Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (born Lance Edward Gunderson on September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist who won the Tour de ... More »
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Permalink Reply by Susie D'Arcy on April 24, 2013 at 14:23 In the past couple of months the news was covered with the debate with Lance Armstrong was doping. In the end with many others he confessed. This confession has lead to the down fall of his reputation and the charity group ‘Live ... Read more »
Andy Hampsten made history during a snowy stage of the 1988 Giro d'Italia
As it happens, Lance Armstrong and Hampsten were Motorola teammates in the mid-'90s, Armstrong in the dawn of his career, Hampsten in the twilight of his. The rising tide of EPO was forcing riders to make an excruciating decision. Hampsten retired, at the relatively early age of ... Read more »
Spot-fixing: If guilty, punish trio like Armstrong was penalised, says Anil Kumble
NDTVCricket | Last updated on Monday, 20 May 2013 09:09 Print font size - + Former India captain Anil Kumble feels that if the players charged with spot-fixing are found guilty, they should be dealt with in a manner similar to Lance Armstrong - the champion cyclist who was banned for ... Read more »
Frankie Dettori 'feelt like Lance Armstrong' after 15 drug tests in two months
Frankie Dettori has admitted he 'felt like Lance Armstrong' because of the amount he has been drug tested in the last two months. Dettori, speaking in an interview with Channel 4 News that will air tonight at 7pm, is set to make a return to racing on Monday, after his six month ban for ... Read more »
Levi Leipheimer announces retirement from cycling
The 39-year-old Leipheimer, from Butte, Mont., was fired by the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team in October after confessing to doping as part of the investigation that brought down Lance Armstrong. Leipheimer was Armstrong's teammate for five years during stints with the U.S. Postal ... Read more »
Cycling: 'Our sport will be lost if Pat McQuaid is re-elected,' says Anthony Moran
McQuaid though remains the only declared candidate for the presidency despite wide-spread criticism of his stewardship during the Lance Armstrong scandal. "I think Usada [the US anti-doping agency report into Armstrong] and Wada [the World anti-doping agency] politicised it for ... Read more »
BBC Sport Frankie Dettori: I feel like Lance Armstrong after drugs tests
Three-time champion jockey Frankie Dettori says he "feels like Lance Armstrong" as he prepares for a return to action after a six-month drugs ban. Dettori was suspended worldwide after testing positive in France for cocaine. The 39-year-old told Channel Four News he had been drug tested ... Read more »
Lance Armstrong PED scandal still looms over cycling
The shadow of Lance Armstrong looms large as the Amgen Tour of California starts its weeklong run Sunday in Escondido. Cycling has reached a crossroads with its first big event in the United States since Armstrong acknowledged in January that he used performance-enhancing drugs, a ... Read more »
Comedian Says Lance Armstrong Asked Her To Eat His Butt
Comedian April Macie is a frequent guest on the Howard Stern Show, and on Monday morning she joined Stern to dish some gossip about disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong. Specifically, she told Stern that Armstrong once asked her to lick his butt in a hotel bathroom. Macie said that ... Read more »
USADA chief Tygart lashes out at UCI for lack of action since demise of Armstrong
Anti-Doping Agency on Friday lashed out at the UCI world cycling federation for failing to take any decisive action to clean up the sport since the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Travis Tygart said after meeting with European Union sports officials that "all those who cherish the ... Read more »
Did Lance Armstrong's confession help cycling? Page 1 of 2
FILE - In this July 28, 2006 file photo, Lance Armstrong testifies during a U.S. Senate field hearing on cancer research and funding in Iowa City, Iowa. Armstrong is facing a Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013 deadline to decide whether he will meet with U.S. Anti-Doping Agency officials ... Read more »
Skier Lindsey Vonn, Olympic gold medalist, saw notorious doping doctor in Germany at Red Bull clinic...
But this is the new reality after Lance Armstrong showed how easy it is to beat the system with the help of at least one shady doctor. Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service cycling teams carried off what is believed to be a $100-million fraud with the help of a squad of doctors ... Read more »
Pat McQuaid's nomination for UCI presidential elections endorsed by Swiss Cycling
The International Cycling Union (UCI) chief's nomination by his home federation in Ireland will be the subject of an emergency general meeting in Dublin next month amid concerns over his leadership, including his handling of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Rather than risk losing his ... Read more »
Five Years After A Brain Aneurysm, Fear Of Dying Can't Make Me Quit Living
When faced with incessant fear, it’s only natural to seek a role model; someone who has previously taken on the challenge you face and overcome it, so you can seek solace in their success and say, “If they can do it, why not me?” Cancer patients look to Lance Armstrong. Organ transplant ... Read more »
Cycling's Peter Sagan is Tour of California sprint star
What lessons have you guys learned from watching what has happened with Lance Armstrong and other Tour winners caught in doping scandals? A: In my opinion, it's not a matter of lesson but culture. I grew in a different cycling world and I didn't look to the past but the future. ... Read more »
AP Exclusive: Dick Pound's WADA report cites major failings in global drug-testing
In his report to WADA and in an interview with The Associated Press, Pound blamed the failings on "human and political factors" and called out sports federations, the IOC and WADA itself for not doing enough to catch serial dopers like Lance Armstrong. The whole system, he said, is ... Read more »
Amgen Tour of California: In San Jose, cycling fans lining route look like the athletes
The Butts were on the Champs Elysee in Paris for the finish of the Tour de France one of the years Lance Armstrong finished first among drug abusers. "Compared to that," Judith conceded, "this is kind of boring. " There was some ambivalence among even the most enthusiastic fans about the ... Read more »
Cycling-BMC hire Julich as consultant despite doping confession
American Julich, who retired from cycling in 2008 and has admitted taking banned substances from 1996 to 1998, left Britain's Sky last year in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. Sky had asked every member of the team to sign up to a written policy saying they had no past or ... Read more »
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... Lance Armstrong will be exonerated and the whole world's going to HAVE TO KISS HIS ASS FIRST, THEN MINE!!! - Original Message - … Family IRA. British have targeted republicans UK. 3 of there unlawful soldiers have been shot dead thus far. Cameron UK pm suitably detached… Enter your ... Read more »
YouTube Turns Eight As Platform Surpasses More Than 100 Hours Of Video Uploaded Per Minute
Remember, the company launched back in 2005, the same year that Michael Jackson was found not guilty of child molestation, and Lance Armstrong was winning his seventh Tours De France, and Arrested Development was still on the air. A lot has changed since then, but YouTube’s growth ... Read more »
