USADA strips Lance Armstrong of all TdF titles; banned for life

Its officially confirmed, he's a cyclist.

I fixed that for you.

I fixed that for you.

lol...and a liar...or all are cyclists that too?

lol...and a liar...or all are cyclists that too?

Pretty much. Cycling is currently built upon PEDs. Has been for probably 20 years. It's more common place than any ther sport. Basically everyone does it or they lose.

It's a shame it all went down like this.

Lance is a fraud, but at the end of the day he beat cancer in amazing fashion, and still won 7 Tour De France's. Sure he was doping, but from what FRPLG is saying, so was everyone else, so the playing field was level right? lol.

At least he founded Livestrong and raised millions for cancer research. Hey may be a fraud as far as the doping, but he's done a hell of a lot of good and amazing things too.

Pretty much. Cycling is currently built upon PEDs. Has been for probably 20 years. It's more common place than any ther sport. Basically everyone does it or they lose.

This. I used to feel like Armstrong strongly deserved the punishment for doping, but in a sport where doping is common throughout I feel like it's the system that deserves to be scrutinized instead of Armstrong. With all that said I will gain a slight measure of respect for Armstrong if he comes out and admits it. Honesty is always the best policy.

Can we change title to USDA strips Armstrong of A grade?

It's a shame it all went down like this.

Lance is a fraud, but at the end of the day he beat cancer in amazing fashion, and still won 7 Tour De France's. Sure he was doping, but from what FRPLG is saying, so was everyone else, so the playing field was level right? lol.

At least he founded Livestrong and raised millions for cancer research. Hey may be a fraud as far as the doping, but he's done a hell of a lot of good and amazing things too.

Cant argue with that.

Armstrong is a fraud in a sport full of them. So what. He still kicked everyone's ass and they were all doping.

True, Lance was a doper among a field of dopers. The sport has been tainted since the the Tour de France started, and I've read many articles on how even the earlier champions doped or used some sort of PEDs.

That said, Lance wasn't exactly on a equal playing field with these other guys. Why you ask? Because Lance had the financial backing to allow him the best access to blood doping and world class doctors that specialized in blood transfusions. Not all the riders had this type of backing which is where the playing field became unequal. Even so, it's still a impressive feat to go out there after beating cancer and win 7 TdF's.


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It does not work for me. No matter how you try to spin it...wrong is wrong. No matter how many were cheating, it does not make Lance any More right. It just makes all the rest wrong to.
Next time you get a speeding ticket....try telling the cop "WTF dude, everybody was speeding. You can't single out me!"
See how that works........