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the bit that really annoys people now is more to do with how agressively he pursued those how raised concerns. He broke careers and destroyed lives.
Horrible guy.
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
The UCI doesn't come out of it very well either.
Not only did they receive money from Armstrong, they almost certainly were complicit in covering up failed drugs tests.
The Armstrong Lie is the best in my opinion- it's made by a filmmaker hired to film his return to the tour. When Lance was busted his film became worthless so he demanded an explanation from Lance and re-edited his footage to reflect the truth. It's in-depth, has good footage and critically has Lance actually talking about what he did.
Forget the morality of 'cheating' for a moment (riders have been using performance enhancing tweaks as old as the sport itself, beer at the end of the hill climbs in the early years etc). Also, respect given to the Sky team and the new 'clean' movement in the sport.
Those who actually watched the tours during those years may agree, the hill battles and sprints were riveting. The performance and speed were intense. The involvement and dedication to being at the apex of physical performance (through physiological R&D) were exposed years later - but to me they don't detract. That was the game being played, and Lance played it best and was the champion of the time.
He should have quit while he was ahead, retired to southern france and spent his energy on wine and women. Instead he went for the american 'mea culpa' route.
The UCI have to take a lot of blame for this. If they had busted Armstrong (and the others) earlier, then this wouldn't have been allowed to reach the point it did.
If you look at the shambles at the start of the 2006 Tour, where a whole bunch of riders were booted out days before, and the whole Astana team didn't compete, you see the extent of the problem. None of the top 5 riders from the previous year were even in the race. As far as I can remember that happened more because the Tour organisers got fed up and took unilateral action. The UCI were sitting on their hands.
Always been a problem in Wales (like so many other things!)
Also, in Rugby you will at least get a 2 year ban if you test positive.
The NFL policies are a joke. For a first offence you only get a 4 game ban.
What's worse is that Brian Cushing has been suspended for a second time for PEDs in the last few weeks, and he's only got 10 games.
The NFL needs to fall in line with other sports and ban for 2 years for a first offence, and life for a second offence.
What I find ridiculous is that the players union in the NFL fights the league at every turn when they try to do anything about drugs in the sport. They fought for ages to stop the NFL testing for HGH. You would think that the union should be trying to stamp doping out in the interests of their members' health.
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