Now, let's talk some TOUR de FRANCE

Agreed. But I'm not going to hold my breath.

 

No apology necessary..Lance is going to come back and do it again now that they have pushed his buttons


http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/footb...p?category=2020&slug=CYC Armstrong Retirement

 

I hope he does. And instead of holding up eight fingers, he should hold up one... In each hand!

 

Wow! I would really love to see that. I normally shake my head when I see pro's retire and then return (Michael Jordan, Deion Sanders, etc). But in this case, I think it's warranted (and appreciated , and will surely be enjoyed ).

 

Not a good idea. People who will be involved in the testing and are supposed to be impartial have already taken positions on his guilt. I smell a setup in the works. Some people may be determined to have him test positive. Normally I don't entertain conspiracy theories.

 

UCI Scolds World Doping Over Armstrong


He will yet be vindicated.

 

"How could this be done without the riders' consent?" the UCI said.


Because you are guilty until proven innocent. In a real sense, he has already been tried and convicted, without the benefit of a trial. The only thing he has pubic - that segment of it that finds this sort of abuse of a person's rights unexceptible.

I am glad he is finally getting some support. Frankly, I don't think he would be if it were not for strong public opinion. So there you go...You can be tried in the press, and your only hope will be if the reader's stand up for you.

Not so different, really, from ancient times when a victorious gladiator stood poised over the vanquished, waiting for the crowd to elicit a thumbs up or a thumbs down.

If the responsibles only knew their history they could have forseen the outcome. The valient fighter gets the approval of the crowd. Thumbs up. Well, it would not be such a happy ending for someone less popular.

Think of, say, Barry Bonds. The press hate him. How are charges agains him handled. Oops- off topic man strikes again

-HandsOff

 

A Combative Armstrong Is Committed to Battling On

"Mostly, Lance Armstrong's retirement sounds much like his racing career. People pursue him. He pursues people."

 

Lance Armstrong Says He Will Stay Retired

"Sitting here today, dealing with all this stuff again, knowing if I were to go back, there's no way I could get a fair shake — on the roadside, in doping control, or the labs"

 

Canada has it's own Tricky Dick. If you remember Dick Pound quit in a huff when he didn't get the top job in the Olympics and was enticed back by being put in charge of WADA.

 

UCI and WADA Chiefs accuse each other. http://sports.sympatico.msn.ca/Home/ContentPosting.aspx?feedname=CP-AllSports&newsitemid=64855034

 

Crow refuses to listen to Armstrong's musical advice

Probably not a bad idea. A great cyclist, but musician?

 

Rogge backs Armstrong: http://www.tsn.ca/oln/news_story.asp?id=137258

 

Lance had a few sniffles today so his Dr told him to take 2 of every kind of pills he had w/a gallon of water and to call him in the morning...that is..if he woke up!!

High in Hampsterdam, Hic ed

 

Dick Pound's back in the news saying the Lance Armstong thing is being spin doctored at the moment.

 

Lance Armstrong Ordered to Stand Trial on Charges of Defaming Italian Cyclist Simeoni,

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=1410351



snowbound

 

Who needs soap operas?

-HandsOff