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Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:41 pm
by UpFromOne
In the news today, the UCI Commission can't even get off the ground and disbands because UCI won't cooperate with its own self-appointed group.
As if we need any further evidence that UCI has been the problem all along.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:06 pm
by HammerTime2
The sport of cycling "needs" him?
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/01/news/independent-commission-halted-until-january-30-as-it-awaits-uci-files_272676 wrote:McQuaid, who said he had resigned Thursday from the International Olympic Committee body evaluating candidate cities for the 2020 Olympic Games because “my sport needs me," ...
Forget cycling, McQuaid should be a late night comedian.

Additional info on UCI/WADA UCI agrees to truth and reconciliation commission with WADA in wake of Lance Armstrong scandal

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:06 pm
by Weenie

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Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:43 am
by J-Nice
Travis Tygart has given Armstrong until February 6th of this year to testify under oath or his lifetime ban becomes irreversible.

Not surprisingly, Armstrong's attorneys are still raging against the USADA-

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/armstro ... s-to-usada

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:06 pm
by majklnajt

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 3:05 pm
by HammerTime2
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/17782704-419/norman-chad-lance-armstrong-even-worse-than-we-thought-he-was.html wrote:Through the years, he <Armstrong> repeatedly has said he has been tested hundreds of times and never failed a test. Hmm. Maybe they just kept testing him for being a jerk.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:02 pm
by swinter

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:21 pm
by Ghost234
Apparently Armstrong won't testify to USADA, but instead is offering to testify to the UCI and possibly WADA. I'm not exactly sure that is the best move in the playbook...

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:12 pm
by swinter
best move is to avoid USADA and go to anything connected with the UCI

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:22 pm
by prendrefeu
Because the UCI has a history of shady operations, Armstrong can emerge through their shadows.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:04 am
by J-Nice
Ghost234 wrote:Apparently Armstrong won't testify to USADA, but instead is offering to testify to the UCI and possibly WADA. I'm not exactly sure that is the best move in the playbook...

If he testifies to the USADA it's on US soil. Under oath, perjury applies. If he testifies in Canada, it doesn't.

Meaning, he plans to keep right on lying to the bitter end and expects that to be enough to have his lifetime ban reduced.

His lawyer Tim Herman is still ranting about the USADA not having jurisdiction over this whole matter, so according to the Armstrong camp they can circumvent the USADA and go straight to the UCI.

Delusional isn't even the word to describe these latest developments.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:26 am
by HammerTime2
This just in. McQuaid's out, Oprah's in as head of the UCI. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oprah-winfrey-replaces-mcquaid-as-head-of-uci

Because the UCI will now be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harpo Productions, Ms. Winfrey has determined that Armstrong's interview with her will be accepted as constituting sworn testimony to the UCI. As soon as Mr. Armstrong hugs Greg Lemond, Betsy and Frankie Andreu, Floyd Landis, and Emma O'Reilly, he will then be free to compete again. In fact Oprah's hoping Lance will actually ride the Tour this summer to give Contador a little competition. Winfrey has informed Travis Tygart that he and USADA are to step off, as she is now in charge of the situation.

Well, this makes about as much sense as what is actually happening.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:19 am
by swinter
funny, HT2. :thumbup:

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 5:13 am
by HammerTime2
On a more serious note:

Tonight 60 minutes aired an interview with Travis Tygart, available at http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=50139841n.

Beginning at 8:52 of the video, there is mention of the Swiss lab director who got a suspicious result on Armstrong, and who was then directed by the UCI to meet with Armstrong and Bruyneel and explain the EPO testing process, and he gave Armstrong and Bruyneel the keys to defeat the EPO test.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 2:06 pm
by djconnel
HT2: Very funny!

I'm feeling a lot of fatigue about pro racing right now. I almost don't care about the actual racing. That will probably wear off for the first real race, Het Volk (I mean Het Nieuwsblad). Probably. But hopefully not. It's really a silly distraction.

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:04 pm
by motorthings
from the atlantic comes an interesting psychological breakdown of lance's narcissism:
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01/how-aggressive-narcissism-explains-lance-armstrong/272568/

Re: Will Armstrong confess??

Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 6:04 pm
by Weenie

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