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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-19-11 07:49 PM
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Tyler Hamilton rats on Lance Armstrong.
No surprise here. Floyd Landis. Now Tyler. Smells like vindication. But methinks the real damning evidence is still to come. The domestiques will be the ones who seal Lance's fate. The only question will be how the public reacts. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=6567822
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 05:40 AM
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1. I think most Americans won't care.
Most American cyclists already suspect Armstrong's a cheater. I think the European cycling community will have a field day.
I will be recording 60 minutes on Sunday. My question is who is paying Hamilton to talk. And if no one is paying him, why now?
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:57 AM
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2. A similar opinion, a la.
To get to Lance's level you dope. Simple as that. I believe the Grand Jury has subpoenaed every teammate that rode with Lance. A ton more to come out. As for Tyler, maybe he feels better.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 09:29 AM
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3. Yeah, he's acting like he had a Come to Jesus moment...
I ain't buying it.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 01:59 PM
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4. Rumor has it that Hamilton is writing a book of some sort...
PR...
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a la izquierda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 02:11 PM
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5. A-HA!
My husband and I were trying to figure out what the motivation was.
We've been following all this insanity since the beginning. We're both avid cyclists.
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:15 PM
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6. More PR for Hamilton......gives back his Gold medal
http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=6570096 all right Hamilton!!
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 03:51 PM
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7. Yeah, but he's already been caught twice, like Landis was caught,
denied, denied, denied, and now comes clean. I think it's still fishy, his motives that is.
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Condem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:13 PM
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8. No question about it, joey.
This sport is rotten from the bottom up. That's what makes it so enjoyable. Their all cheating instead of, say, just a few baseball players. It's a level playing field, if you will.
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joeybee12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 04:29 PM
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9. I wouldn't be surprised if they all were...
And it kills me that they all come clean later...
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 05:16 PM
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10. No surprise at all. No credibility, either.
Funny how many of Lance's "witnesses" spill the beans after THEY'VE gotten caught at something. And even if he's telling the truth, how likely is it that Lance, especially in his later years, WOULD inject himself in front of witnesses?

:boring:
rocktivity
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-20-11 07:41 PM
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11. Well, I don't think Hincapie has been caught.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2011/05/news/hincapie-tells-probe-that-armstrong-cheated_174861
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rocktivity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 09:22 AM
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12. It would depend on how many clean drug tests Hincapie has to his credit
and upon why he didn't report Armstrong sooner.

Armstrong's record of clean drug tests -- and consequently, the credibility -- still lies with him.

:headbang:
rocktivity
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-21-11 11:38 AM
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13. No, it wouldn't.
They all passed the vast majority of the tests.
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