LANCE ARMSTRONG ISN’T really a “lay low, keep your head down” kinda guy, is he?
The disgraced former Tour de France champion has been tweeting occasional updates on his whereabouts since the damning USADA report which saw him stripped of his seven yellow jerseys.
Yeah lance, use that same strength you used when you lied to so many people for so long, then when the game is up… don’t acknowledge it… just keep lying. LIESTRONG
Glad i am not only one thinks that of kimmage i am not into cycling but he has tried for years to bring cycling down he has tared them all with the same brush
It’s a lot more than half a second. There’s plenty of studies out there if you want to Google ‘em, but with the improvement in power, endurance and recovery, EPO can be the difference between finishing back in the peloton and winning the tour.
I’d say the guys he beat care. His sponsors seemed to care. The USDA certainly cared. Paul Kimmage would be another who cared. Athletes in every other sport worldwide, who used to look up to him, care.
And, like most athletes who have been disqualified from/stripped of their titles, he’s actually won phuck all..
I think it says a lot that the organization in charge of the tour de France are not recording any winners for the tours the years that lance won…seems to me that there were so many lads on drugs they don’t know who to give them too!!!!
@conor euro sport news had a great article about who should of won, some years they had to go to 14 to find a clean winner, I’ll try to get a link to the article
@jay I read that too and it turns out if the had of gone back down the list ther would still be a seven time winne(wins before lance started cheating and then during his span)…. his name is never going to come to me, he must be fairly pissed he never cheated and got the fame lance has.
think they should have a drug-race,see how far human performance can go, then compare times with stsndard,no drugs Athlete. interesting to see the results
Leave him alone should we Caroline? Why? Explain yourself? He is a cheat and a liar. Fact. Until he puts his hands up and takes down those jerseys no one should leave him alone
He tweeted it himself. Obviously has zero shame. Expect a career in politics very soon. And there are patently plenty of shameless idiots who’ll row in behind his corrupt campaign. Hail to the thief and the dunces who follow him!
I met Lance here in Colorado Springs before he became famous. He and his trainer were pedaling uphill on the Old Stage Coach road at a furious pace. I was downhill on my own bike and had to stop as it was so astonishing. They were kind enough to stop and talk to me. I had him as a hero for all these years. Now he is not a cycling hero and I understand that. But as a human being he has done more good than harm and that is the real test for the value of any of us.
I am in experimental treatment for fourth stage melanoma cancer and my gratitude goes out to all who have fought the personal battle with the beast, and especially those who devoted their time, and resources, to help those to come…which may include some of you who are so hard on him.
Whatever happened to the old Irish expression: “Even the best man among us would wear his hat down low, if his worst faults were written on his forehead?”
He will always be a hero to me for fighting his way back from the dark path of death and trying to help us all.
Seen Armstrong? Once people got their Spoke in ’bout drug-Peddling & not Framing he had to shift Gears, put the Brake on Publicity, got Wheely Tyred of the attention, couldn’t Handle the Bars, & took Norman Tebbitt’s advice to “get on yer bike”…
I am TOTALLY DISGUSTED with that WITCHHUNT on athletes.These people have trained so hard for their medals.They are no cheats.None of them.Society and laws has destroyed Lance Armstrong,Michelle Smith and countless others.
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Lance Armstrong has denied ever using drugs, but he has admitted pedalling.
Ha!!!Good one.
If you meant’peddling’ then your sarcasm is seriously wrong.He pedalled yes .He did no drug peddling.
Wiggins is taking drugs to then because he won tour de france if he was not surley there was some one who was if its that rampent in cycling
He won nothing, stole what he could and inspired the hard of understanding worldwide.
Aren’t the whole lot of them taking drugs then?
No not all of them
Wonder how many yellow jerseys Paul Kimmage ever got? Stay strong Lance!
The same amount that Lance has!
Once an ostrich always an ostrich
Yeah lance, use that same strength you used when you lied to so many people for so long, then when the game is up… don’t acknowledge it… just keep lying. LIESTRONG
He should really start thinking about taking down those yellow jerseys….it’s a bit like still having your Christmas tree up in July…
I’ve finally accomplished my dream of winning the same amount of Tours De France as Lance Armstrong…..0 !!
Comment of the week for Biff Finn! :-)
Glad i am not only one thinks that of kimmage i am not into cycling but he has tried for years to bring cycling down he has tared them all with the same brush
lol @ the fanboy.
You’ve obviously only selectively read what kimmage has written then, Behan. Silly.
He still cycled all those races. Who cares if he gained half a second on them. He still won them
It’s a lot more than half a second. There’s plenty of studies out there if you want to Google ‘em, but with the improvement in power, endurance and recovery, EPO can be the difference between finishing back in the peloton and winning the tour.
I’d say the guys he beat care. His sponsors seemed to care. The USDA certainly cared. Paul Kimmage would be another who cared. Athletes in every other sport worldwide, who used to look up to him, care.
And, like most athletes who have been disqualified from/stripped of their titles, he’s actually won phuck all..
I think it says a lot that the organization in charge of the tour de France are not recording any winners for the tours the years that lance won…seems to me that there were so many lads on drugs they don’t know who to give them too!!!!
@conor euro sport news had a great article about who should of won, some years they had to go to 14 to find a clean winner, I’ll try to get a link to the article
@jay I read that too and it turns out if the had of gone back down the list ther would still be a seven time winne(wins before lance started cheating and then during his span)…. his name is never going to come to me, he must be fairly pissed he never cheated and got the fame lance has.
Still a lot of deluded people out there. I have as much right to where them jerseys as that cheat!
You are deluded.
think they should have a drug-race,see how far human performance can go, then compare times with stsndard,no drugs Athlete. interesting to see the results
They already did. Lance won.
Hey Diarmuid, I remember reading an article in the Guardian about Bradley Wiggins. Apparently the uplift in the performance is about 20%.
The jerseys have now been replaced with pictures of yellow jerseys.
Leave him alone should we Caroline? Why? Explain yourself? He is a cheat and a liar. Fact. Until he puts his hands up and takes down those jerseys no one should leave him alone
For crying out loud leave the man alone.
hes a cheat and still thinks he won.
He tweeted it himself. Obviously has zero shame. Expect a career in politics very soon. And there are patently plenty of shameless idiots who’ll row in behind his corrupt campaign. Hail to the thief and the dunces who follow him!
Ah go back to hole Caroline.
That picture is a bit like someone who has never read a book, having a complete library in their house. Looks good but means nothing.
The above picture is photoshopped. The original is here -> http://www.balls.ie/cycling/that-lance-armstrong-picture-as-it-should-be/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter
I met Lance here in Colorado Springs before he became famous. He and his trainer were pedaling uphill on the Old Stage Coach road at a furious pace. I was downhill on my own bike and had to stop as it was so astonishing. They were kind enough to stop and talk to me. I had him as a hero for all these years. Now he is not a cycling hero and I understand that. But as a human being he has done more good than harm and that is the real test for the value of any of us.
I am in experimental treatment for fourth stage melanoma cancer and my gratitude goes out to all who have fought the personal battle with the beast, and especially those who devoted their time, and resources, to help those to come…which may include some of you who are so hard on him.
Whatever happened to the old Irish expression: “Even the best man among us would wear his hat down low, if his worst faults were written on his forehead?”
He will always be a hero to me for fighting his way back from the dark path of death and trying to help us all.
What exactly was he peddling uphill?
Let’s be honest he wasn’t the only one doing it I put money that all the top cyclists in his field at the time were at the same.
Sad that Needle Dopestrong still has fans.
His with Wally!
What an ignorant hateful comment.Shame on you.
What about all the good he did? All the young men out there who had cancer and said “I can beat this”, all the money he raised?
Jimmy Savile raise millions for charity. Is he still a good man?
It would appear that Lance and Jimmy both had the same problems dealing with something they knew was wrong.
Maybe these charitable acts arise from a desire to atone for the fact that they know that what they are/were doing is wrong.
to be fair Daniel I don’t think you can compare a child molester to a guy who takes performance enhancing drugs for his own benefit.
I wasn’t comparing the crime, but the philosophical, and moral dilemma of such a contrast.
I Apologise Caroline and I apologise to all the dealers and junkies out there
Seen Armstrong? Once people got their Spoke in ’bout drug-Peddling & not Framing he had to shift Gears, put the Brake on Publicity, got Wheely Tyred of the attention, couldn’t Handle the Bars, & took Norman Tebbitt’s advice to “get on yer bike”…
Daryl he rightfully EARNED those jerseys you jealous person.
I am TOTALLY DISGUSTED with that WITCHHUNT on athletes.These people have trained so hard for their medals.They are no cheats.None of them.Society and laws has destroyed Lance Armstrong,Michelle Smith and countless others.
Stop trolling.
Baaaaaa.
Baaaaaah.
The negativity of this thread is appalling.Who has the right to judge?Not me nor anybody else
Sports doping authorities do…
USADA