'Enough is Enough' - Lance Armstrong

letape

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[He says "That's a myth.
I never raced against LA in my whole career, once at the Crit International, never at the Tour"
WTF???[/Quote]

That was hilarious! They never competed against each other in the Tour de France!!

Third and fourth in 2009 - followed by a mediocre Tour for them both in 2010 :-)

funnights74

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Item on Prime time at 9.30 about the Armstrong revelations.

morana

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Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Shane Stokes will be on as well, talking about the bond market.

great a lot of time for Stokesy!

Funkyzeit

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Not expecting much from Nico based on his past interviews. Expect a lot of "it's in the past, time to move on etc. Got to remember who his agent is too... Certainly can't see him have a pop at the UCI...

Glass Prison 1214

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How could Wiggins possibley have forgotten that he finished one place below armstrong in 2009? or was he just lying, but i can't see any reason he would

Wishbone Ash

Crappy Skype connection - Nico - "Lets move on" crap.

RobFowl

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Funkyzeit wrote: »

Not expecting much from Nico based on his past interviews. Expect a lot of "it's in the past, time to move on etc. Got to remember who his agent is too... Certainly can't see him have a pop at the UCI...

His agent is very well respected and works hard for his riders. Know he works hard to get much lower profile riders sorted with conti and lower level teams too (often when there's nothing in it for him).

del88

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God he talks some sh*t...just like he's papa

Wishbone Ash

"I don't think my dad has been caught" :eek:

SWL

Someone tell nico to stop digging, very poor reply from him

Surinam

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Oh my god, just lost all respect for Nico. He had no credibility in that interview: "everybody cheats" :-(

solarith

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SWL wrote: »

Someone tell nico to stop digging, very poor reply from him

Got the impression he did cheat himself.

RobFowl

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solarith wrote: »

Got the impression he did cheat himself.

If he didn't then he's going to a good place to learn......

Wishbone Ash

Presenter "What's WADA"?

Dear God - do your research Primetime presenter!

Miriam wouldn't have had to ask that.

furiousox

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Excuse the phrase but that was a car crash of an interview.

Funkyzeit

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RobFowl wrote: »

His agent is very well respected and works hard for his riders. Know he works hard to get much lower profile riders sorted with conti and lower level teams too (often when there's nothing in it for him).

My point wasn't about the competency/ethics of his agent it was about who he is related too. And hardly surprising we heard Nico go on to defend Pat...

Surinam

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I've come to the conclusion after the events of the last few days and the glaring silence from most of the top guys: professional cycling is rotten to the core.

The USADA report was supposed to mark a huge turning point but I am now more pessimistic than ever that anything has changed.

Glass Prison 1214

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what exactly did roche say? i missed it

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

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Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

what exactly did roche say? i missed it

UCI are great, his Dad is great, Contador is great and what happened occured 50years ago.

furiousox

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...and "everybody cheats at some stage in their life." :eek:

Surinam

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furiousox wrote: »

...and "everybody cheats at some stage in their life." :eek:

For me that was the most grotesque thing he could have said. How flippant and cavalier - I'm so glad I didn't turn up to last Saturday's event with him in Meath.

Ole Rodrigo

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I couldn't believe he said that. Nobody so far, except maybe Wiggo, has said anything encouraging.

ednwireland

think he should have thought about his answers a bit more

RobFowl wrote: »

If he didn't then he's going to a good place to learn......

yeh like his current team have covered themselves in glory recently

spokesman

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Surinam wrote: »

For me that was the most grotesque thing he could have said. How flippant and cavalier - I'm so glad I didn't turn up to last Saturday's event with him in Meath.

Absolutely, he didnt do himself or the sport any justice with that interview, a disgraceful response.

Wishbone Ash

Glass Prison 1214 wrote: »

what exactly did roche say? i missed it

"People cheat in their Inter-Cert and in football - so what" (I'm para-phrasing but you get the picture).

Surinam

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People should watch it back on rte player if you missed it, there was also a good intro video which detailed the scandals involving Sean Kelly and Stephen Roche. Bit awkward when it then went straight to the latter's son for his opinion on the whole thing!

letape

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solarith wrote: »

SWL wrote: »

Someone tell nico to stop digging, very poor reply from him

Got the impression he did cheat himself.

I didn't get or don't have that impression. He should not have put himself forward to go on prime time. He is simply not a good speaker and doesn't do interviews well (in English anyway) and did not convey clearly what he was trying to say. Simply put he said you will also have some people who will cheat in all walks of life, but that these are much fewer on cycling now.

corny

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Surinam wrote: »

I've come to the conclusion after the events of the last few days and the glaring silence from most of the top guys: professional cycling is rotten to the core.

The USADA report was supposed to mark a huge turning point but I am now more pessimistic than ever that anything has changed.

Agreed. Nothing will change. When the dust settles Hein and Pat will still be running the show.

Even the guys who acknowledge Armstrongs guilt are too quick to try and convince us cycling is changing when we should know better.

The Olympic champion is an unashamed cheat, the Vuelta 1-2 have served doping bans, the third is enjoying a renaissance at 33. The Sky boys are bringing a generation of British fans to the game just as Armstrong did, Franck Schleck was poisoned, Eki gets the job at Astana, Samuel Sanchez, Alex Dowsett etc..... All is rosy.

Lusk Doyle

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Boycott pro cycling. Problem solved.

ednwireland

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/19910165

British cyclist Roger Hammond says Lance Armstrong was a "fantastic" team-mate who "never, ever" offered him performance-enhancing substances.

But Hammond, who raced for the Discovery Channel team between 2005 and 2006, insisted he had never heard suggestions that Armstrong was taking or supplying fellow racers with banned drugs.

"I was in Lance Armstrong's team for two years and I was never asked, was never given any idea of any doping," he told BBC Radio 5 live.

"I saw nothing at all, but then Usada never asked for my opinion

phew thats that cleared up then