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Post by masterplan200 on Jun 14, 2012 7:18:21 GMT -5
The US Anti-Doping Agency is bringing doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, threatening to strip his famous victories in those cycling races. Armstrong could face a lifetime ban from the sport if he is found to have used performance-enhancing drugs. The move by USADA immediately bans him from competing in triathlons, which he turned to after he retired from cycling last year. Armstrong, in a statement on Wednesday, dismissed any doping allegations as "baseless" and "motivated by spite" and noted they came just months after federal prosecutors closed a two-year criminal investigation against the cyclist without bringing an indictment. The charges by USADA were first reported by the Washington Post. USADA's letter to Armstrong informing him of the charges also said the agency was bringing doping charges against Johan Bruyneel, manager of Armstrong's winning teams; team doctors Pedro Celaya and Luis Garcia del Moral; team trainer Pepe Marti, and consulting doctor Michele Ferrari. The USADA letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, accuses Armstrong of using and promoting the use of the blood booster EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone, human growth hormone and anti-inflammatory steroids. The letter doesn't cite specific examples, but says the charges are based on evidence gathered in an investigation of Armstrong's teams, including witnesses who aren't named in the letter. According to USADA's letter, ``numerous riders, team personnel and others will testify'' they either saw Armstrong dope or heard him tell them he used EPO, blood transfusions, testosterone and cortisone from 1996 to 2005. Start of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. Related Content Timeline: Lance's achievments in doubt - again Drugs: Cycling accused of 'faking the legend' + End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. Armstrong won the Tour de France every year from 1999-2005. It also says blood collections obtained by cycling's governing body in 2009 and 2010 are ``fully consistent with blood manipulation including EPO use and/or blood transfusions.'' Armstrong came out of retirement to race in the Tour de France those two years. USADA officials had said they would pursue possible charges against Armstrong even after federal criminal investigators had closed their case. In a letter to USADA last week, Armstrong's attorney Robert Luskin noted that USADA Chief Executive Officer Travis Tygart participated in witness interviews with federal investigator Jeff Novitzky during the criminal investigation. "It is a vendetta, which has nothing to do with learning the truth and everything to do with settling a score and garnering publicity at Lance's expense," Luskin's letter said. Tygart did not immediately return a call seeking comment. Armstrong, who has been in France training for a triathlon, maintained his innocence, saying in a statement: "I have been notified that USADA, an organisation largely funded by taxpayer dollars but governed only by self-written rules, intends to again dredge up discredited allegations dating back more than 16 years to prevent me from competing as a triathlete and try and strip me of the seven Tour de France victories I earned,'' Armstrong said. "These are the very same charges and the same witnesses that the Justice Department chose not to pursue after a two-year investigation. "These charges are baseless, motivated by spite and advanced through testimony bought and paid for by promises of anonymity and immunity. "Although USADA alleges a wide-ranging conspiracy extended over more than 16 years, I am the only athlete it has chosen to charge. USADA's malice, its methods, its star-chamber practices, and its decision to punish first and adjudicate later all are at odds with our ideals of fairness and fair play. "I have never doped, and, unlike many of my accusers, I have competed as an endurance athlete for 25 years with no spike in performance, passed more than 500 drug tests and never failed one. That USADA ignores this fundamental distinction and charges me instead of the admitted dopers says far more about USADA, its lack of fairness and this vendetta than it does about my guilt or innocence. Any fair consideration of these allegations has and will continue to vindicate me." www.foxsports.com.au/other-sports/us-anti-doping-agency-is-bringing-doping-charges-against-tour-de-france-legend-lance-armstrong/story-e6frf56c-1226395098108
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Post by manualex on Jun 14, 2012 12:41:49 GMT -5
Oh come on... there are more important things in the world happening right now for this being relevant.
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Post by manualex on Jun 14, 2012 12:52:12 GMT -5
Not a dig on you Aussie but, this should have been resolved a long long time ago.
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Post by masterplan200 on Jun 15, 2012 2:22:25 GMT -5
Not a dig on you Aussie but, this should have been resolved a long long time ago. I don't take it as personal, because it's old news just rehashed by his enemy who doesn't like letting him win.
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Post by Billy Davey ツ on Aug 24, 2012 9:56:13 GMT -5
looks like he's losing the tours and the bronze medal.
about time!! let all the cheaters be ashamed in public!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2012 15:07:23 GMT -5
Still not had a proven failed test, i wish it was all clear cut. Are they now going to give 3 tour victories to proven cheat Jan Ullrich.
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Post by Billy Davey ツ on Aug 25, 2012 9:25:27 GMT -5
that's not true. They found EPO on his blood. Those tests were made years after when they were authorised by AMA (don't know if in English it's known by the same name, it's World Anti-doping agency). He doped with something that could not be found at the time but it was not allowed. Which doesn't mean he didn't do it, cos there's evidence he did.
I'd leave those Tours with no winner.
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Post by webm@ster on Aug 25, 2012 11:19:43 GMT -5
all riders who came in second during his 7 wins got caught doping in the years that followed. I will never be convinced he was on the juice.... let's investigate Muhammad Ali next...shall we
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2012 6:24:36 GMT -5
at least it seems like a sport that is doing it's best to counter the drug cheats, even if it did have to go through a genertaion of them.
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 26, 2012 6:31:48 GMT -5
what a surprise. i thought he is superman
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2012 6:54:40 GMT -5
what a surprise. i thought he is superman so do you think that people like wiggins are on drugs?
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 26, 2012 7:08:32 GMT -5
what a surprise. i thought he is superman so do you think that people like wiggins are on drugs? i can't trust anybody anymore. the biggest star of this sport is about to fall, it's a major blow-up for the tour the france which i used to love. wiggins might be on drugs, i don't know. but do people really believe in him as a fair sportsmen after all these recent years ? i don't think so
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Post by Billy Davey ツ on Aug 26, 2012 9:36:37 GMT -5
I think this is a good thing. He's been caught, don't look how popular or successful he has been. Just make him the same as the other cheaters. When everyone knows cheating has no future cos in the end you're caught, the sport will change. And when the directors and doctors of teams change, cos they're in the know.
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Post by Let It Bleed on Aug 26, 2012 13:14:40 GMT -5
coincidence that he died yesterday shortly after losing his titles? i think not.
God bless.
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Post by shaokahnage on Aug 26, 2012 13:18:54 GMT -5
coincidence that he died yesterday shortly after losing his titles? i think not. God bless. Ok. THAT almost made me piss my pants laughing.
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 26, 2012 19:11:59 GMT -5
coincidence that he died yesterday shortly after losing his titles? i think not. God bless. Ok. THAT almost made me piss my pants laughing. same here ;D
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Post by Let It Bleed on Jan 17, 2013 21:46:20 GMT -5
Seven Lucky Oprah Guests Find Tour De France Titles Under Their Chairs.... Lance Armstrong Admits To Using Performance-Enhancing Drugs To Show Remorse AUSTIN, TX—Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong kicked off a campaign to restore his image Monday by admitting in a television interview with Oprah Winfrey that he used a sophisticated cocktail of performance-enhancing drugs to evince remorse and shame. “To make the kind of heartfelt apology I am making now without the help of drugs would be impossible, and so when it came to convincing millions of people that I am a decent human being who is capable of actual regret, I needed an edge,” Armstrong reportedly says in the extensive television interview, which sources said the cyclist prepared for by injecting himself with stamina-supporting recombinant erythropoietin and methocarbamol, a muscle relaxant that helps to slacken the Depressor anguli oris, Corrugator supercilii and other facial muscles required to frown and cry. “Make no mistake, it still takes a lot of skill to do what I am doing right now. Saying sorry over and over, all the while maintaining a veneer of humility when you’re actually a self-righteous egomaniac? Drugs or no drugs, that’s impressive.” According to sources, Armstrong then looks directly into the camera with tear-filled eyes and says, “I am so, so sorry.” www.theonion.com/articles/lance-armstrong-admits-to-using-performanceenhanci,30912/
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jan 17, 2013 21:54:33 GMT -5
all riders who came in second during his 7 wins got caught doping in the years that followed. I will never be convinced he was on the juice.... let's investigate Muhammad Ali next...shall we This.
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Post by thomaslivesforever on Jan 24, 2013 6:34:28 GMT -5
all riders who came in second during his 7 wins got caught doping in the years that followed. I will never be convinced he was on the juice.... let's investigate Muhammad Ali next...shall we This. Errrr......did you notice the cheat admitted to doping? The other day.....Oprah.......big interview........lots of media coverage............ Or would you both deny the words from his own mouth?
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Post by Lennon2217 on Jan 24, 2013 7:57:16 GMT -5
This. Errrr......did you notice the cheat admitted to doping? The other day.....Oprah.......big interview........lots of media coverage............ Or would you both deny the words from his own mouth? I posted mine as a joke to be sarcastic since Webby said he would "never be convinced". Notice I posted that the day of the interview. I found it funny he wouldn't be convinced even with all the evidence before Lance's admission. Armstrong is a nasty human being.
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Post by thomaslivesforever on Jan 24, 2013 8:46:13 GMT -5
Ahhhhh no offense intended. I have actually seen people online still defending him should have guessed you wouldn't be one of them tbh haha
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