re: Armstrong Officially Stripped of Tour Titles

Posted on 8/23/12 at 10:45 pm to Cdawg

Posted by Roaad

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Posted on 8/23/12 at 10:45 pm to Cdawg

The Euros are happy.

They were irritated that an American was beating them at their race.

The French, particularly.

I'd be willing to bet that all the 2nd-10th place guys aren't having their tests redone 10+ years after the fact.

This was always a witch hunt, and I am not convinced he is guilty. But if he did dope, they should also drag up the rest of the guys that he beat.

If they doped, too. . .then he still won fairly.

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Posted by Sophandros

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Posted on 8/24/12 at 7:57 am to Roaad

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The Euros are happy.

They were irritated that an American was beating them at their race.

The French, particularly.

They didn't seem irritated at Greg LeMond. You know, THE FIRST American and non-European to win the Tour de France.

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Posted by TheLoupGarou

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Posted on 8/25/12 at 1:25 pm to Roaad

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I'd be willing to bet that all the 2nd-10th place guys aren't having their tests redone 10+ years after the fact.

I saw some news report that was asking, if Lance is stripped of his maillot jaune, who would get it. Of his 7 titles, only one nearly-anonymous cyclist has been on the podium who has not been charged or implicated in some doping scandal of some type. That is, out of 14 second and third place finishes in the years that Lance won, only one has not been suspected as dirty.