[shutts67]

And he's been fighting the charges since 1999. you know how much money in lawyer fees that had to be costing him? The statute of limitations on doping charges is 8 years, but can be extended "if a cover up is involved" Who's going to say "I doped exactly 8 years ago, so you can't do shit about it."

Plus, how can they say whether or not a cover up was involved if they don't have proof of his supposed doping?

[Distortion_UK]

We don't know what the USAD has on Armstrong, for all we know they could have concrete evidence. They don't need to publicly say it, but if they say it to lance he isn't going to go to court, lose and then have his foundation lying in tatters. Maybe he's cut his loses to save his foundation?

No one knows and to be honest we probably won't. Never will lance admit something like that, not even on his death bed, it'd ruin a legacy he's built.
The USADA is always going to say he's a doper, some say it's a move to block him from entering politics. Which is plausible.

This post has been edited by Distortion_UK: 28 August 2012 - 04:13 PM

[TechPB-Mike]

I think it's pretty fucked up to keep attacking him many years after he competed

They had him, he was competing, they had every opportunity to test him in any way, shape or form they wanted to. They did, he came back clean...

Now, many years later, they are going to keep going after him?

Defending yourself, even against bogus charges, sucks your precious life, precious resources and hard-earned money from your pocket. He's done with the competitive racing, who gives a fuck what they say about him.

He was there, he submitted every test and they tested it in every conceivable way.

What is happening here, is a bunch of attention-whoring bureaucrats, who know that attacking Lance Armstrong puts THEM in the spotlight. They don't get the kind of response from going after other cyclists, so in order to stay "relevant", they go after this big kahuna.

It comes a time in a man's life, when it's time to move on to bigger and brighter things. As I've said many times to people after I've thrown in the towel and walked away - "Do what you gotta do yo.... just do what you gotta do...."

[Distortion_UK]

It's not that black and white mike. While he did perform over 400 clean tests there were some which were deemed inconclusive, especially ones regarding epo, they kinda let it slide as it tied in with his cancer treatment. There were a few other alleged results that were dodgy from 2004 when he donated lots of money to a testing lab.

Regardless it shouldn't have taken this to do something about it. USADA was out of their jurisdiction and had no right to press these charges even the uci confirms that.