Comments on: Lance Armstrong and Paul Kimmage

By: Sounak

Sounak — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:59:05 +0000

I think European journalists are not able to fathom the fact that an American athlete is sitting pretty on the pinnacle as far as all-time greatness of Tour De France history is concerned. Accepted that doping was, is and probably will be there in the future in cycling, but you cannot crucify a man who has never been tested positive. And more importantly, Lance used to be intentionally tested and not randomly , “How randomly can you choose Number 1 from a stack of arranged cards ?”

By: Pete Simpson

Pete Simpson — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:21:14 +0000

From what I heard Kimmage say about Armstrong, he was way out of line. Chasing down Simeoni? He was in the leaders jersey, he didn’t like what Simeoni was saying so it was his choice to do so.
Ferrari was a friend of his and untill the media made a huge deal about it i think he wanted . going to continue his friendship with him. Apparently Armstrong believes people make bad choices and deserve a second chance like David Millar for instance! Remember, Lance was and still is the most tested athlete in history and NEVER tested positive for any illegal substance. Not sure about europe, but here in the USA a person is innocent untill proven guilty.
Pete.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:41:09 +0000

The bicycling doping saga continues. There seems to be no end to the doping debate between additional athletes getting caught and old cases being debated. Lance’s change of heart for his self defined program does not help the situation. It just raises more questions. With all of the doping in the news I compiled a list of excuses for athletes ( http://bicyclespokesman.com/top-ten-doping-excuses-for-athletes/ )to help the next one that fails a test.