1. Any cycling fans left?
  2. I always knew we had a cycling topic. Fuck Lance. Loving my new bike. Getting awfully cold though and my winter gear isn't up to scratch.
  3. Lance is still a champ.
    Professional cycling is now a farce.

    I bike because I enjoy it and I'm a triathlete.
    That's all I have to say.


    Also, it's really hard to be a triathlete on a college budget.
  4. The Guardian:
    Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey this week. The disgraced cyclist, who has long denied doping, will also offer an apology during the interview scheduled to be recorded on Monday night at his home in Austin, Texas, according to an anonymous source.

    While not directly saying he would confess or apologise, Armstrong sent a text message to the Associated Press on Saturday saying: "I told her [Winfrey] to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That's all I can say."
  5. Wouldn't trust a single thing he says.

    More interested in the suggestion that the 2014 Giro will kick off in Belfast.
  6. I wonder what he will say, he doesn't have many more options than just confess and hope for the best I guess.

    Giro in Belfast? Cool, we had the Giro and the Tour across the town in 2010. Waiting for a hour for them to come and than its ''zooooeeeeef'''and its over
  7. Originally posted by bartajax:I wonder what he will say, he doesn't have many more options than just confess and hope for the best I guess.

    Giro in Belfast? Cool, we had the Giro and the Tour across the town in 2010. Waiting for a hour for them to come and than its ''zooooeeeeef'''and its over

    I think he will say he 'regrets' what happened, but not openly confess to them. That seems to be a common approach by guilty parties without facing the ramifications of openly confessing.
  8. I think he will openly confess, because he may be allowed to participate in a triathlon if he does. Nothing to loose...
  9. Originally posted by Hans23:[..]

    I think he will say he 'regrets' what happened, but not openly confess to them. That seems to be a common approach by guilty parties without facing the ramifications of openly confessing.

    Jup, me too. I don't see him confess for what he really did.
  10. Originally posted by fabian:I think he will openly confess, because he may be allowed to participate in a triathlon if he does. Nothing to loose...

    nothing to lose? he's got an awful lot to lose if he confesses. especially money.
  11. "The BBC understands Armstrong has held recent discussions with other cyclists who have themselves confessed to doping.

    But there are a number of obstacles to a full confession.

    The New York Times reported Armstrong's supporters are concerned he could face perjury charges if he confesses to using performance-enhancing drugs, because he made sworn testimony in a 2005 court case that he had never done so.

    In addition, the cyclist faces a number of legal cases:

    • A federal whistle-blower case filed by former team-mate Floyd Landis which accuses Armstrong and several United States Postal Service cycling team officials of defrauding the government by allowing doping

    • A civil lawsuit brought by Dallas-based insurance company SCA Promotions, which paid millions of dollars to Armstrong for his Tour victories

    • A civil lawsuit by the UK's Sunday Times newspaper to recover $500,000 paid to Armstrong to settle a 2006 libel lawsuit after it published claims from a French book co-authored by its then sports editor

    Separately, the head of Usada told a US investigative programme that Armstrong had offered the agency a donation of some $250,000 in 2004, reports said"


    Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20954810

    So if he confesses he will not only have to pay back costs possibly going into the millions, but also face charges of perjury.
  12. Armstrong confessed.