom MD

US Postal investigation gathers pace

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/us-postal-investigation-gathers-pace

Holczer accuses Leipheimer of blood manipulation

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/holczer-accuses-leipheimer-of-blood-manipulation


235 posted on 08/05/2010 10:17:31 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy

It might be time to being bracing ourselves for the worst.


236 posted on 08/05/2010 10:20:16 AM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Vision

hiya, Vision. Sorry, i’ll make sure to ping you on these, too.

yeah, as soon as I heard the rumblings about a GJ I had a bad feeling, if only for the fact that Fed prosecutors can get you on damn near anything even if you’re clean.

OTOH, the whole house-o’-cards may be fixin’ to come tumbling down.


237 posted on 08/05/2010 10:32:11 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Sure I've heard of grits. I just never actually *seen* a grit before.)
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To: Ready4Freddy
It's in God's hands now. Lance has said he will go to his grave denying the allegations.
238 posted on 08/05/2010 10:43:15 AM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Ready4Freddy
Is this the first time they've convened a Grand Jury for this? What I find rather curious is they're investigating doping activity on the US Postal team which dissolved in 2004. Is the statute of limitations for this 7 years or something? Is that why they're putting the pedal to the metal on it now, marshalling so many resources for it & leaking to the press all this stuff to pressure other riders?

I long ago prepared myself for the possibility Lance would get nailed. He's innocent until proven guilty but I'm not naive. I've just always kinda compartmentalized it by rationalizing that if everybody's been doping like everybody keeps saying (& now confessing), then all that means is he won 7 times by riding on a level playing field 7 times.

I'd be more surprised - and disappointed - about Big George for some reason, though. Don't have any idea why it would be different for him, it just is.

Sprinter & green jersey winner Petacchi, incidentally, invoked the Italian version of the 5th amendment the other day during a meeting with prosecutors there who are investigating him for doping.

239 posted on 08/05/2010 3:21:59 PM PDT by leilani
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To: leilani; luv2ski; commish; Mr. Blonde; Baynative; DollyCali; green iguana; Wyatt's Torch

Laurent Fignon passes away from cancer at 50.

Sad, RIP Laurent.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/laurent-fignon-passes-away


240 posted on 08/31/2010 2:41:24 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Am working on plans for a Knights Templar Community Center next to the Kaaba in Mecca.)
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