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One Last Comeback
2/27/2015 7:31pm
2/27/2015 7:31pm
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3/5/2015 7:12am
What an incredible flick. Lance must be the greatest fraud of the 20th Century. Connections out the yang that helped him conceal his blatant cheating right in front of millions. All the way up to getting the Feds to shut down an investigation.
What really blew my mind was the section about Jim Jannard, CEO of Oakley. It is not a flattering portrait in terms of his knowledge of Lance's doping.
Begs a few questions. What's the culture at Oakley here, or is he is simply a bystander of Lance's lies? Lance destroyed lives with his bullshit.
What really blew my mind was the section about Jim Jannard, CEO of Oakley. It is not a flattering portrait in terms of his knowledge of Lance's doping.
Begs a few questions. What's the culture at Oakley here, or is he is simply a bystander of Lance's lies? Lance destroyed lives with his bullshit.
The Shop
The allegation is that he knew about Lance's doping and had conversations with a woman who later lied in court to protect Lance.
Sponsor Oakley turned a blind eye to Lance Armstrong's doping record, journalist David Walsh claims in ABC documentary
By Quentin McDermott
Corruption is rampant everywhere.
I have watched the documentary about 10 times. Not all the way through each time but I turn it on in the middle and you get more and more out of it every time you watch it.
The world of cycling is a monster. As I've learned, everyone is doing some form of WADA banned drug or procedure to gain an advantage. The guys that are good at it are the guys that can afford the stuff that isn't tested for. Had Lance not been there and won illegally, someone else would have.
Taking the PED's makes Lance a cheater. Just because everyone else is doing it, doesn't make it right. It does underline a bigger problem. What makes Lance a piece of shit bigger than the rest is his approach to it all. I had read and heard that Lance "ruined people's lives" throughout the whole deal, but when you watch the documentary, it makes that statement more real than just hearing the phrase.
His apology on Oprah, was ridiculous. It was hardly an apology and definitely wasn't sincere at all.
At this point, I wonder what the Armstrong Estate is looking like. Seems like the courts ruled in favor of Lance's sponsors and Lance has to pay back a LOT of money. After he's paid his attorneys, and paid his damages, I can't imagine he's going to have any money to do anything with. . .
I've never once had an issue regarding Lance's usage of varying chemicals and whatnot when it came to cycling. My issue with Lance is twofold
1. His douchebaggery.
2. The way he viciously attacked (litigation) those who spoke out the truth.
Do any of you have a clue as to how many lives he blatantly destroyed to cover his own lies? His character and integrity was shown what it is. It's sociopathic behavior at best. I can only hope that one day Lance will wake up and realize his past transgressions, but I'll not be holding my breath.
It's really silly if you look at TdF history, there are no winners listed for Lance's wins. 2nd and 3rd place are listed, but they cheated as well. See first paragraph.
At that level of cycling, every single guy in the peloton is cheating during the race, or cheating during training. Even though WADA claims to be coming down hard on cycling, they are all still boosting. It is the nature of cycling.
But I also won't sweep the drug use under the rug. I believe they need to go back and disqualify anyone based on the same circumstances that sunk Lance's wins. It's almost like they didn't address drug use at all. I know several guys that are on board to allow drug use, but what kind of a sport is that? Why would any parent encourage their child to go into a sport where it is well known that you have to potentially take life altering drugs in order to be competitive.
I can agree to disagree on the idea of not allowing drugs. It's just my opinion. It just drives me nuts that there are rules in place and the name of the game is to get around the rules rather than compete on the merits of the sport.
Pit Row
They tend to leave a trail of destruction.. This was pre internet days and it
took me a few years to figure it all out once I had the research.
I almost got duped into helping him build his house for free, because that's what real
friends do for each other according to him ( insert guilt manipulation here ) .
Was funny how it always went one way as whenever I needed something
he was basically gone, too busy and had no time.
If you meet people like this don't try arguing, being a better person or forgiving them just run.
Punching them out serves no purpose as they have the police on speed dial and
will make you look like you are the crazy one. They tend to be smart.
They would send balloons and flowers to cancer patients. It was not funding research.
Aside from that, I want to believe that cycling is trying to clean up its act. The sustained wattage numbers are coming down, and the antics like hillbilly mentions (pulling huge times off of HARD stages the day after having had blown up) are just not happening.
More than anything, I think a lot of them were forced to play along, even when they did not want to. I think the riders want to bring the integrity back into the sport, and I believe that is slowly happening.
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