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jonsea 
| 20 Jan 02:58 |
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Posts: 40 Bike: My Profile | At last this cheating b......d has stood up and admitted that he won all 7 Tour de France races by taking drugs and other devious means to enhance his performance . He has made his fortune now but what about all the other riders who should have won the fame and fortune that Lance Armstrong stole from them , all their race placings are below what they should be , less sponsorship money etc etc . Let us all hope that this does not disuade youngsters from taking up this sport ! Rant over !! |
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alas58
| 25 Jan 15:55 |
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Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | If you look at those who finished below lance, there are those who also doped. It seems it was rife, with lance at the centre, but the UCI has alot to answer for. At least it seems that wiggo and crew are turning cycling around. |
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spaceman
| 25 Jan 16:41 |
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Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | Yes looks like many were doing the same, and not just drugs, a lot of races were rigged, apparently. But a least it seems to be changing, for the better? |
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jonsea
| 26 Jan 05:24 |
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Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Posts: 40 Bike: My Profile | Yes alais and spaceman .... of course you are both correct but non the less everybody including the non cheats would have been placed higher and if Armstrong had admitted his wrongdoings years earlier then maybe the whole band of cheaters could have been dismantled .....i just needed to rant on a bit about the unfairness of the whole drugs in cycling scene . In 2006 or 7 during the tour de France ,the sweepers ( the people who follow each stage of the race to clean up the litter / remove all the direction panels etc etc) found a black plastic bin liner full of needles phials and packaging in a litter bin in a layby which was widely reported on French t v , and this was thought to be from Armstrongs team and that this would maybe stop the practice but nothing could be proved (so they say). Maybe the big cycling teams have more clout than the race authorities !! just like Ferrari seemed to have in Formula one a few years ago . I suppose ,as in most things , money is king ! |
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spaceman
| 26 Jan 09:28 |
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Joined: 16 Nov 2010 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | Yes agree it is really annoying. I guess there are similar things going on in all sorts of sports, business where a lot of money and pressure is involved. Winning can be everything. What ever it takes. This is what put me off when I was young, the lengths people will go to, how they treat people, what they will do to win, and to win for what ? Money, ego, fame. I just loved sport and backed off when it got serious. Football, Gymnastics and Athletics. I just cycle now for shear pleasure and fitness. In itself a drug and almost an addiction? Hope the snow goes soon and get back out there. Spin classes are fine but you can not beat the open rode. |
| My Latest Route: Jul 2012 Bedworth to Startford Via Fosse Way and Return Via Kenilworth | |
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alas58
| 26 Jan 14:28 |
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Joined: 21 Apr 2011 Posts: 85 Bike: My Profile | Yes I agree spaceman, have been doing alot of spin class recently, so hope to get out on bike soon as have 1st sportive in march. I thing we may never get to the bottom of who, and how many doped even with the UCI trying to be pro-active. Glad I ride for the fun and not to race. |
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