[Para-Ord.45]

Go ahead, Lancebots, apologize away.

[Ingtar]

Until this, I thought Armstrong was being railroaded. The only way he could come out of this with a less than crappy smell now is if it was shown that all the witnesses were coerced into lying. Good luck with that.

[Scoutmaster]

The report is here.

[Uncle Slayton]

In this country, we do not convict people on drug charges based on hearsay evidence or witnesses who all have admitted to or have been found to be drug users.

[GeronL]

It sounds like they were ALL doing it and they want to focus on one guy. Let me guess the others will all get off scot-free for testifying.

[Paladin2]

""If you ain't cheatin', you ain't tryin'" is an old NASCAR expression. Junior Johnson had this to say about his creativity when it came to building cars:

"I loved the game. Maybe I'd have four of five new things on a car that might raise a question. But I'd always leave something that was outside of the regulations in a place where the inspectors could easily find it."

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The history of bike racing is replete with performance enhancement. If they can't enforce their rulz at the time, they need to get more enforceable rules.

Attempted enforcement >8 years after the fact (though all contemporaneous tests results appear to have been negative) means not enough effort is being put on current enforcement.

These folks appear to be attention whores seeking continued and increased (public) funding of their fiefdom.

[cweese]

Wow. You’re really obesessed with this. Do you have a mancrush on Lance? You’ve posted 2 very similar articles within 13 minutes, and in both you beg for someone to argue with you.

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[Paladin2]

"In October 1999, the USOC created the USADA to begin operation in October 2000. USADA's status and alleged independence from the USOC contrasts the norm in the United States in which most professional sport organizations (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) manage the anti-doping aspects of their sports. As a result of USADA's ongoing multi-year contracts with the USOC and the sport national governing bodies (USA Track & Field, USA Cycling, USA Swimming, US Soccer, etc.) the agency is responsible for managing the anti-doping programs including testing and results management for each sport's athletes and events throughout the year. Despite its name and status as the country's official anti doping organization, USADA is a private organization and not subject to government oversight."

The IOC is a vipers' nest of corruption. The USOC was likely only under control while Romney was in charge. Where's the auditors report on the most recent budget expenditures of these attention whores?

[jeffc]

Well, I've never watched or paid attention to bicycle racing, but it's only now that these guys come forwards? Why wait all this time? I hear/read Armstrong is a real jerk IRL, but it just seems strange people would wait so long before accusing someone of cheating.

[CodeToad]

Hearsay, not even admissible in court. No facts to it. This is a report brought by abuse of government power by an idiot liberal that wants to use his position in government to bury Armstrong.

[CodeToad]

I guess your support for this liberal government employee makes you a “GovBot”, since you like that third grade term “bot”. Nice to know you support the government attacking private citizens without trial. If this liberal idiot of a government employee has evidence of a crime he needs to prosecute it, otherwise he needs to shut up and stop abuse government power to try to destroy a private citizen. So much for you being a conservative.

[Uncle Chip]

The rumor was that he rode a Ferrari to victory over those 7 years. The rumor has proven to be true:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usada-lance-armstrong-paid-ferrari-more-than-dollar-1-million

[dennisw]

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/road-biking/My-Life-With-Lance-Armstrong.html?page=all

The bad side of Lance Armstrong. Vindictive, tries to destroy ex-teammates and those who loyally served him

http://www.bicycling.com/news/pro-cycling/5-questions-betsy-andreu

more bad and evil side of Lance

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/road-biking/My-Life-With-Lance-Armstrong.html?page=all

The bad side of Lance Armstrong. Vindictive, tries to destroy ex-teammates and those who loyally served him

http://www.bicycling.com/news/pro-cycling/5-questions-betsy-andreu

more bad and evil side of Lance