Lance Armstrong. Drug cheat???

Post by **jackspratt** » December 29, 2012, 7:32 am

The final chapter has been written:

Armstrong opts against appeal

Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong missed the deadline to lodge an appeal over being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles for systematic doping, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced.

Armstrong has been wiped from the record books with all of his achivements since August 1998 binned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) after he was accused of being at the heart of sports' biggest ever doping scandal.

The UCI notified the Texan on December 6 that he had until December 27 to appeal his lifetime ban..............

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-29/a ... al/4446944

I wonder if there will be a postscript.

Post by **BobHelm** » January 9, 2013, 5:52 pm

Apparently he is going to be interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on January 17th.
Not only will it be interesting what he says concerning the doping charges that have been leveled against him but also how he says it.
The strong media rumors are that he will take this opportunity to confess all...
The media surrounding Oprah would not, I think, say anything that was going to dispel any media hype about the event though, would they??

Post by **merchant seaman** » January 9, 2013, 5:56 pm

After all this time who really cares, and what will be solved.

Post by **BobHelm** » January 9, 2013, 6:15 pm

If you are right MS then there will be zero viewing figures for the show...which I suspect will be far from the truth..
If you find the subject so disinteresting then why do you keep replying saying that no one is interested.

Post by **Jed** » January 9, 2013, 6:17 pm

I was wondering the same thing.

Should be interesting.

Post by **jackspratt** » January 9, 2013, 6:18 pm

BobHelm wrote: If you find the subject so disinteresting then why do you keep replying saying that no one is interested.

Alfred E. Neuman?

Post by **Barney** » January 10, 2013, 4:58 am

It is news worthy and warrants an elevated subject discussion because it is the most famous bike race and for those who are interested in that sport, which would be in the millions, thay are waiting for an outcome. Either you hope he is innocent or you want to see him fall or you are like me and don't give a fig one way or the other but still listen for the result.
In perspective as to the real newsworthiness of this story outside the main western avenues, just go around Udon today either in a shop or a bar and start the conversation with a Thai saying "what do you think about the Lance Armstrong doping charge", the real scale of it's relevence will be immediately apparent by the look in 99% of Thai's eyes.

By the way I do hate to see a champion fall from grace IMHO

Post by **Laan Yaa Mo** » January 10, 2013, 7:37 pm

It is also noteworthy that many of the steroid drug cheats in major league baseball - Bonds, Clemens, Sosa and McGuire - did not get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday despite their great statistics.

Yes, it is true that most people in the world could not care less about Lance Armstrong just as they could not care less who the U.S. chooses as most popular singer, actor, actress and so on, but it seems that people in the west care.

Post by **parrot** » January 10, 2013, 8:59 pm

"but it seems that people in the west care."

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs......survived it and THEN went on to win a string of Tour de France races......not just one or two or three.

Or Floyd Landis who grew up in a Mennonite family in Lancaster, PA.........

You want to believe them when they say they didn't dope........the tests aren't conclusive......and yet after team mates start to open up, it becomes pretty clear that they did dope............so how are you supposed to feel about them then?

All the doping problems over the years has made me skeptical of most any athlete who defies what people consider humanly possible......imagine the poor guy who might come along and whip Usain Bolt silly in a 100m race by breaking 9sec! The guy would be subjected to all sorts of conjecture......of course, he'd deny it.........and even if the medical tests proved negative, who'd believe him?

I always admired Tiger Woods' accomplishments on the golf course.......nerves of steel, a focus more intense than anyone else on the course........he may have been a man-slut off the course, but on the course (as I understand it), there have not been any allegations of whoring around with the rules.

Post by **Galee** » January 10, 2013, 9:21 pm

parrot wrote:I always admired Tiger Woods' accomplishments on the golf course.......nerves of steel, a focus more intense than anyone else on the course........he may have been a man-slut off the course, but on the course (as I understand it), there have not been any allegations of whoring around with the rules.

Not quite right there parrot. The are lots of allegations, (unproven), that Woods whoring was a result of him being on steroids, obviously against the rules. Remember how he beefed up very quickly.
Will Woods be the next Armstrong?

Post by **jackspratt** » January 11, 2013, 8:02 am

I always understood that taking steroids reduced s_ex drive, including erectile dysfunction, in males.

Post by **Galee** » January 11, 2013, 4:11 pm

jackspratt wrote:I always understood that taking steroids reduced s_ex drive, including erectile dysfunction, in males.

I'm no expert jack but i would think if taking testosterone, a steroid used for muscle increase, it would naturally follow that your sexual drive would increase?

Post by **jackspratt** » January 11, 2013, 4:15 pm

Also no expert Gary.

Perhaps one of our gym aficionados could give us the good oil on what is the position.

Post by **jackspratt** » January 15, 2013, 10:40 pm

jackspratt wrote:The final chapter has been written:

I wonder if there will be a postscript.

Yep.

Oprah confirms Armstrong admitted to doping

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has confirmed cyclist Lance Armstrong admitted to doping during an extensive interview.........................

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-16/o ... ew/4466540

Post by **rufus** » January 16, 2013, 7:47 am

Steroids reduce sexual drive and shrink the testicles. Not the other way around.

Post by **Barney** » January 16, 2013, 8:10 am

Jesus Rufus,

If this is the case some mongrel has been secretly slipping steriods in to my drinks for some time.

Don't you hate that.

Post by **fatbob** » January 16, 2013, 9:24 am

For some reason on steroids males lose sex drive but apparently its the opposite for women, they turn into wild nymphomaniacs and there cl-t grows to a huge size..............

Post by **Galee** » January 16, 2013, 9:49 am

Does that mean a hermaphrodite on steroids doesn't know if their coming or going?.

Post by **kjellsnell** » January 16, 2013, 10:08 am

rufus wrote:Steroids reduce sexual drive and shrink the testicles. Not the other way around.

You are 100% wrong....if it comes to an old men wich lacks of the male hormon testosteron....start to eat and becoming a young again.....ten times better then viagra and stop muscle and boon from braking down as well...all the upper class thais knows this and eat hormons from time to time ....maybe so they can satisfied there Mia noi.... :-"

Post by **jackspratt** » January 16, 2013, 10:13 am

Perhaps it is time to get back to the discussion on Lance Armstrong. Drug Cheat. =D>